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132 pages/Japanese
Italians are geniuses at making sports cars. Abarth is a prime example. The Fiat 600, which brought motorization to Italy, saw the potential of a popular car with a liquid-cooled four-cylinder engine in the rear of its tiny body, and covered it with an attractive aluminum body that was as compact as a jewel. Of course, the engine was highly tuned, and the car won countless victories on circuits all over Europe.
The Berlina, which used the body of a Fiat 600, was also highly competitive, and enthralled young racing drivers and enthusiasts. The founder, Carlo Abarth, was not only a man with a keen eye for mechanics, but also an outstanding aesthete. That is why fast and beautiful machines were created one after another.
CG classic vol. 09 spotlights the golden age of Abarth from the late 1950s to the 1960s. The "Double Bubble," "Recordo Monza," "Vialbero," and "TC," which stands for "Turismo Competizione. TC", the initials of Turismo Competizione, and other familiar Abarth symbols, we hope you will enjoy the small-displacement sports cars and the fascination of the Berliner.
Of course, we will also test drive the Fiat 600 and Nuova 500, materials in which Abarth found unlimited possibilities. The story of Dante Giacosa, the famous designer who supported Fiat, and thus indirectly Abarth, and the Italian automobile industry, is also well worth reading.
The interview with Shigeo Ozeki, the third president of Yamada Wansekikan, who fell in love with Abarth in Monterrey, France in 1960, and went directly to the Abarth headquarters to ask Carlo Abarth for the import rights to Japan, is also interesting. The road impressions of the Mercedes 190SL, Alpine A310, BMW 2002 tii & turbo, Citroen SM, Lotus Mk.6, Cosmo Sport, etc., are also varied and interesting. |
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