Harken back to the aforementioned sexy little 1974 Fiat X1/9. Styled by Gandini ... used to great success in Ferrari's early 1950s racing efforts. In 1955, Lampredi left Ferrari to go to Fiat ...

From the Archive: 1979 Fiat X1/9 Tested 1977 Triumph TR7 5-Speed ... im­age and appeal from a supposedly close relationship with racing cars. This was certainly true of the cars in our test.

The barn find started life as a regular Fiat X1/9, which at some point was modified for racing. The X1/9 was designed by Marcello Gandini at Bertone and was manufactured between 1972 and 1989.

We’re talking about the Fiat X1/9, a diminutive sports car built in the ... This particular example rides on 13″ OZ Racing alloy wheels and has had a recent respray in its original color.

But arguably, the best Fiat-badged sports car ever created was the X1/9, an exciting mid-engine two-seater for the masses that has been unfairly forgotten. During the late 1960s, the long-lasting ...

This became the Fiat X1/9, which stayed in production from 1972 all the way through 1989 (as the Bertone X1/9). While not very powerful, the X1/9 stuck to the road like duct tape on arm hair ...

So many mid-engine Italian exotics of the 1970s were wedge-shaped--the De Tomaso Pantera, the Maserati Bora, the Lamborghini Countach--that you might think they came from doorstop manufacturers ...

When Alfa Romeo introduced the 156 Superturismo 2-liter race car engine for the 1997 racing season ... one in their ultra-lightweight widebody Fiat X1/9 to create one of the most successful ...

Beyond the very of-their-time graphics and fancy seats, the main upgrades we made to the so-called Project Targa Florio Fiat X1/9 were confined to the suspension. The goal, remember, was to turn ...