ABARTH (Italy) 1950-1971

Founded by former racing motorcyclist Carlo Abarth in Turin, this factory concentrated on sports and racing cars. It also produced a wide range of tuning equipment for various Fiat models from the 500cc upwards. There were also Abarth sports- racing cars with own make dohc engines of 1098cc, 1496cc and 1966cc, as well as very fast Fiat-Abarths of 598 to 2323cc.

In 1964, there was a 695cc, and 982cc "Bialbero" dohc model with 114 bhp. There were numerous prototypes, which included a dohc V12 5980cc racer, and a 2986cc V8 with dohc and 310 bhp. Abarth also cooperated with Simca and created some fast Simca-Abarth cars. In 1971 Abarth, whose pre-war home was at Vienna, decided to "slowdown" and Fiat took over his works.

see also: Abarth specialist, Guy Moerenhout's site

also: Fiat-Abarth 850 OT

1963 Fiat Abarth 850 TC
1968 Fiat Abarth 595 SS