About That Mystery Car

The Friday Mystery Car contest has been going on for a couple of years now, originally with disguised images pulled from the deepest depths of the Internet – and then when that resource was discovered to be easily penetrated – with pics from my own extensive collection of automobilia. And despite my attempts to mask our weekly car’s identity, it proved the exception rather than the rule that it wasn’t solved on the same day as the post, sometimes even within the same hour.

But that hasn’t always been the case, and there have been a number of contests that have gone unsolved. I don’t like doing follow up posts on those because that means that I can’t use those cars again, perhaps in a slightly different form. There has been one that has proved so vexing – so teeth edge-putting – and has resultedin so many requests for its reveal that I am bowing to all the cries of uncle and am providing the solution, right here today, immediately after the jump.

 Annnnnd, it’s an Autobianchi A112 Abarth, and one that I snapped on the streets of Veroia Greece.

As I’m sure you are aware, the A112 is based on Fiat’s 127 Supermini, and was introduced in 1969. The Abarth edition arrived in 1971 and was particularly popular among young Euro-Hoons for its diminutive size and modest but rabid performance. The Autobianchi Abarth may not be hugely fast, but it makes you feel like it is, even when it’s standing still.

So there it is, a little red A112 and a car that stumped the best of you. Next we’ll work on solving the meaning of life. Of course that one has me pretty flummoxed too.

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