Model: 124 Spider
Year: 1972
Location: NSW, 2085
Body Type: Car / Convertible / Sports Car
Transmission: Manual
The Fiat 124 Sport Spider is a monocoque, front-engine, rear drive 2+2 convertible sports car manufactured by Fiat Automobiles for model years 1966-1980. Designed and manufactured by Italian carrozzeria Pininfarina, the 124 Spider debuted at the November 1966 Turin Auto Show. Fiat later marketed the car as the 2000 Spider (1979-1982), and Pininfarina marketed the car at the end of its production as the Pininfarina Spider Azzura (1983-1985).
It’s main competitor was the British MGB and Italy’s own Alfa Romeo Spider, made famous by Dustin Hoffman in the Film The Graduate. However, the Fiat 124 was in many ways more superior to the MGB and on par with the Alfa.
The Fiat having twin overhead camshaft, twin choke Weber carburettor, 5 speed gearbox, disc brakes on all four wheels and a simple yet advanced chassis.
The 124 Spider was sold in Europe and the U.S. from its introduction until the 1975 model year when it was modified to comply with new U.S. regulations and no European version was produced. Sales in Europe resumed when Pininfarina took over production in 1983 under the name Pininfarina Europa Spider.
In 2015 a successor of the Fiat 124 Spider was presented at the LA Auto Show.
