Rare Finds: Fiat 126 Abarth owned by Top Gear's Chris Evans and BTCC racing driver Mike Jordan
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- Опубликовано: 29 авг 2024
- We test drive a modified Fiat 126. It might look small but it's certainly mighty since Mike Jordan recreated it in its current Abarth form.
not much room? lol You haven't seen much in your life... it can handle between 8 grownups inside lol
yea 6 in the back lol
someone here did a hefty trips hvnt you mariusz?
My mom told me how she with 6 people in total made like 7h journey to Berlin from Posnan. A wild thing.
My father used to own a yellow one and we managed to squeeze 8people in there (3 of us were children). Amazing little machine :)
I can vouch for that statement. 8 of us, granted very cramped and without front passenger seat but going on for 20 km with no complaints or injuries. Ahh the good old days.
In Poland called "tiny" or "small one" ;) I did my driving license on that
Same here. My first car.
I had a Blue one of these back in 1995 (not Abarth) and absolutely LOVED it!
Most fun car I've ever owned!!
My dad owned 126PGL '95. I managed to replace complete clutch all on my own while I was only 14yo. It was very easy to extract whole engine and do all maintenance. They call this car Peglica in Serbia, which mean tiny laundry iron 🤣
2 years but fuck it, in Poland is call "Maluch" which mean a tiny one
In Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia, you can find a lot of this Fiat. We call him Peglica.
Greetings from Bosina and Herzegovina.
Not 126. 126p. :)
what does peglica mean? i'm italian, they are quite rare now but this car has a special place in the heart of many italians
Nothin', it's the Balkan name for this Fiat. :)
it mean "the iron" from Pegla
AdamusPL87 126
hearing Top Gears Chris Evans just hurts my ears, im so glad the he already left and GT is coming so soon :) we used to have a Fiat 126 its a fun little car, it is one of my dreams that i custom build one
Looks very nice and classic. Greetings from Poland.
Ten jest z Włoch.
Sorry for the lady, this is not an 126 Abarth. With 600 cc it has not even an 126 Abarth engine. It has not even Abarth paint which is actually FIAT 124 red orange. No. Only two prototipo's were made. One for Italy, one for Poland. Engine size ran up to at least 770 cc and/higher.
you can take it to 700 cc or 740 and 800 with stock crank ..and up to 930 with longer stroke
ahh ten nasz maluszek :) Polak po włoskiej matce :D
To jest 126 a nie 126p
I learnt how to drive in one at about age 12. The previous owner had driven it for the uk (north) to Berlin and back to witness the wall coming down, he had taken out the passenger seat so he could (sort of) sleep in it on his journey. It was almost dead, so it ended up as my toy with my bikes. My dad was into motorbikes, mum cars. She had an xr3i at the time, and can't recall what bike dad had then, he had many. I think my bike at the time was an italjet. Maybe?
Cool car. It wasn't then but is now.
If Mercedes can make a tiny little pocket with 21st Century safety features (Smart car ) why couldn't Fiat reinvent the 126 and the 500 using the original shell ?
Proudly made in People`s Republic of Poland !
It was made in Italy... It's a 126, not a 126p.
The Abarth had up to 50 bhp.
24 bhp is absolutely standard.
abarth never built fiat 126 only giannni was selling 3 version of modified 126 650 30 hp 700 cc 34 hp and 800 cc 36 hp
At seat belt what an example you give!
Sorry, my english is not very good..
I'm building a replica of the sports car Fiat 126p:
- Carburetor Kunicki Motorsport
- Sports suspension
- Half of the new parts..
Soon new films finished car..
Engine power about 30-32 HP..
Car after the repair in August will be for sale for Euro 2900
she even said you put a 600 cc engine but she didnt know that this engine is the stock one he only put the exhaust
my parents had them.... yes them .. because they kept overheating after being driven about 6 months and most of the time my parents had them my dad was trying to just fix them.
They never made an Abarth spec 126 so how can it be one?
yes they did, they made even a giannini one
Who cares if Chris Evans owned it
Looking to buy this. But prices are starting to raise.
