http://cars.brick7-ca.com/extra/siteimages/rss_logo.gifhttp://cars.brick7-ca.com http://cars.brick7-ca.com http://cars.brick7-ca.com/used/fiat/500/218253.html 218253 Tue, 13 Sep 2016 04:04:18 -0600 Location : Victoria, British Columbia
Year : 1973
Used, Fiat has a rich racing heritage under the Abarth name from 1952 onwards. Founded in 1949 in Bologna Italy by Carlo Abarth, the scorpion was chosen as the company logo to match Carlo’s astrological sign (Scorpio). The first Fiat so sport the Abarth badge was the funky Abarth 1500 Biposto; the car with the futuristic middle headlight design and rear fins. In the 1960’s Abarth was successful in hill climbing and sports car racing, mainly in classes from 850cc to 2000cc, competing with Porsche 904 and Ferrari Dino. After a 19-year partnership, Fiat officially took over the Abarth name on July 31, 1971. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ The acquisition of Abarth ended the days of sport prototyping and hill climb racing, but continued on to make Fiat rally cars such as the Fiat 124 Abarth Rally and the 131 Abarth. Although the official company name changed a few times through the 80’s and 90’s, Abarth has always inspired performance vehicles and continues to do so today. 2007 saw the essential re-birth of the Abarth name with the launch of the Abarth Grande Punto and S2000. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ This beautifully restored 1972 Fiat 695 SS is actually a Fiat 500 R with an Abarth appearance package. The 500 R was produced between 1972 to 1975, and boasted a 2 cylinder 4 stroke 594cc engine putting out 18 hp. This particular Fiat chassis was made by Autobianchi, which was an Italian automobile manufacturer created jointly by Bianchi, Pirelli and Fiat in 1955. _____________________________**Carproof available upon request ]]>