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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The X1/9 debuted in 1972 as a replacement for the aging Fiat 850, and was designed by Bertone’s Marcello Gandini, whose body of work extends to other wedgy pieces of art like the Lancia Stratos and ...

Serious buyers and tire kickers alike can find everything on Bring a Trailer, from all-out American classics to pre-war antiques and Italian muscle. Today's pick, however, is none of those. This 1974 ...

The Fiat X1/9 is one of those cars that could have been just about perfect if the company behind it had just pushed that little bit harder. Design? It rocked. Wedges were cool in the 1970s and the ...

Before we tell you all about Mike Brewer's 1974 Fiat X1/9 featured in the season premiere of Wheeler Dealers on the MotorTrend App and how much of a unicorn a relatively rust-free, running, driving, ...

I'd heard the jokes about VTEC kicking in. I'd come across a meme or two. But until I was sitting two feet from a mid-mounted VTEC motor in a 1,950-pound Italian roadster, I didn't understand how life ...

Italian cars aren't renowned for their reliability, to put it mildly, but if there's one thing the Italians have generally gotten right over time, that would be the design. If somebody asked you to ...

This study from IDECORE depicts a sporty little Fiat that revives the spirit of the Bertone-designed Fiat X1/9 from the 1970s and early 1980s. Dubbed the ‘XXX’ (for some reason), it adopts a Targa ...