All Italian classic car enthusiasts know that there is an underlying problem when it comes to Abarths based on mass-produced Fiat models. In fact, if we talk about an Abarth Record Monza or Bialbero, we know with certainty that at least the bodywork and the interiors are original as it would be uneconomical to reproduce… Read More Snappy red: 1967 Abarth OT 1000 Stradale
If our aim is to report the most particular classic cars, available on the market at a given moment, we certainly could not avoid reporting this prototype. This is not a prototype of a mass-produced car (which, however, would have some importance), but the prototype of a Rally legend, the Lancia 037, the last rear-wheel… Read More SE 037-001: 1980 Lancia 037 prototype
From Portugal comes this Abarth Scorpione which is a rare car in itself, plus this seems to be the S version, so produced in a few dozen units. We do not know, apart from the difference in power, the details that differentiate the “normal” version (if normal can be defined) from the S version, we… Read More Venomous: 1971 Abarth Scorpione 1300 S
The Abarth production has been so articulated and creative that it often gives the headache to even the most profound connoisseur of the brand and, believe me, true connoisseurs of the brand are very few around the world. Since we are not among those experts mentioned above, we will refrain from any judgment on the… Read More Red racer: 1960 Abarth 1000 Record Monza by Zagato
If you have a lot of money on hand and a passion for classic cars, you don’t necessarily have to think about a car from the 50s or 60s. Indeed, in the case of this car we must even talk about the 80s: at the beginning of that decade I was a child, it is… Read More Warrior breed: 1982 Lancia 037 Stradale
Having four seats but not giving up on sportiness (and, why not, on economy): this asked the typical buyer of the OT 850. Clearly even at the time there were many other cars that could meet these requirements, but they were much more expensive cars and therefore difficult to reach by the middle class, consequently… Read More Quick family car: 1966 Abarth OT 850 Berlina
This car can be classified as a forerunner of the high-performance coupes that we all know well today. It is in fact a car, produced in very few copies, designed starting from the chassis and engine of the Fiat 2100 sedan, improved from the mechanical point of view by Abarth, from the aesthetic point of… Read More Grand tourer: 1959 Abarth 2200 Coupé by Allemano
This may not even be a real Abarth 850 or 1000 TC (we are not sure, a thorough check must be done) but it remains an interesting project. The interest is given by the accessories that this car mounts: they seem to come from an Abarth starting with the Jaeger instrument cluster which is worth… Read More Due diligence: 1967 Abarth 1000 TC
And here comes another special car based on the Fiat 600, this time with an open body made by Zagato. In fact we have seen cars similar to this one, but they had the bodywork built by Allemano and they are quite well known as several dozen have been produced: this car instead seems to… Read More Who’s who: 1958 Abarth 750 Spyder by Zagato
The problem with writing a review of cars like this is that often we don’t even know how to define the model to be included in the title: the only sure thing is that the chassis is that of a Kubelwagen. As many know, the Kubelwagen was a vehicle used by the German army during… Read More Something different: 1951 Volkswagen Kubelwagen “Bolide”
