Updated  21 Feb 2018

1977

May

December

December

Time line of Australian articles

First article found of the delivery of the X1/9 in Australia.

1978

March

First known chassis number 128AS0085443

The a small flyer you see below was created by Alan Steele, a member of the FIAT Club of NSW for the journalists who were at the Official Press Release Day at Warwick Farm on May 3rd, 1978.

July

Key Points: Article mentions the X1/9 has not arrived as yet however Fiat Australia is importing 750 of them in and 350 of them are spoken for. A sale price of $9500 was also quoted.

August

Last known chassis number 128AS0085443

1979

January

Key article points: It’s mentioned this was a test car and is fairly new. The article mentions the 1500 5 speed is 18 months away. Price would be $11,700.

February

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September

Key Points: Mentions that there will be 400 series 1.5 imported and we won’t see the series 2 till 1980.

 

Marks Notes: I think we got less then 400 as i have only worked out we got about 300 so far. First compliant series 2 was in Jan 1981. Also there is a conflict with article April 1981.

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December

Key Points: Mentions the series 1.5 was recently release.

 

Marks Notes: This was printed in December 1979 and indicates the series 1.5 was only recently released. There are series 1.5 with March 1979 compliance plates so they were either sitting around for some time or the article is wrong.

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1981

April

Key Points: Article mentions that they are still selling the series 1.5 and expected delivery of the series 2 is months away. Priced at $11,000

 

Marks Notes: This was printed in April 1981 yet he mentions the series 2 is not released yet.  However there was already compliant series 2 in January 1981.  So i think Fiat held on to the series 2 stock until they sold out the series 1.5 stock. Note the picture here is the same X1/9 for December 1979.

September

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1983

December

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1986

June

1987

Key Points: No date on advertisement but it mentions they are coming soon. So must be 1987

1988

Key Points: No date on advertisement would have to be late 1988 to 1990.

1996

September

1989

January

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2002

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2004

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