Fiat 124 Spider
Reviewed by Unique Cars and Parts
Our Rating: 3
Introduction
Manufactured for nearly 20 years
shows why the Spider has been one of the most successful
Italian sportscars ever produced.
Not only did it have good looks, it also possessed a belt-driven twin cam motor
with coil-sprung rear
suspension and four-wheel disc brakes.
Its attractive body was its biggest appeal despite Americans hanging ugly federal
safety bumpers across it in the mid 70's.
Initially an option, five gears became standard with automatic being introduced
later on. Its motor grew over time to 1608cc in
1969, 1756cc in
1972 and 1592cc
as well.
Two-litre motors became the norm in
1979 with injection being introduced in
1980.
the state-of -the-art version would arguably be the supercharged VX that housed
a 135 bhp engine.
It stopped being produced in
1985 and no Fiat-badged sportscars would be made
for another 10 years.
