{"id":70095,"date":"2021-05-18T02:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-18T02:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/?p=70095"},"modified":"2021-05-20T07:33:53","modified_gmt":"2021-05-20T07:33:53","slug":"abarth-1000-sp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/en\/abarth-1000-sp\/","title":{"rendered":"Abarth 1000 SP"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

After plans for a new 1000 SP roadster first emerged at Abarth back in 2009, this project has now become reality. The occasion is the 55th anniversary of the historic prototype with the same name. In 1966, Italian sports car manufacturer Carlo Abarth showed the 1000 SP (Sport Prototipo) developed by Milanese engineer Mario Colucci for the first time. This was preceded in 1958 by a collaboration between Abarth and Alfa Romeo. Together, they created the Alfa Romeo Abarth 1000 as a compact coup\u00e9 one-off with the Giulietta Sprint Veloce’s four-cylinder engine in a tubular frame. While Franco Scaglione designed the shape at Bertone, Mario Colucci was responsible for the cooperation at Alfa Romeo. Carlo Abarth was so impressed by his work that he hired him directly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Original model debuted in 1966<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

In the classic Abarth 1000 SP from 1966, the number stands for the engine capacity. The four-cylinder engine originally came from the Fiat 600 and was given a displacement increase to one liter at Abarth. Colucci used the further developed tubular frame that he had designed originally for the Alfa Romeo Abarth 1000. The intended use was racing in the sports car class, for which no minimum number had to be produced. Some customers also used the 1000 SP for hill climbs and endurance races. This resulted in various international class victories, including the 500-kilometer race at the N\u00fcrburgring in September 1966.<\/p>\n\n\n

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