Belgrade, Serbia, Fiat (copies) and the Eurovision!

[djape1977]

those aren't the seats you see, those are custom made seat covers. seats underneath are usual argenta seats, although in excellent condition as the rest of the car.
price is, ofcourse, overly entusiastic. i believe it will be sold for around 2.000e in the end, although a lot of time may pass untill the owner realises the true value.
the red 132 is for sale at 1.200e cash. been there, seen it, leaves a lot to be desired. i think that more realistic price would be around 800e

[kev131]

Very nice Argenta and in a rare colour - The darker colours suit the car better I think.

Yes the price is stratospheric especially at that mileage.

Even at ?2000 it will struggle I think - One of the most unloved cars ever, not to mind in the Fiat range - I wonder how many sold..?

[djape1977]

1. a lot of big fiats in serbia are that colour. at least a half of all 131, 132 and argentas were dark blue.
i now have a dark blue 131 and 132 and i've had two more 132s in the same colour. guess it was because in old communist regime black was reserved for mercedes cars of politbiro and goverment, dark blue was almost exclusive for executive cars of big state owned companies and other colours were for the populus... later, as those cars got old, most of them were sold to private ownership. dark blue 132 is still a status simbol for most of "older" people in all ex yugoslavian states.

2. knowing the local market, 2000 will be about the right price

3.. dunno how many argentas were made. far less than 132s definately.

as far as i know, 132 was actually a very sucsessful model. it was produced in

italy - about 290.000made

yugoslavia - around 25.000 made, mk2 1800gls only

poland - as far as i know, 1600 and 1800 mk2  - don't know how many made

south korea - made by KIA motor company. didn't manage to find anything more than the info that it was made with 1300ccm engine from '74. to '86. perhaps on websites written in corean more info could be found?
http://www.edmunds.com/kia/history.html

[kev131]

Wellllll  

(1) Not having been to Eastern Europe (at least not further east than Prague in 2003) I can't comment about the most popular colours in that part of the world, only for Western Europe to a degree ...and I guess from looking at "for sale" adverts ....and on that experience, it's a rare colour to me. In fact, I'm struggling to remember EVER seeing one in that colour. Interesting that this colour is popular in your part of the world for the reasons you mention - I think Lady Di used to drive Audi convertibles in the same colour and as a result the colour improved in popularity in the UK for a while.

(2) Value - Again my estimate is based more towards Western Europe and really, when these cars come up for sale at any price, they seem to be available for ever! There is a lovely gun metal Argenta SX Volumex for sale is Italy for a negotiable ?2k for some time now.

(3) Regarding volumes I stumbled across the attached article today (which is the reason why I have replied to this thread - not a Saturday night argumentitive streak... although I am disappointed that my sweepstake world cup team (Paraguay) has just lost to Spain)!! According to this article 61,000 Argentas were made, a quarter of the petrol models in the 1600cc variant - Interesting stats don't you think..?

[mirafioriman]

Not many made then. I doubt many made it to the UK either!

[kev131]

Yes although looking at the production dates on this article (05/81 to 06/82) it would seem to indicate series 1 production numbers only..? Do you know when the S2 was launched...?

[mirafioriman]

Off the top of my head no but I'm guessing 83 or even 84. Def after 82 though so I would agree this figure is for series 1 cars only.

[djape1977]

found another one. a scrapper, price per kilo.

[stathe174]

It's a pity to see cars like these to end this way...

[djape1977]

yeah, i know. i really can't understand people leaving their cars standing in the field for 10 yrs!!!

when a friend told me about this car my heart started pomping a bit faster. i was hoping it could still be saved. when i saw it i was discusted. you know that sickening feeling in the gut, one that is too often brought by dissapointment.

i'll see what's the condition from underneath the car, but it's probably completely rusted thru. if that is the case, only way wil be to strip everything that can be used and scrap the rest.
if rust from underneath is not so bad, maybe there's still hope!

[djape1977]

of course, there's still salvagable examples left

http://www.mojauto.rs/polovni-auto/538245 - a cheap one, 380e


and 4x4 - http://www.mojauto.rs/polovni-auto/536285


http://www.mojauto.rs/polovni-auto/308627


real rarity! http://www.mojauto.rs/polovni-auto/508870

[djape1977]

for sale, a runner, 250e

[re30b]

found another one. a scrapper, price per kilo.

A rare Diesel!!

[djape1977]

not so rare around here. i've had 3 132 diesels over the years. diesel fuel was very cheap

[djape1977]