Abarth 1600 OT Spyder

The Abarth 1600 OT Spyder was a competition car that Abarth built in 1965 to carry the new 2000 cc eight-valve engine first shown at the Turin sports and competition car exhibition that year. It borrowed some components from the Fiat 850 and used front wishbone-type swing arms with stabiliser bars and telescopic dampers. A four-cylinder inline engine with two Weber 45 DCOE carburettors produced 174 hp, with a top speed of 250 km/h through a six-speed manual gearbox. The very aerodynamic body was designed by Mario Colucci around a welded box-section sheet-steel frame, with magnesium alloy wheels and many cooling vents, including a periscope-shaped vent above the engine bay. It finished fourth overall in the 1965 Coupe de Paris.