Abarth 207A Spyder

The Abarth 207A Boano Spyder was a competition car from Abarth & C., created with the aim of selling in the United States. It succeeded the 205A Berlinetta and kept the four-cylinder engine of the Fiat 1100, tuned with twin Weber 36 DCO4 carburettors to 66 hp. Design work began in 1954 and the car was presented at the 1955 Turin Motor Show. Felice Mario Boano designed and built the all-steel, asymmetric open two-seater body, with a fin behind the driver's headrest, on a boxed platform chassis that used most of the suspension of the Fiat 1100/103. Twelve examples of the 207A, 208A and 209A were built. Ten were 207A competition cars, all sold in the United States through Tony Pompeo of New York, while the road-going 208A Spyder and 209A Coupé stayed one-offs. Excess weight and a compromised suspension held the car back in racing, and it was outclassed by the Lotus Mark IX and Lotus Eleven.