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Fiat 131 Abarth #5 M. Alen / I. Kivimaki Rally Portugal 1978 Otto 1:12

Fiat 131 Abarth #5 M. Alen / I. Kivimaki Rally Portugal 1978 Otto 1:12
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Specifications
Car Brand
Fiat
Model Manufacturer
Otto
Scale
1:12
Material
Resin
Model Condition
New Model
SKU
G093
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About the Fiat 131 Abarth #5 M. Alen / I. Kivimaki Rally Portugal 1978 Otto 1:12

TL;DR: Otto's 1:12 resin Fiat 131 Abarth #5 reproduces Markku Alén and Ilkka Kivimäki's Rally Portugal 1978 entry for Fiat's works team. The large 1:12 scale gives this World Rally Championship-era Fiat genuine physical presence, with sealed resin holding the period livery in sharp, consistent lines.

Fiat's 131 Abarth carried the brand to multiple manufacturers' titles in the late 1970s, and Alén's driving was central to that success across a demanding World Rally Championship calendar.

1:12 Scale Detail on a Works Rally Fiat

At roughly double the linear size of a 1:18 model, 1:12 scale gives this Fiat considerably more shelf footprint and lets resin's sealed construction show off livery detail that would blur at a smaller scale. The 131 Abarth's boxy 1970s saloon silhouette, wide wheel arches and rally lighting pods are all rendered with the sharp, even panel lines resin delivers on a subject with no opening hardware to complicate the tooling. Fiat's factory racing livery, with period sponsor branding across the doors and bonnet, is applied with the tampo precision this larger scale rewards.

A Genuine World Rally Championship Subject

The 131 Abarth's competition record makes it a substantial subject rather than a generic period rally car, and pairing it with other Group B and pre-Group B rally entries builds a coherent history of the World Rally Championship's formative decades. Its larger scale suits a dedicated display shelf rather than a mixed 1:18 lineup, where its size would otherwise dominate smaller companions unintentionally. For collectors of 1970s and 1980s rally history, a documented Alén entry carries real weight beyond the model itself.

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