Set up for legal entry into the US it was $2,500... It wasn't THAT cheap
for its day! Plenty of other cars cost less.... Top end was 85 to 90.
Not that slow! The Spyder had a 903cc engine and 49 HP. I have to say that
little rear engine 850 Coupe looked sharp and was a ball to drive through
the Alps and across Europe. It was just piss poor quality. But then, a
friend bought the twin cam 124 Spyder and the quality of that car and all
the 500s I ever saw was piss poor too. Nice styling and fun driving even
though they weren't terribly quick, but the company had huge quality issues
in those days. I am just hoping they are better now because I have
reliability concerns about running a Fiat car in rural America. How long
will they last when run here in the western High Plains at 65-70mph most of
the time and 20K miles a year in an extreme climate (compared to Italy)? I
guess we're gonna find out...
Cheers!!
Jim
On Sat, May 2, 2009 at 12:34 PM, Billy Zoom <billyzoom@billyzoom.com> wrote:
> > new Fiat 850 coupe in England in 1968.
> Yeah, but it was really, really, really cheap wasn't it?
> What did you expect for that price?
> I remember test driving the 850 Spyder in 1968 because it was the only new
> car I could afford to pay cash for (musician-no credit). I passed, but I
> was tempted. I think the deciding factor was that in road tests, it was
> actually slower than my '63 Renault. My Caravelle had a Weber carb, Koni
> shocks, Abarth exhaust, and Pirelli tires, but it was still slower than all
> but the slowest VW bugs.
> BZ
>
>
>
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Cheers!!
Jim
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I am
not
sure about the former. - Albert Einstein
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