Lot details Registration No: FG05XXU Chassis No: 0057231 Mot Expiry: Jan 2010
The Fiat Barchetta roadster, pronounced 'bar-KET-ta' and which in Italian means 'little boat', was developed between 1990 and 1994 with the project name `Tipo B Spider 176' by Andreas Zapatinas and Alessandro Cavazza under the supervision of Peter Barrett Davis and other car designers at the Fiat Centro Stile (albeit the prototyping being carried out by Stola). Produced from February 1995 to June 2005, although production was paused between 2002 and 2004 due to the coachbuilders Maggiora's bankrupcy, the Barchetta was based on the chassis of the Mark 1 Fiat Punto with a 130bhp / 121lbft 1.8 litre `twin-cam' petrol engine featuring variable camshaft timing. Weighing in at 1056 kg (2328 lb) without air conditioning, the Barchetta could accelerate from 0-60mph in 8.7 seconds and touch 124mph but was limited to left hand drive cars only, even though the car was marketed and sold in two right hand drive markets - the United Kingdom and Japan.
Finished in yellow with grey upholstery, this particular left-hand drive example is described by the vendor as being in "excellent overall" condition. Reportedly a "one owner car", 'FG05 XXU' is further understood to have covered just 23,400 miles from new. Riding on correct type wheels, this sporting Fiat is offered for sale with MOT certificate valid until January 2010.
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