Fiat 124 Spider Essential History

The launch of the Fiat 124 Spider for the 1966 model year coincided with the debut of the new Fiat 124 sedan. Just as the 124’s predecessors, the Fiat 1200 and 1500 Cabriolet, had been based on the Fiat 1100 sedan platform, the new 124 Spider was similarly based on a slightly shortened, rear-drive 124 sedan chassis. Styling of the 124 Spider was by Tom Tjaarda, an American designer working abroad at Pininfarina in Turin, Italy, and echoed both Tjaarda’s previous Chevrolet Corvette Rondine concept car and the production Ferrari 275 and 330 GTS sports cars… read more >