picture taken by me (Aniruddha) The Fiat X19 was the successor to the fiat 850 spider, a light weight mid-engine sports car. Fiat offered a sports car in the all economic segment and the 850 spider was the entry point into the sports car segment. Now coming to the X19, yes, it’s an odd name for a car especially from an Italian company. X19 happens to be the prototype name and the reason behind this can be found in the history of the car. 850 spider source https://img.hmn.com/fit-in/900x506/filters:upscale()/stories/2020/08/10164834/HMN0920-ISX-01-e1597241711360.jpg The main drive behind the X19 was none other than Nuccio Bertone, who at the time was building the bodies for the 850-spider in the late 60’s, in his factory. In the year 1969 fiat had given Bertone the task to redesign the 850-spider based on the new Fiat 128, which had a 1.2 L engine and was front wheel drive. However, Bertone had other ideas, he designed a fully new shell and placed the ...
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