The Abarth Simca 2000 was an Italian high-performance

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produced in the 1960s as a collaborative project of the

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and

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companies in

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Product description

The A-S 2000 was a coupé powered by a four-cylinder Abarth engine of 1946.27 cc, rated at . Its maximum speed was listed as . Its overall length was , overall width was , height was , its wheelbase was , its front track was , and its rear track was . Its fuel tank held 6.6 imperial gallons, although optional tanks of 12.1, 18.7 and 24.2 imperial gallons were also available. Its empty weight was . The car's radiator-cooling inlet was a low-set oval in a forward-thrusting nose; there was no obvious forward bumper. The two headlights were set under transparent fairings. The bonnet was long and markedly sloped. Its

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was more highly sloped than most contemporary vehicles. An upturned air deflector was mounted atop the rear trunk. The gasoline tank was filled through a lid-covered cap located at the upper-right hand corner of the nearly-flat rear window. File:G Abarth Simca 2000 glass.jpg, Window filler cap File:Abarth Simca 2000 rear.jpg, Rear view File:S Abarth Simca 2000 side.jpg, performance styling File:Abarth Simca 2000 front.jpg, Abarth Coupe

References

{{Reflist *L. A. Manwaring, ''The Observer's Book of Automobiles'' (12th ed., 1966), Library of Congress catalog card #62-9807, p. 27 *Photographs of 1964 model at https://web.archive.org/web/20090411090141/http://www.thecobraferrariwars.com/1543309.html *Abarth Simca 2000 - Car Profile http://www.sportscardigest.com/car-profile-abarth-simca-2000/ Abarth vehicles Simca vehicles Cars introduced in 1963 Sports cars Rear-engined vehicles