On top of that when you visit your own hotel you can enjoy all the hotel amenities and services. Not only can you rent an igloo at Finland’s Hotel Kakslauttanen, you can pick from two different kinds! Within the new curved “Safety-Sight” instrument panel, gauges were grouped in two circular clusters with non-glare lighting. Not only was there decent cabin room but two trunks: one fore and one aft (behind the midships powertrain). To talk privately to one caller during the conference (or to drop them off the call), tap the blue ‘i’ at the top right of the screen. All anyone needed was a spray gun, a black or silver car with the right options, and a friend in your dealer’s parts department willing to sell you the two spoilers and special silver cabin trim (though most counterfeiters would forget about the special seats). The fuel tank lived twixt engine bay and cockpit, the spare inside behind the right seat. A good thing, too, because besides having two doors and three access panels (one for each trunk plus engine cover), the X1/9 body had a Targa-style lift-off roof panel above the cockpit that could be stowed in the front trunk.

The 1500S gained standard front disc brakes at the end of 1960, then became the 1600S via substitution of an enlarged OSCA-built engine boasting 90 bhp. Steering also came from the 128 shelf, as did brakes, though the Xl/9 benefitted from its “kit” composition by getting discs at the rear as well as the front. All replicas were equipped with the new glass T-tops, alloy wheels, power windows, rear defogger, air conditioning, sport mirrors, tilt/telescope steering wheel, heavy-duty battery, power door locks, and an AM/FM stereo with either an eight-track tape player or CB radio. One example is the data center the company completed in Hockley, Texas, in 2010. To be energy-efficient, HP employed a photovoltaic solar power system that provides 280,000 kWh of electricity each year. In this case, the donor was Fiat’s front-drive 128, introduced in 1969. It was a simple matter to site its transverse power package midships to drive the rear wheels, thus creating a mini Lamborghini Miura.

And Google introduced its open-source Chrome OS with intentions of targeting the netbook market before branching out into other portable devices. Fiats had always carried a reputation for being somewhat unreliable, which eventually forced them out of the market. The next six years brought numerous improvements to these conventional but sweet-handling open Fiats. This brought 72 bhp and more torque, bumping top speed to about 90 mph. Here it was black over silver metallic with a bright red pinstripe in between, but a spoiler was tacked on at each end to alter appearance more dramatically. The first factory two-toning offered since 1961 (save for the removable hardtops for the now-discontinued roadster), it presented silver over a gray lower body with a separating pinstripe, plus aluminum wheels and dual “sport” outside mirrors as mandatory options, which added another $380 to the cost. In some countries like Kazakhstan and Turkey, it is mandatory to serve at least one year in the military. In another bit of anniversary schmaltz, Chevrolet had negotiated with the Indianapolis Motor Speedway to have a modified Corvette chosen as pace car for 1978’s Indy 500. Initially, 2,500 replica Corvette pacers — 100 for each year of production — were scheduled for sale on a first-come, first-serve basis, but with Chevrolet having 6,200 dealers at the time, it was decided that any such Corvette special would have to be built to a minimum order of 6,200 units so that each showroom could have at least one.

So, if it weighs too much, you’ll need special brakes. At the same time, the 1600S acquired rear disc brakes and a modified four-lamp nose. Then, with help from Pinin Farina and OSCA (Officina Spedalizzata Costruzione Automobili), Fiat finally got serious about sports cars in 1959, when it started down the road to building the 1200, 1500, 1500S, and 1600S models. It also hinted at Fiat’s future, for this same gearbox would return in 1966 for the successor 124 Sport Coupe/Spider and the 124/125 sedans on which they were based — the most successful postwar cars in Fiat history. In this article, you will learn about Fiat’s sports-car history, from the Pinin Farina-styled 1200 to the wildly successful Fiat 124 Sports Coupe and Spider — both worked off the success of existing Fiat sedans, producing sleek, sporty additions to the lineup. Italian automaker Fiat had been established for years before trying its hand in the sports-car market.