#1975Fiat124Spider

When 86 Horsepower Was More Than Enough For a Sports Car!

OK, we’ll admit that the ’75 Fiat 124 Spider was ridiculously underpowered with just 86 horsepower out of its Twin Cam engine, but compare that to the 62.5 horsepower of the ’75 MGB, a car so miserable that its manufacturer couldn’t afford to round the power figure down a half-horse.

Murilee Martin Dec 31, 2010

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2ACL 500s seem to be decent if one stays on top of maintenance. I test-drove some middle-mileage examples car-shopping for the girlfriend and they made a stronger impression upon me than I expected. Haven't driven an Abarth, but I suspect they were among the best cared for given their enthusiast bent.That said, I recall the Multiair Turbo has some wacky service intervals (i.e. 30k miles for spark plugs), the car as a whole imposes utility and component accessibility challenges as well as fuel economy that's worse than several next-size up cars with comparable power. Interesting, but a terrible value IMO.
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