In the late 1960s, the mid-engine, rear-drive layout became the accepted recipe for racing cars and supercars. But thanks to Marcello Gandini, working at Bertone, 1972 saw the world’s first genuine MR affordable sports car – the Fiat X1/9.
With suspension from the Fiat 128 and an overhead-cam engine designed by Aurelio Lampredi, the X1/9 is one of the all-time greats, and fifty years on, it has become one of the coolest Italian cars ever made.
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00:00 Introduction
00:25 A History Lesson
02:37 Autobianchi Runabout
04:21 Styling
07:12 Engine
11:45 Interior
15:43 Platform and Suspension
20:49 Bertone
22:18 Conclusion