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Moretti 850 Sportiva - sports car with Swiss-Italian genes

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Created on October 21, 2015

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Bruno von Rotz

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Moretti 850 Sportiva (1968) - nur 3,78 Meter lang

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Moretti 850 Sportiva (1968) - kompakter Sportwagen

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Moretti 850 Sportiva (1968) - zwei Sportwagen aus gleichem Hause, der 850 ist deutlich kompakter als der 124 GS

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Moretti 850 Sportiva (1968) - trotz kleinem Motor ein richtiger Sportwagen

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Moretti 850 Sportiva (1968) - zwei Brüder unterwegs, der hintere Wagen ist ein Moretti 124 GS

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Moretti 850 Sportiva (1968) - ähnliche Designelemente wie der später erschienene grössere Bruder 124 GS

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Moretti 850 Sportiva (1968) - wie kompakt der 850 ist, sieht man vor allem, wenn er neben einem anderen Auto, hier Moretti 124 GS, steht

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Moretti 850 Sportiva (1968) und Moretti 124 GS (1967) - ähnliche Formen, komplett unterschiedliche Technik-Plattformen

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Moretti 850 Sportiva (1968) - 50 PS reichen zum flotten Vorwärtskommen

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Moretti 850 Sportiva (1968) - auf engen Strasen besonders zuhause

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Moretti 850 Sportiva (1968) - nur 1,16 Meter hoch bei 1,45 Metern Breite

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Moretti 850 Sportiva (1968) - grosszügig verglastes Cockpit

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Moretti 850 Sportiva (1968) - sicherlich einer der schönsten Entwürfe des Schweizers Dany Brawand

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Moretti 850 Sportiva (1968) - sportliches Cockpit

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Moretti 850 Sportiva (1968) - das sportliche "Schwarz" Dominiert im Cockpit

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Moretti 850 Sportiva (1968) - das dicke Lederlenkrad erlaubt es, den Sportwagen im Griff zu haben

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Moretti 850 Sportiva (1968) - der Drehzahmesser sitzt etwas verdeckt hinter dem Lenkrad

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Moretti 850 Sportiva (1968) - unbeschriftete Kippschalter, grosser Drehzahlmesser

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Moretti 850 Sportiva (1968) - Tacho mit optimistischen 180 km/h

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Moretti 850 Sportiva (1968) - Auslasss-Seite des Motors

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Moretti 850 Sportiva (1968) - grosszügige Platzverhältnisse im Motorraum

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Moretti 850 Sportiva (1968) - Reihenvierzylinder mit seitlicher Nockenwelle vom Fiat 850

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Moretti 850 Sportiva (1968) - Tankdeckel gleich über dem Motor unter der Motorhaube

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Moretti 850 Sportiva (1968) - Chassis-Plakette

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Moretti 850 Sportiva (1968) - zusammen mit dem grösseren Bruder Moretti 124

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Moretti 850 Sportiva (1968) - relativ tief angeordnete Frontscheinwerfer

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Moretti 850 Sportiva (1968) - die enge Zusammenarbeit zeigt sich beim Emblem vorne

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Moretti 850 Sportiva (1968) - Emblem auf der Front

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Moretti 850 Sportiva (1968) - Ausbuchtungen über den Rädern als Designmerkmal

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Moretti 850 Sportiva (1968) - Aluminium-Räder aus der Zeit, den Sportiva gab es auch mit Stahl- und Speichenrädern

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Moretti 850 Sportiva (1968) - die Kühlöffnungen verraten den Heckmotor

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Moretti 850 Sportiva (1968) - das "SS" steht wohl für Speciale Sport

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Moretti 850 Sportiva (1968) - Heckdetail

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Moretti 850 Sportiva (1968) - ein Fiat-Zeichen findet sich auf dem Moretti nicht

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Moretti 850 Sportiva (1968) - offiziell hiess der Wagen 850 Special

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Dany Brawand und Giovanni Michelotti beim Besprechen von Entwürfen

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Moretti 850 S Coupé (1965) - nahe am späteren 850 Coupé aus Fiat-eigener Fertigung

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Moretti 850 S Spider (1965) - die offene Variante vom Coupé, nur kurz gebaut

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Moretti 850 Sportiva (1969) - noch mit der ersten Frontvariante

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Moretti 850 Sportiva (1968) - am Turiner Autosalon 1968, mit Speichenrädern

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Moretti 850 Sportiva (1966) - Präsentation am Autosalon von Turin 1966

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Moretti 850 Sportiva (1967) - mit Speichenrädern in Turin im Jahr 1967

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Moretti 850 Sportiva (1968) - mit Speichenrädern auf Testfahrt

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Moretti 850 SS (1968) - auf dem Schweizer Verkaufsprospekt

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Moretti 850 S4 (1970) - viersitzige Coupé-Variante auf Fiat-850-Basis

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Moretti 850 S2 (1970) - modifizierte Frontpartie mit in den Kotflügeln eingebauten Lampen wie beim Dino 246 GT

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Moretti 850 SS (1968) - Abholung im Werk durch Erstbesitzerin

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Ferrari Dino 206 Berlinetta Speciale Pininfarina (1965) - Dino - am Genfer Automobilsalon von 2013

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Ferrari Dino 206 Berlinetta Speciale Pininfarina (1965) - Dino - am Genfer Automobilsalon von 2013

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Rare Fiat-Klassiker, man beachte den Moretti rechts - Swiss Classic World 2015

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Moretti 850 Sportiva (1968) - auf Basis des 850 gebaut, in wohl nachträglich angepasster Lackierung zwischen Fiat-Verkaufsobjekten - Oldtimer- und Teilemarkt Fribourg 2014

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Moretti 850 Sportiva (1968) - nur 3,78 Meter lang

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Moretti 850 Sportiva (1968) - sportlich gezeichnetes Heck

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Moretti 850 Sportiva (1968) - Moretti-Schriftzug

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Summary

It resembles a shrunken (Ferrari) Dino, but is unknown to most people. Yet the Moretti 850 Sportiva, also known as the Fiat-Moretti 850 Special, offered many attractions for comparatively little money at the time, not least thanks to the favorable Fiat 850 mechanics. This driving report shows one of the rare Morettis together with pictures from the time and an original brochure.

This article contains the following chapters

From self-build to special bodywork
A Swiss designer named Brawand
Who invented it?
Actually a mini Dino
Technology of the Fiat 850
Comparatively inexpensive
Continuous evolution
Up close and personal
Further information

Estimated reading time: 5min

Preview (beginning of the article)

It resembles a shrunken (Ferrari) Dino, but is unknown to most people. At the time, the Moretti 850 Sportiva offered many attractions for comparatively little money. Giovanni Moretti had caused a sensation in the 1950s with his own designs, but this approach did not allow for strong growth or survival in the 1960s. So he leaned on Fiat and from then on used the technical components of the Turin-based manufacturer, filling niches that mass production could not fill. This resulted in attractive coupés based on the platforms of the Fiat 500, 600, but also the 2300, 1500 (Spider) and finally the 850, for which a pretty coupé, a convertible and a four-door saloon were designed.

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