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Abarth in America Part 1

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Story by Pete Vack

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Photo by B.D. Dobbins.

It was noted, some time ago, that there was a disproportionate number of Fiat-based Abarth cars in the United States, sitting broken or unused in garages, driveways and because most Abarths were small enough to fit, in a large outdoor sheds common to so many backyards.
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Book Review: Abarth Buyer’s Guide

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By Gerald Rothman
This rather gushing review is reprinted and edited from “The Stinger”, September 1991.(ed.)

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The “Abarth Buyer’s Guide” arrived in the mail recently and it is the book for which we have all been waiting for. It is Vack’s assessment of each car that makes this book so special.
The book is almost flawless and Peter takes it beyond most similar efforts, explains the mysterious hold these rare cars have on people and he provides a vital new fact: by their very nature Abarths are exciting, and addictive.
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Italians on the Tour Auto

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Photos and story by Hugues Vanhoolandt

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For the second time, the Grand Palais in Paris, near the Champs-Elysées Avenue, was home for the 230 cars that took part in the 2008 Tour Auto. The cars would then head south to Marseille for more than 1100 miles through the winding roads of France.

The Grand Palais was the perfect starting point as it was also where the Salon de Paris took place under its impressive transparent roof from 1901 to 1961.

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