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Fiat 131 Abarth #5 Team Fiat Works Rally Portugal 1980 Kyosho 1:18

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Fiat 131 Abarth #5 Team Fiat Works Rally Portugal 1980 Kyosho 1:18 08376A Diecast
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Kyosho's 1:18 diecast Fiat 131 Abarth reproduces race number 5 from the 1980 Rally Portugal, correct Group 4 wide-arch bodywork and Fiat's period works livery. Diecast construction and opening panels bring a title-winning rally shape to a World Rally Championship classic shelf at accessible mid-tier pricing.
Fiat 131 Abarth #5 Team Fiat Works Rally Portugal 1980 Kyosho 1:18
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Specifications
Car Brand
Fiat
Model Manufacturer
Kyosho
Scale
1:18
Material
Diecast
Model Condition
Used Model
SKU
08376A
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About the Fiat 131 Abarth #5 Team Fiat Works Rally Portugal 1980 Kyosho 1:18

TL;DR: Kyosho's 1:18 diecast reproduces a Fiat 131 Abarth works entry at the 1980 Rally Portugal as car number 5, finished in Fiat's period livery with the model's flared Group 4 bodywork. Diecast construction and opening panels suit collectors building a World Rally Championship classic shelf around Fiat's title-winning seasons.

Rally Portugal's rough gravel stages tested cars as hard as any round on the World Rally Championship calendar, and Fiat sent its 131 Abarth there in genuine title contention. Kyosho's diecast wears car number 5 from the 1980 works entry, the season that closed out Fiat's run of championship-winning years.

Kyosho's 1:18 Fiat 131 Abarth Works Rally Car

Race Number 5 at the 1980 Rally Portugal

Rally Portugal in this period combined loose gravel mountain stages with tricky, tightening corners that punished cars lacking both power and traction, conditions the rear-wheel-drive 131 Abarth had to manage without the benefit of four-wheel drive rivals would later bring to the sport. Kyosho's model wears the number 5 livery from Fiat's works team that season, a scheme distinct from the manufacturer's earlier entries in its sponsor placement and stripe detailing. The bonnet vents, wide box arches and rally-spec lighting pod are all rendered with the correct proportions rather than softened for a road-car-style casting.

Reading the Rally Number and Sponsor Decals

Checking accuracy against period photographs, the details to look at first are the number panel's font and border, the placement of the small sponsor decals along the sills, and the exact box-arch flare width, since these vary noticeably between Fiat's different works liveries from season to season. Kyosho keeps these consistent with contemporary images of the 1980 works cars, a level of care that matters on a subject less documented in scale form than the era's Lancia or Audi rivals.

The 131 Abarth's World Rally Championship Record

Group 4 Homologation and Fiat's Title-Winning Seasons

Fiat homologated the 131 Abarth under the FIA's Group 4 regulations, which required a minimum production run of the road car while allowing extensive modification for competition, and the works team used that latitude to build a genuinely potent rally weapon around a twin-cam engine and reworked suspension. The programme delivered Fiat the World Rally Championship manufacturers' title on multiple occasions through the late 1970s, with 1980 marking the closing chapter of that dominant run before the sport's balance shifted decisively toward four-wheel drive machinery later in the decade. Walter Röhrl claimed the drivers' title that same season driving for the Fiat camp, cementing 1980 as one of the high points of the model's competition career. That combination, a road-based car achieving factory-level rally success against increasingly specialised opposition, is exactly what makes a well-liveried 131 Abarth model meaningful rather than just another period rally shape.

Fitting a Fiat Into a WRC Classic Collection

Wide Arches and Rally Livery in Diecast

The 131 Abarth's Group 4 bodywork bolted flared arches and a deep front spoiler over what was, underneath, a fairly ordinary Fiat saloon shape, and Kyosho's tooling keeps that contrast between the humble base car and the aggressive competition addenda clearly visible. Rally decals and number panels are applied with sharp, consistent edges, and the paint holds a period-correct finish rather than a glossy, overly modern sheen. The diecast body has genuine weight in the hand, and doors open on firm metal hinges that reveal a stripped, rally-prepared cabin rather than a plush road interior.

Where the 131 Abarth Sits on a Rally Shelf

At roughly 21 centimetres long, the 131 Abarth's saloon proportions give it a boxier stance than the low-slung sports and supercars elsewhere in a mixed collection, and that contrast is part of its appeal on a themed WRC shelf. Kyosho's diecast sits at an accessible mid-tier price, with opening doors and a detailed rally-spec cabin rather than the sealed-resin construction reserved for ultra-limited liveries. Paired with a Lancia Stratos or later Delta Integrale from the same rally lineage, this Fiat fills in an important chapter of the sport's Group 4 era, the transition years before four-wheel drive changed rallying permanently.

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