After its debut at the 1969 Geneva Motor Show, the Fiat 130 topped the Italian automaker’s line-up.

It boasted such features as standard power-assisted steering and four-wheel disc brakes.

Hidden beneath its sharp, attention-grabbing lines was a choice of new overhead-camshaft V6 engines in either 2,866-cubic centimetre or 3,235-cubic centimetre form.

The new V6 line was based on the 128 Type A powerplant, developed by noted Ferrari engine master, engineer Aurelio Lampredi.

With its own Pininfarina-penned design on the inside and out, the 130 Coupé wowed at the 1971 Geneva Salon, proving it to be even more striking than the four-door saloon.

It was a large coupé that featured a host of luxury features inside, like state-of-the-art fibre optics to light its instrument panel and switches.

Just a hair under 4,300 examples of the 130 Coupé were built.

This lovely original 1974 example is one of the few fitted with a manual ZF 5 speed gearbox, matched together with its 3.6 V6 Lampred...