MINT 1980 FIAT X1/9 BERTONE 5 speed Targa 32k miles Convertible AUTOMOBILE CLEAN

Description for Fiat Other 1980

1980 FIAT X19 in beautiful clean condition. 32,709 low miles and everything on it is original and in mint condition.

Runs and drives great! Always stored inside and never driven in the winter. Original paint, xhaust and tires (even the original spare tire is in like new condition). Clean title. No warranty.

Buyer is responsible for pick up or shipping. We can also arrange shipping at thebuyers expense!

The Fiat X1/9 is a two-seater mid-engined sports car designed by Bertone and manufactured by Fiat from 1972-1982.[3][6]

With a transverse engine and gearbox in a mid-mounted, ear-wheel drive configuration, he X1/9 was noted for its excellent handling,[3][7] lightweight-removable hardtop, ront and rear-storage compartments — and for being designed from its conception to meet the late 60s U.S. safety regulations.

The X1/9 succeeded a 1969 show concept car called the Autobianchi Runabout, ith styling by Bertone under chief designer Marcello Gandini. The Runabout was powered by the engine of the Autobianchi A112.[8]

Designed around the all-new 128 SOHC engine and gearbox (transmission) from the front wheel drive Fiat 128, he X1/9 relocated the transverse drive train and suspension assembly from the front of the 128 to the rear of the passenger cabin, irectly in front of the rear axle, iving a mid-engined layout. The layout also located the fuel tank and spare wheel side by side ahead of the engine, irectly behind the seats — optimizing the proportion of the car's weight falling within its wheelbase for more effective handling and also enabling cargo areas front and rear.[9]

Fiat began marketing a right-hand drive variant in 1976.[10]

Unlike Fiat's marketing nomenclature at the time which used a numerical system (e.g., 27, 28, 24, 31) denoting relative position in the model range, he X1/9 retained its prototype code as its marketing name. Fiat's prototype coding used X0 for engines, 1 for passenger vehicles and X2 for commercial vehicles. The X1/9 was thus the ninth passenger car developed using the nomenclature.