Fiat rolls out X1/99 concept

'Baby Ferrari' overdue for renewal?

Fiat may be about to revive the lovely little mid-engined X1/9, seen at the time of its original launch as a baby Ferrari. One of a number of concepts the troubled Italian car maker has rolled out, the car seen at the Geneva show last week is based on a Punto platform, is similar in size to the original, and sports a folding hard-top by Webasto. The car's Punto underpinnings mean of course that any production version will be front-engined but at least it's likely to offer a tad more luggage space that the original's miniscule offering.