We are very pleased to bring to market this very pretty little Italian beauty.

The Fiat X1/9 is a mid-engined two-seater, designed by Bertone and manufactured by Fiat from 1972-1982.

Bertone subsequently took the lead from 1982-1989 and, in 1982, shortly after the introduction of the 1500 model, complete production was assumed by Bertone with models from this point forward badged as the Bertone X1/9.

With a transverse engine and gearbox in a mid-mounted, rear-wheel drive configuration, a big and resounding thing back in the day the X1/9 was noted for its excellent handling and lightweight and removable hardtop.

It succeeded a 1969 show concept car called the Autobianchi Runabout (with styling by Bertone under chief designer Marcello Gandini) and, unlike Fiat's marketing nomenclature at the time, the X1/9 retained its prototype code as its marketing name but a name that suits it very well.

This example is one of the very last X1/9s to have been built and is a superb example.

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