BMW may have claimed to be one of the first to produce a coupe SUV with its X6, but we now have proof that Fiat was way ahead of the game. Ladies and gentlemen, here we have the X1/9 monster truck, the original off-road sports car.
Criticism aimed at the X1/9 may have ranged from dodgy electrics to crumbling bodywork but few people have ever argued that ground clearance was a major issue. It clearly is in parts of Tennessee however, where rednecks have dropped the lifeless corpse of an X1/9 onto the shortened frame of a Ford F350 truck, complete with 351 V8 engine.
The car’s owner says it’s a ‘real head turner’ but I wouldn’t give it a second look if it parked up outside Tesco.