1600 Coupé

Made with the platform and mechanical assembly of the 1600, the idea was a 2+2 coupe for limited production. Instead it never got beyond the one-off stage. The front end was well designed, simple and lithe with a hood fender interaction that was later to be seen on the Maserati Bora. After the pastel green of the Manta, the Abarth 1600 was painted white and was the last Giugiaro’s prototype not to be metallic grey, the color the designer believes to be the most suitable for highlighting the shape of a bodywork. From the Iguana onwards, all the prototypes were painted metallic grey with the sole exception of two Maseratis, the 2+2 coupe and the Medici, both of 1974, still metallic but green, and the New York Taxi, obviously painted yellow.