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Fast rear-wheel drive - "Mini-Miura" Abarth Scorpione

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Created on February 15, 1970

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Heinz Kranz

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Abarth 1300 Scorpione S (1970) - pretty coupé, often built in bright colors

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Abarth 1300 Scorpione (1970) - front view - from a sales brochure

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Abarth 1300 Scorpione (1970) - rear view - from a sales brochure

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Abarth Scorpione (1970) - wild and biting

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Abarth Scorpione (1970) - skillful Lombardi styling

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Abarth Scorpione (1970) - "reclining seats" are standard

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Abarth Scorpione (1970) - with its lights out, the Scorpione looks particularly aggressive

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Abarth Scorpione (1970) - aerodynamically shaped rear end

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Abarth Scorpione (1970) - with the dashboard in the middle, Abarth solves the problem of left or right-hand drive

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Abarth Scorpione (1970) - the engine can only be accessed by loosening four screws - there is hardly any space for luggage

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Abarth 1300 Scorpione S (1971) - the shape was identical to the Lombardi 850 Grand Prix

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Abarth 1300 Scorpione (1969) - flat front with folding headlights

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Abarth 1300 Scorpione (1969) - the headlights fold upwards electrically

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Abarth 1300 Scorpione 1300 (1969) - Interior identical to the Lombardi 850 Grand Prix with the exception of details

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Summary

Based on the Lombardi Grand Prix, Carlo Abarth presented the Scorpione, which was available in various versions between 1968 and 1971. The magazine 'hobby' took a look at this small sports car and printed a dialog between the owner and a car journalist. This article reproduces the original wording of the report from 1970, illustrated with pictures from the time, some factory photos and the original brochure and data sheet.

This article contains the following chapters

Narrow and for flexible people
Almost like a racing prototype
Not quite as fast as expected
Very close to the Fiat
Body base from Lombardi
Reclining seats and temperature stability
Driving pleasure and safety
Sporty drive, but short range
Too focused on sport?
Comparison with its competitors

Estimated reading time: 7min

Preview (beginning of the article)

One fine day, our speedy Swiss friend Urs Zulauf turns up at our premises in a fiery red vehicle, which, above all, pulls the young ladies of the publishing house from their chairs by the windows. In no time at all, the car had lost its name: the Mini-Miura from Appenzell! Urs is used to grief, and before I can say anything else about the car, he immediately counters: "Drive it first and only then pick up a brave Swiss!" I try to thread my long legs into the car, yoga-style, but when I finally sit down, my knees lock the steering wheel like a steering lock. It doesn't work, you have to be petite to be able to move properly in this car. Just like Urs Zulauf, who has been driving the Scorpione for months with obvious pleasure. So he knows the Abarth from the ff, and for once it's something new to present a car in a question and answer game:

Welcome to Zwischengas!

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