The seller of today's Nice Price or No Dice X1/9 calls it "restored FUN." Let's see if the price has similar restorative properties. Yesterday's 1986 Volkswagen GLI proved to be a pretty perplexing ...

Because these cars aren't worth much in rough shape, many languish in yards or driveways for decades, clinging to life by virtue of being cool Italian sports cars yet unable to find buyers to give ...

Discover the Fiat X1/9, the world’s first affordable mid-engine car. Designed by Bertone, it boasts Ferrari-like looks but ...

So many mid-engine Italian exotics of the 1970s were wedge-shaped--the De Tomaso Pantera, the Maserati Bora, the Lamborghini Countach--that you might think they came from doorstop manufacturers ...

Forgotten by most sports car enthusiasts, the tiny but mighty X1/9 was designed by the man behind the Lamborghini Miura, featured a mid-mounted four-pot created by a former Ferrari engine wizard, and ...

Nobody really ever expects an advertisement to tell them the whole truth, whether it's for laundry detergent or criminal defense attorneys. When it comes to 1980s car ads though, a new dynamic comes ...

Soon after Fiat started building the front-wheel-drive 128 econobox in 1969, some bright engineers figured out that the entire engine/transaxle assembly could be dropped in the back of a sporty ...

What is it that makes human beings fall in love with other people, or perhaps another country, a particular holiday resort or a car? I don’t think even the world’s greatest psychologist could honestly ...