Threatening to sap some wind from the Fiat 124 Spider–based Abarth 124 Spider roadster at its big debut in Geneva is—believe it or not—another Abarth Spider, a much, much cooler one. The only caveat is that you can’t buy it, at least, unless you’re keen on taking it rallying in the FIA’s R-GT class during the 2017 season. Stealing the show is the 124 Rally, a purpose-built race car that Fiat and its Abarth performance arm will begin selling to racers shortly after the 2016 Geneva auto show wraps up.
The engine powers the rear wheels via a six-speed sequential-shift gearbox and a mechanically locking rear differential. Wait, a rear-drive rally car, you ask? Indeed, although the standard 124’s 50-50 weight distribution is skewed slightly rearward here in the interest of grip, courtesy of a composite hardtop and a full safety roll cage. We absolutely can’t wait to see the Abarth 124 Rally tear up stages next year, even if the race cars don’t wear the classic red-over-yellow livery on the auto-show debut car, which we found applied to a 1973 Fiat 124 Rally sold by Bonhams auctions in 2014.
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