Abarth 2000 Sport (SE010) is a

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racing car built by Italian car maker

Abarth Abarth & C. S.p.A. () is an Italian racing- and road-car maker and performance division founded by Italo-Austrian Carlo Abarth in 1949. Abarth & C. S.p.A. is owned by Stellantis through its Italian subsidiary. Abarth's logo is a shield with a ...

, which won its class at the 1000 km of Monza in 1971 and finished 11th overall. It was homologated for FIA Group 4 on 1 April 1969 with homologation number 252,FIA Historic Database
/ref> and participated in a number of car races from 1969 to 1973. At least 50 cars were constructed, including the Sport SE mid-engine variant (SE014/019).
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2000 Pininfarina Scorpione

The Abarth 2000 Pininfarina Scorpione is a rear-engined prototype

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, designed by Italian design company

Pininfarina Pininfarina S.p.A. (; ; short for Pininfarina Società per Azioni) is an Italian automotive design, car design firm and coachbuilder, with headquarters in Cambiano, Turin, Italy. The company was founded by Battista "Pinin" Farina in 1930. On 14 ...

, and developed and built by Abarth, in 1969. One prototype vehicle was built, and was displayed at the Brussels Motor Show in 1969.

Popular culture

In the 1975

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-animated film

The Pinchcliffe Grand Prix ''The Pinchcliffe Grand Prix'' () is a 1975 Norwegian stop-motion-animated sports film directed by Ivo Caprino. It is based on characters from a series of books by Norwegian cartoonist and author Kjell Aukrust. It is the most widely seen Norweg ...

, the racing car of Heinrich von Schnellfahrer is based on the Abarth 2000, upgraded with amongst others a larger rear wing and engine.Vokser aldri fra Flåklypa (article from Norwegian newspaper)
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References

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