Does this car exist? I have seen mentions of it but there is very little on the internet about it. Does anyone know anything about this car? I found this video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VetgsenEn_Y
And a few pictures.
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Dec. 16, 2011 9:38 a.m. 93EXCivic SuperDork
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Dec. 16, 2011 10:41 a.m. ditchdigger Dork
According to Guy Moerenhout they did exist. He would know better than anyone.
By the time that the 127 was released Abarth had been bought by Fiat and was no longer the independent car maker/tuner that made them so legendary. Fiat could produce a hotted up factory version of anything and slap abarth on it.
Not saying that Fiat slapped the name on any cars undeservedly. The Ritmo Abarths and 131 Abarths are awesome cars. But a pre-71 Abarth is a different creature.
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Dec. 16, 2011 10:48 a.m. 93EXCivic SuperDork
Who is Guy Moerenhout?
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Dec. 16, 2011 10:51 a.m. MG Bryan HalfDork
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Dec. 16, 2011 11:02 a.m. 93EXCivic SuperDork
MG Bryan wrote:
Sweet there is a forum.
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Dec. 16, 2011 12:48 p.m. m4ff3w SuperDork
Yugo + Twin Cam + scorpion sticker + hot girl from 500 Abarth comercial = FUN!
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Dec. 16, 2011 3:38 p.m. integraguy SuperDork
When I was in Sicily in the '70s, I rented a 127 (the first series, like the white one in the bottom photo). The first time in 1972 (I had never heard of the 127, but I seem to remember the rent and fuel made the next larger car SUPER expensive on a per day basis.) the second time in 1974.
I never saw, and have never heard of an Abarth version (doesn't mean it can't exist) but I do remember that all the 127s I saw while in Sicily were usually one of 3 colors: red (same shade as Campbell's tomato soup), a not quite forest green, and a butter yellow. All had a sort of orangey-brown interior. For such a small car, not too cramped behind the wheel for a young, 6 ft 4 tourist. Only letdown? a sort of "rubbery" shift mechanism.
