Because the front engine and transmission of the 128 Saloon didn't allow for a smart bodied 128 Spider, Nuccio Bertone desided to go for a mid-engined concept, having some experience with the mid-engined Lamborghini Miura and Marzal.
For the Turin Autoshow of 1969, Bertone produced a 'show car' called Bertone Runabout Barchetta, to try the public's opinion.

In 1973 the X 1/9 was introduced as the 850 Spider replacement.
'X 1/9' is actually the project code given to this car, as was 'X 1/1' the project code of the 128 saloon, 'X 1/3' of the 130 saloon and initially 'X 1/8' and later 'X 1/20' for the successor of the X 1/9 (which turned out to be not a Fiat but the Lancia Montecarlo!).

The vehicle identification number of the X1/9 is "ZFA128"

In 1977 a right-hand-drive version appeared and in 1982 Bertone took over the whole production process and sold it under their own brandname until production ceased in 1987.

Homepages
Homepage	Site name	Author
	Zach's Fiat World	Zach Collier
	X1/9 Cote d'Azur	?
	The Fiat X1/9 homepage	?
	Steven's Fiat X1/9 Page	?
	Zod's Italian Car Pages	Todd
	The Life & times of Sparky the wonder car	Vince Gulley
	Matthew's Bertone X1/9 Homepage	?
	Matt's X1/9 Page	?
	Ken's Fiat X1/9 Page	?
	Doug's X1/9 Page	?
	X 1/9 for sale	Bruce Matthews
	Sunaba's X1/9 Homepage (English/Japanese)	Toshiyuki Sunaba
	Welcome to X1/9's HomePage! (Japanese)	Hiroyuki Oya
	FIAT X1/9 Restoration Dairy (Japanese) (also mailinglist)	Yasushi Nishi
	Horry's Web Site (Japanese)	Takeo Horiguchi
	Fiat X1/9	?
	Fiat X1/9	?
	Goofing around with Autos	David Willison
	The X Files
	Fiat Pix!	?
Clubs with internet presence
	Clubname	Contact information
	X1/9 Owners Club	?
	Singapore First Bertone X1/9 enthusiasts website	?
Clubs without internet presence
	Fiat-Bertone X1/9 Club Nederland	Keimate 5 6663 KB Lent The Netherlands Tel. 024-3227666

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