I'm building one now my goal is 70 bhp
Adam Buczak hows it going?
how is it going well not good
engine block and fly wheel cant take any big increase
@@AB-ng7zc I've heard a Fiat Fire engine could be transplanted in the 126 engine bay, it's 1100cc.
I'm thinking about buying one with similar power goals in mind, so I'd love to hear more of your process.
@@hagglundguy yes they are a lot of them about with fiat fire engines but i do like the` original twin 650
@@AB-ng7zc do you reckon 45bhp to be a realistic goal on the original 650 engine?
did you start it without the choke??? (my eyes hurt bc i own a collection of them)
Dream car💗
My first car whot I bought for first pay😃
Is it a car that is still suitable for the modern times in terms of emissions and replacement items etc?
Interested too
@@p_roduct9211 it's like I fell in love with this car and badly want one as my first car ever
Reportedly, this car has high exhaust emission. There's a guy from London who owns one of these beauties and says that it costs him about £20 pounds a day for the congestion charge.
Chichester wow
Excellent video, but the background music was a bit too loud for us to appreciate the row the engine makes - even when it isn't the Abarth engine! LOVED the colour, so perhaps that's just a man thing?
hmmm. There was never a fiat 126 abarth so i don't know what 'abarth spec' means
also Chris Evans is a nobhead
the was 2 fiat 126 abarth made
+ADAM BUCZAK really?
Including this one? :L
+Joe Webb no that is not one of them and that one is worth no more then 6000 max
+ADAM BUCZAK lol yeah, I agree!
And it instantly lost value from being owned by that ginger prick
Didn't know there were any abarths made but 2 isn't a very big production run so i assume they were concepts?
It just annoys me when people advertise modified 126s as 'abarth' or even 'abarth replicas' because they are talking shit lol.
An abarth sticker on the back doesn't make it an 'abarth replica'!
+Joe Webb I know what I mean I think the is t vid on RUclips where people did put abarth engine in not juts a sump or rocker cover and called abarth replica
Can you do a wheelie with that? If you put a R1 engine for example?
Did you get pulled over for the illegal number plates?
Be nice to have some specs on performance
Rare find....there's never been a Fiat126 Abarth. It's just a copycat🤣🤣🤣
“Porsh Continental Orange” 🤔
Its Tom Hanks daily drive ;)
Very Nice :-))))) 👍👍👍👍👍
Peglica ima za vidit i u Hrvatskoj.Svakakve ludosti smo četničkoj bandi tokon rata radili.
It is a Meme in Poland. Yet in England people like it.
I am confused but yet. That Box on weels is small, ligth and you can yourself turn it back on its wheels. you can try and will be able to do it.
Well, Its peoples car after all.
I love it
Who the fuck is Chris Evans? From top gear? WTF?
Rebecca 😍
Piękny Maluszek
Jesus Christ, you have enough room don’t fucking whine, “as you can see there is VERY little space here for ME.”
In my years of owning a car I owned a Suzuki Swift, the older 2004 model, and trust me, that had less space in it than that thing, for refrence, with the seat all the way back your knees still sat highee that the seat, but I didn’t whine and complain did I? Afterall, the A/C was like a freezer and you’d probably freeze if you had it on for too long.
Can anyone who is 6'4 fit in one of these?
KAM: Easy: remove the front seats and sit on the rear seat. One of my friend had it, and he was slightly over 200 cm tall. Fun fact, the 126 had the soft top and when open, my friend drove it with his head stuck out of the open roof, with von Richtofen googles, causing almost a riot in the school, for histerical hilarity
when did this. car made at
70's
i have one of these for sale
Rebecca 😍😘😘😘😘😘. Girls+ cars =❤
ŁUUUUU MALUCH
U are beautiful :)
Polish car
To włoska wesja
Nie jest i nigdy nie był. Produkcja na licencji, to nie to samo co stworzenie auta....
Polskiego to ty miałeś Poloneza.
126p był produkowany na licencji.
Na filmiku jest 126 - prawilna włoska wersja.
Ewww... Chris Evans! 🤢🤮
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