ANDREA / DAVID SPARROW
Abarth-Fiar-Based cars
- The famous 500
- The special 600
- Accessible motorsport
- Sporting heritage
- The scorpion´s success
- The Diat empire
Features
90 superb colour photographs
brief background history of the company
full FIAT/Abarth story
basic specifications and statistics
quotes and facts
Description
During the 1950s, Abarth started work on modified components with a number of manufacturers, but it was for its collaboration with Fiat that the company became renowned.
Synopsis
During the early 1950s, Abarths business was booming in three main areas custom-built racing cars, tuning/accessories, and modification of production cars. Abarth worked on modifications with a number of manufacturers in Italy and elswehere, and it was for the company's collaboration with Fiat that it became best known. Abarths version of Fiats little 600 appeared in 1956, followed by the 500s - the company would continue to produce sporting versions of most of the major Fiat models, bearing the distinctive scorpion and shield logo, until 1971, when Abarth became an integral part of the growing Fiat empire.
