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| Didier Marcacci, Fiat Abarth X1/9 Prototipo, Montée Historique de Beaune-St Romain, 2016 |
For more photos of the Historic re-run of the Beaune-St Romain Hillclimb in 2016, click on the link above.
Fiat Abarth, Turin, Italy. Abarth was a specialist sports car maker founded by Carlo Abarth that was sold to Fiat in 1971. Amongst other things, Abarth prepared Fiat's rally cars. The Fiat Abarth X1/9 Prototipo was intended as a replacement rally car to the Fiat Abarth 124. It was powered by a 1.8 litre engine derived from the 124 and was introduced in 1973. About 5 genuine cars were produced and there are also a number of replicas. The rally history was mainly in Italian National events. It did win the Alpi Orientali and the Coppa Trabucchi rallies in 1974. Its most famous driver was Clay Regazzoni who drove one in the 1974 Giro d'Italia but retired. Due to Fiat politics and other projects such as the 131 rally car the Fiat Abarth X1/9 project was not pursued after 1974.
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