'Big Car' on Bertone’s Baby: The Fiat X1/9 Story
One of my favourite cars
'Big Car' (awesome car histories) tells the complex tale of how Bertone's idea for a Fiat 850 Spider replacement became the Fiat X1/9, then became a Bertone X1/9.
He also covers the very limited-edition, and expensive, tribute Bertone Runabout which is due in the next year or so.
I love these cars (an X1/9 is in my 'Lotto win garage' list) and I still regret not borrowing some money to buy a mint one owner Bertone X1/9 1500 in the early 1990s.
Watching this had me looking at TradeMe, our local trading site. Not many X1/9s made it to New Zealand*, even fewer survive, and it is probably just as well it showed: 0 results for 'x1/9'...
Big Car mentions the X1/9 in New Zealand and references this NZ Classic Car Article.
Motor Man: Fiat’s X1/9 — the first affordable mid-engined car | New Zealand Classic Car
“Donn laments the fact that so few X1/9s came to New Zealand, as this sports car provided a breath of fresh air in the ’70s and is now a low-cost classic” View fullsize If there is such a thing as a forgotten classic, then the Targa-topped Fiat X1/9 sports car surely qualifies. For any […]
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