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There's some nice shots of 131 Abarths at the Rally Legent 2005 - San Marino video at http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=1688111072147970608? :)

Music to my ears!

They do sound very good those Abarths...  :P  :o

Im going to show my age now, but as a teenager i remember the Lombard RAC Rally. A 3 day and night event that really used to test drivers and cars, i would go up to Keilder and down to Wark Forest Scarborough and spend many a night freezing sometimes in the snow just to get a glimse of passing headlights and glowing red brake disc, but the sound of a full on Rally car making its way through the forests at night in the dark!!!!!! would make it all worthwhile, we could identify cars simply by the noise they would make whilst approaching our particular corner in the forest, I only wish the experience could be recreated, used to make the hairs on my neck stand up.
Long live Rallying.
Steve

High guys. Now that's a cool video! 8)

Not as much 131 footage as i'd like,but very good none the less! :)

Some glimpes of a 131 in San Marino this year

Be paitent, the first quarter is a montage of stills.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmKzkdp4WKE

And....

I saw an english version of this in the cinema when I was a young fella.
It was like watching a black version of Smokey and the Bandit,
to my young eyes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPzXaYeVzKs

Some recent 131 Abarth in-car footage. The current crop of WRC machines have come a long way since then. For example the driver and co-driver are sitting at the same height.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8N7_dM9AIQ

And the best 'till last. In just one word, FANTASTIC!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSjm6ejAuVI&NR

Yup! The last was the best!  ;)

Classic Italian market Fiat ad. from the early '70's

For all those of you coming by ferry, we would like video evidence that you boarded your ferry in a similar manner to this depiction in the video clip!!

The words "Politically Correct" have spoiled advertising for the forseeable future.

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETSgztm2ZME

Great!! :D

One of the best Fiat 124 car chases, in fact one of the best car chases ever, is in a film called "The Burglars" (also released as "Le Casse") with Jean-Paul Belmondo driving a Fiat 124 Special and being chased by Omar Sharif in an Opel. I've been trying to get a copy of the film for years...

For your edification, the chase scene from "The Burglers".

Send my usual fee to the usual address...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3dOnDc5DMg

Some info. to help you with your search for "The Burglers",
I have heard the german title for the movie in the german market was "Der Coup".

Thanks for that link!? :) ;)
I hadn't seen it for a while and I still think it's a great chase sequence. The continuity is a bit off with the cars gaining and loosing dents seemingly at random but still great!? ;D I wonder how many Fiats they wrecked filming that sequence? :o

Thanks too for the German name of the film. This thread reminded me to search for the film again and I have found and currently downloading "Le Casse" which presumably will have French dialogue.

Great chase sequence guys - Well done for finding it Graham.

Presumably you guys have also seen this one...?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoP1qjR-i3w&mode=related&search=

I'd never seen either before today.

I rememeber seeing a Fiat 124 Berlina being used by the bad guys in an episode of the New Avengers but I cant think of any other 124/131 scenes off hand.

Having lived in Paris for a while, I can confirm that Parisians do drive like that, most of the time.
The only dent-free french car is a new car. Parking by ear is the norm.

That 131 car chase is fantastic! Obviously Mr Belmondo likes his Fiats!
The 131/Peugeot chase has a lot of similarities to the 124/Opel chase so I'd guess they are by the same director or stunt team. Unless Mr Belmondo had a lot of input for both chases.

I now have a copy of "Le Casse" (French dialogue) with the 124/Opel car chase.  ;D What I had forgotten and is not shown in the YouTube clip is that while Omar Sharif gets back into his Opel and drives away at the end of the chase, Mr Belmondo looks at his 124 with a pool of oil under it (obviously a broken sump) and realises he is not going anywhere as a broken headlamp falls off the 124!  :'(

It's interesting that this French dialogue version was filmed in French and is not dubbed; neither is the English version. They must have filmed two copies of the scenes with dialogue, one in French and one in English. I suppose one of the reasons that they had such a long car chase and long scenes without dialogue throughout the film...  :-\

I've almost got a copy of "Le Professionel" with the 131 chase as well ....  :D

1977 Portugal Rally

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-247167807366923212&q=fiat+127