Fiat Abarth 030

The Fiat Abarth 030, also sold under the name Abarth SE 030, was a sports car racing prototype built by Abarth in 1974 in collaboration with Fiat and the design house Pininfarina. It grew out of the X1/20 project, Fiat's plan to replace the ageing 124 Sport Coupe, and it was entered in the 1974 Giro d'Italia as the Abarth SE 030, where Giorgio Pianta and Christine Beckers took second place overall behind a Lancia Stratos Turbo. Two bodies were built, numbered 300 and 301. Its rear-mounted longitudinal engine, derived from the six-cylinder unit of the Fiat 130 and developed by Abarth to well over 250 horsepower, with a ZF gearbox and differential, anticipated the later Lancia Beta Montecarlo and led to the Abarth SE 037.