UK's rarest cars: 1977 Fiat 128, one of only four left on British roads
Car thought the Fiat “as an 1100 laid down a new set of standards that other manufacturers have yet to equal at the price”. A 1.3-litre engine became available in 1971 and by 1974 sales exceeded 1.75 million units. Two years later the range received a facelift. Italian production ceased in 1985, although El Nasr of Egypt built the 1300 GLS until as recently as 2009. The 128 required recommissioning after standing idle for 30 years but its originality is breathtaking Warp-speed corrosion resulted in the 128 fast vanishing from British roads by the end of the 1980s. Fortunately, as Huc...
Source: telegraph.co.uk