During the early 1950s, Abarth’s business was booming in three main areas – custom-built racing cars, tuning/accessories, and modification of production cars. Abarth worked on modifications with a number of manufacturers in Italy and elswehere, and it was for the company's collaboration with Fiat that it became best known. Abarth’s version of Fiat’s little 600 appeared in 1956, followed by the 500s - the company would continue to produce sporting versions of most of the major Fiat models, bearing the distinctive scorpion and shield logo, until 1971, when Abarth became an integral part of the growing Fiat empire. 90 original colour pictures.
• brief background history of the company
• full FIAT/Abarth story
• basic specifications and statistics
• quotes and facts
Author: Andrea & David Sparrow
Format: PB 80 pages
Publisher: Veloce Publishing
Pub date: April 2005
ISBN 10: 1904788823
ISBN 13: 9781904788829
List Price: £9.99
