Fiat X1/9 price rises have been slow, but are picking up
Every week, we’re tracking the values of the most popular classic cars on the UK market. Thanks to our friends at Classic Car Weekly, we can focus on one car and compare its values from 2005 to today – and then anticipate where they will be in 2025. This week, we take a look at the brilliant little Fiat X1/9 – Italy’s take on the affordable sports car of the 1970s. Classic Car Weekly’s editor David Simister tells the market story of this funster’s future growth.
FIAT X1/9 – THE CURRENT SITUATION
Fans of Turin’s baby sports car might have seen an example that Richard Hammond drove on The Grand Tour being hammered away for £2500 – but prices for examples in better nick are currently pulling in rather more than that. Despite that, it still seems too cheap for a car that has Ferrari Dino-style looks, offers open-top advantages without the downsides thanks to its targa top, and knife-edge handling.
Currently, you’d be looking at anything between £4000 and £6000 for a nice one in solid condition – and we’ve seen minters going for upwards of £10,000. In a world of £100,000 Sierra RS Cosworths, it still seems like very little money for so much Italian brio. Tellingly, what Hammond’s example made is closer to what decent examples were selling for 10-15 years ago.
Fiat X1/9 interior has a touch of Italian flair
FIAT X1/9 VALUES – ACCELERATING NICELY
Aside from its recent starring appearance on The Grand Tour the Fiat X1/9’s profile remains confusingly low. Given the world’s love affair with 1970s cars, and its pocket supercar looks, the mid-engined sports car looks set for decent growth rather later in life than some of its contemporaries.
FIAT X1/9 PRICE TRACKER
Time was when the X1/9 was in the territory that tattier MX-5s and MR2s in are now, and could be snapped up for under a grand, but as the ropey ones have disappeared and the better ones total up to an estimated 291 UK survivors, prices have gradually crept up. We reckon they could still climb a little higher in value, but it’s unlikely that anything but the best examples will go much beyond £10k any time soon. David Simister
Below are the typical prices for a Condition 2 example between 2005-2025.
2005 £2250
2010 £3250
2015 £3000
2020 £4500
2025 £6000 (anticipated)
Condition 2 X1/9s are predicted to be worth £6000 in 2025
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