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Fiat-Abarth 1000 Bialbero - series race winner with Turin limousine pedigree
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Created on August 26, 2013
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Bruno von Rotz
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Summary
Between 1956 and 1964, Carlo Abarth built racing-oriented coupés based on the technology of the Fiat 600, but equipped with an independent and attractive GT body. At that time, these coupés had to be beaten in their class in motor racing, which only a few succeeded in doing in the long term. This report briefly outlines the history of the Fiat-Abarth Zagato coupé and looks at the technology and one example in particular, which raced at Le Mans in 1960/1961 and at the Targa Florio in 1967, supplemented by archive photos from the time.
This article contains the following chapters
- Expensive lightweights
- Over 100 hp per liter
- The ride on the revolver ball
- Three special Abarths for Le Mans
- Second attempt the following year
- Participation in the Targa Florio
- A thoroughbred racing car
- The Fiat-Abarth coupés from 1956 to 1964
- Further information
Estimated reading time: 10min
Preview (beginning of the article)
They were probably the most successful vehicles on the racetracks of their time. Carlo Abarth's cars had to be beaten in the smaller classes, and they rarely succeeded. In addition to the touring cars, which were based on the Fiat 500 D and 600 D in terms of technology and appearance, it was the Granturismo sports cars developed according to his own ideas to which Carlo Abarth owed a considerable proportion of his trophies. With prices on a par with luxury saloons, Abarth sports cars were expensive, but above all light and fast. And they came in a bewildering variety (see also the table at the end of this article). Most of them bear the signature of the coachbuilder Zagato, which also produced a significant proportion of the vehicles.
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