Post by takumiChe poi era il nome della sigla del progetto. A proposito, come si
pronuncia?
A proposito della storia del "progetto X" (con le dovute cautele da
riservare a tutto quello che si trova in rete):
http://www.sportsvogn.no/x19reg/story.html
http://www.madabout-kitcars.com/kitcar/kb.php?aid=215
Dal primo link:
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So the X1/1 became the frontwheel drive 128 in 1969. The X1/4 became the
903 ccm 127 (same driveline as X1/2, the Autobianchi A112, and same
engine as in the 850 sport spider) in 1971. X1/3 became the big 130. The
midship twincam engined X1/8 was at first stopped, but became later the
X1/20 which debuted as the Lancia Montecarlo in 1975. Both the X1/8 and
the X1/9 was technically heavy influenced of the midengined prototype
Fiat G.31 back in 1966. I have also seen the story that X1/30 became the
later Fiat 138, which we know as the Ritmo (Strada in some countries). I
don't know if Fiat still call new projects "X1/something"...
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Dal secondo link:
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FIATs of the time were named using a basic numerical system (127, 128,
124, 131 etc) denoting their relative position in the current model
line-up, the X1/9 being the lone exception to this rule.
The name stems from the codenames employed by FIAT for their new
development projects during the late 1960s and early 1970s. The 'X'
projects were subcategorised as X0 (for engines), X1 (for passenger
vehicles) and X2 (for commercial vehicles). The first passenger-vehicle
developed with this code (X1/1) was released as the FIAT 128 in 1969;
other known vehicle-codes are shown in the table below. Though
originally envisioned as the '128 Spider', the X1/9 uniquely retained
its prototype code through to production.
Project Code Production Vehicle
X1/1 FIAT 128
X1/2 Autobianchi A112
X1/3 FIAT 130
X1/4 FIAT 127
X1/8 Redeveloped as X1/20
X1/9 FIAT X1/9
X1/20 Lancia Montecarlo
X1/38 Fiat Ritmo
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Earendil