Forgotten by most sports car enthusiasts, the tiny but mighty X1/9 was designed by the man behind the Lamborghini Miura, featured a mid-mounted four-pot created by a former Ferrari engine wizard, and ...

I'd heard the jokes about VTEC kicking in. I'd come across a meme or two. But until I was sitting two feet from a mid-mounted VTEC motor in a 1,950-pound Italian roadster, I didn't understand how life ...

Discover the Fiat X1/9, the world’s first affordable mid-engine car. Designed by Bertone, it boasts Ferrari-like looks but ...

Not everyone can afford a Ferrari. These luxury sports cars are designed and developed to the highest spec, which often translates into exploitive price tags. But once in a while, automakers develop ...

So many mid-engine Italian exotics of the 1970s were wedge-shaped--the De Tomaso Pantera, the Maserati Bora, the Lamborghini Countach--that you might think they came from doorstop manufacturers ...

The Fiat X1/9 is one of those cars that could have been just about perfect if the company behind it had just pushed that little bit harder. Design? It rocked. Wedges were cool in the 1970s and the ...

Kurt Ernst April 20, 2012 Comment Now! When Fiat launched its new Fiat 500 in the United States last year, the Italian automaker had just a nine-percent brand recognition. While ads featuring Romanian ...