The Fiat X1/9 was not the first mid-engined sports car sold to the masses with low power and good handling, but it combined sharp angular styling (by Bertone) with a sub 2000 lb curb weight that made Porsche 914 owners green with jealousy. The little X1/9 is a slow car that is fun to drive […]
I try to get excited about Alfa Romeo’s return to the US soil in 2016 with the Type 952 Guilia…but I’m not a huge fan of the car’s styling or soul. It drives more like a big Lexus than a sporty Euro-sedan and most are equipped with a ZF 8-speed auto…plus the price tags are […]
The Fiat Dino Coupe is sometimes confused with Dino 206/246 as they both share a Ferrari engine and were produced at the Fiat factory when new. The Fiat Dino was created to homogolate the 2.0 liter Ferrari V6 for racing since the mid-engine Dino 206 was not produced in sufficient quantities. These are rare cars […]
Occasionally we find a car that is a unicorn. Something rare, rarely seen, or just strange. Today we’ve got the trifecta of oddness. This is a car commonly known as the Lombardi Grand Prix, but it was also badged as OTAS (Officina Trasformazioni Automobili Sportive, or “Shop of Sports Car Conversion”), Abarth, and Lombardi, depending […]
This next feature is for the corpse of a bent Ferrari 360 chassis and the only question is what do you put into it for an engine? Do you shove a supercharged Buick 3800 V6 powering the front wheels, or a Pontiac Fiero Iron Duke-4 in the middle. Or both? Find this 2000 Ferrari 360 […]
The original Fiat 124 Spider was the product of some awesome Italian designer…oh no..that’s not correct. Oh yeah, it was designed by legendary Dutch designer Tom Tjaarda…who was not Dutch, but American. That’s right, while Tom Tjaarda was the son of Dutch immigrants, he was born in Detroit and was as American as Dutch apple […]
Today we bring some good news to the classic car market, good news for buyers at least. If you scan the recent auction results over at Hemmings auctions, you will find some decent buys in the completed auctions section (like this ‘86 Porsche 944 that sold for $8k). Is this an indication that some of […]
I don’t know what to say about this next car, other than to offer it up to crowd as a Loony Labor Day sacrifice to the loonies. The photos show a car that looks like it was salvaged from a lake, but the description is pure pandemonium. It might be a Fiat 500 Topolino that […]
The Fiat X1/9 was not the first mid-engined sports car sold to the masses with low power and good handling, but it combined sharp angular styling (by Bertone) with a sub 2000 lb curb weight that made Porsche 914 owners green with jealousy. The little X1/9 is a slow car that is fun to drive […]
The Fiat Coupe (or Coupé, if you prefer) had styling that was a departure from the boxy Fiats (Lada square edges on them!) of the 1980s and it is quite striking in person or in print, particularly compared to some of the monstrosities that roam the streets today. The Coupe was never imported into the […]