Sometimes a car jumps out of the page because it has sweet/wicked wheels (think Saab Inca Alloys), which this next car does...but what really jumps out is the coolness of the door handles...and it isn't often that a door pull is exciting. Leave it to the Italians, I guess. Find this 1980 Fiat Strada / Ritmo offered for $7,500 in West Hollywood, CA via craigslist. Tip from Rock On!
Ask any Berkeley graduate (or flunky) their favorite college coffee spot and they will invariably mention Cafe Strada on the southside of campus. The coffee is decent, seating is limited, decor is ghetto but somehow you keep coming back for more. Incoming sorority pledges who haven't hit the freshman fifteen yet will rave about Strada's bianca mochas, until they get fat, and then they will complain about being fat. Anyway, Strada offers minimal comfort, decent pep and dilapidated surroundings...much like this 1981 Fiat Strada offered for $1,000 in Wenatchee, WA via craigslist. Tip from Gianni B.
The Fiat Ritmo (badged Strada in the USA) was a compact front wheel drive hatchback distinctively styled by Bertone and sold around the world from 1978-1988. The basic edition has been called the Fiat Gitmo, because driving one is humiliating and pointless experience, but the hopped up Abarth badged 130 TC version had all the elements of a thrash-able hot hatch. This 1983 Fiat Ritmo Abarth 130 TC edition is for sale in Miami, FL bidding starts at $8,000 with no reserve with 1 day to go.