just be glad you dont have this car, yuck!!!! Options

[Aaron Cox]

got this while searching for other mid engined cars:

"....Hello, I owned a 1979 Fiat X-19 for almost a year. Within that year I changed the head gasket twice, had numerous electrical problems, could not stop it from leaking water inside the passenger compartment, and I could go on and on. It only had 33K on lt, handled great, Looked great, but too bad it spent more time sitting than on the road. Whatever you do, dont buy one.......

Matthew......"

similar but hideous!!!!!

[KaptKaos]

As an owner of both a 914 and a Fiat 850 Spider I feel obligated to comment.

1) The X1/9 was either a 1.3 or 1.5 liter inline 4 cylinder.
2) It was slow.
3) It handled similarly to the 914 (mid engined, low center, etc..)
4) Fix It Again Tony was often a result of people not doing regular maintenance. People used to american cars often broke their Fiats. This is similar to the way people took care of 914s. Valve adjustment what???
5) They can be a fine car with proper care.
6) Too much plastic for me.

and most importantly

7) Carlo Abarth tuned many racing fiats in the 50s thru the 70s. He had also done racing Porsches for the factory!

In short, my opinion is that the Fiats got a bad name here because people didn't take good care of them.

The 850 was the precursor to the X1/9. It was a rear engined, 903cc (last years), water cooled inline 4, making all of 52 hp!! Slow is not the word, break out the calendars.

BTW: My 914 and my 850 are both Orange.

- Joe
73 1.7 Signal Orange