Equipment
Cromodora wheels, Michelin tires, hood pins, Abarth steering wheel, Sparco pedals, fuel cell.
Condition
This car was used as a rally car and is now in road configuration. Very good paint. Clean wheels. Tidy underneath. Good interior. Restored to better than its competition car days and looks just about like a new car even if this isn't exactly how it left the factory.
Market commentary
The A112 Abarth is essentially a somewhat less elegant Italian take on the Mini Cooper, offering a peppy front-drive powertrain in a lightweight hatchback package. You hardly see them in the U.S. and they are nowhere near as well known as the Mini, so it wasn't too much of a surprise to see that without much of an etceterini crowd in Dallas this car flew under the radar and went for cheap. It's a lot of fun per dollar, and a fraction of what a genuine Cooper S in this condition would bring. This result squares with A112 results in Europe where they're familiar with the model.