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Fiat 131 Abarth Fiat France #9 J-C. Andruet / C. Delferrier Winner Rally Sanremo 1977 Kyosho 1:18

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Fiat 131 Abarth Fiat France #9 J-C. Andruet / C. Delferrier Winner Rally Sanremo 1977 Kyosho 1:18 08375A Diecast
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Kyosho's 1:18 diecast Fiat 131 Abarth reproduces the Fiat France entry that took Jean-Claude Andruet and Christian Delferrier to victory at the 1977 Rally Sanremo. Zinc alloy construction and opening doors bring the boxy Group 4 silhouette and wide rally arches to scale, finished in the correct competition livery rather than a generic Fiat road colour. A genuine WRC-era result for collectors building a 1970s rally shelf.
Fiat 131 Abarth Fiat France #9 J-C. Andruet / C. Delferrier Winner Rally Sanremo 1977 Kyosho 1:18
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Specifications
Car Brand
Fiat
Model Manufacturer
Kyosho
Scale
1:18
Material
Diecast
Model Condition
Used Model
SKU
08375A
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About the Fiat 131 Abarth Fiat France #9 J-C. Andruet / C. Delferrier Winner Rally Sanremo 1977 Kyosho 1:18

TL;DR: Kyosho's 1:18 diecast Fiat 131 Abarth reproduces the Fiat France entry driven by Jean-Claude Andruet and Christian Delferrier to victory at the 1977 Rally Sanremo. Zinc alloy construction with opening doors and wide Group 4 arches brings one of Fiat's title-winning rally cars to scale, finished in accurate competition livery.

Group 4 rallying in the late 1970s belonged largely to Fiat and Lancia, and the 131 Abarth was Fiat's answer, a boxy saloon turned into a genuine title contender. Kyosho's diecast captures one of its winning outings directly.

Kyosho's Diecast 131 Abarth in Fiat France Livery

Group 4 Arches and Zinc Alloy Build

Kyosho casts the 131 Abarth's body in zinc alloy diecast, and the widened Group 4 arches, bolted over the standard saloon's bodywork to clear the wider competition wheels and tyres, come through as a distinct step in the silhouette rather than a smoothed-over bulge. The doors open on metal hinges to reveal a stripped, roll-caged cabin rather than a saloon-car interior, appropriate for a car whose road-going 131 donor shape hid a genuinely purpose-built rally chassis underneath. Panel gaps around the arch extensions stay tight, an important detail on a subject defined largely by those flared panels.

Reproducing the Fiat France Number 9 Scheme

The livery reproduces the Fiat France team's number 9 scheme as run at Sanremo in 1977, with the sponsor decals and roundel placement kept accurate rather than generalised into a plain factory-colour finish. Getting a rally livery right matters more than getting the body shape right on a subject like this, since several teams and national squads ran visually similar 131 Abarths with different sponsor packages. Kyosho's printed graphics register cleanly against the base colour, holding their edges around the flared arches rather than blurring where the panel steps outward.

Fiat's Group 4 Rally Campaign and the 1977 Sanremo Win

Andruet, Delferrier, and a Home-Soil Victory

Jean-Claude Andruet, partnered by co-driver Christian Delferrier, took this Fiat France-entered 131 Abarth to victory at the 1977 Rally Sanremo, a result for the French satellite operation rather than the Italian factory team directly. Sanremo sat on Italian soil and carried weight within the World Rally Championship calendar, making a win there a genuine championship-season result rather than a minor placing. For a French team to beat the host nation's factory effort on its own event added an extra layer to the victory.

The 131 Abarth's Manufacturers' Title Success

The 131 Abarth carried Fiat to the World Rally Championship's manufacturers' title in both 1977 and 1978, a stretch that came right before Lancia's own Group 4 cars, and later the Delta S4, took over as the dominant Italian rally weapon. That short window of Fiat supremacy is often overshadowed by Lancia's longer rallying legacy, which makes a well-liveried 131 Abarth a useful corrective piece for a collector who wants the full Italian rally story rather than just the Lancia chapters everyone remembers.

A 1970s Rally Diecast Beside Lancia's Later Cars

A Fiat France 131 Abarth sits naturally beside a Lancia Delta Integrale or Stratos on a Group B and Group A rally shelf, tracing Italian rallying's handover from Fiat to Lancia across the late 1970s and 1980s. At around 21cm long, the model's boxy proportions and flared arches give it real shelf presence despite the saloon-based shape being less overtly dramatic than a Stratos. Kyosho's diecast construction holds up well to handling, and the accessible tier this piece sits at makes it an easy addition for a rally-focused collection that wants period accuracy over headline recognition.

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