Utilising a powerful 2.0 litre twin cam motor with 40mm Webers, and boasting fine handling through Koni shocks, the Abarth badge is applied with true meaning to this rarest of Fiat hot hatches. It took us as far as Japan to find this mint example, which needed only minor care to its original bodywork, before a full mechanical restoration at our workshop in California. With superior performance over better known rivals of the time, the Ritmo ( named Strada in the UK and US ) is a low-key classic.