Fiat Ritmo Bertone Supercabrio 100S Palinuro 1986 Two-Tone Green Metallic Mitica 1:18

The Fiat Ritmo Bertone Supercabrio sits at one of the more obscure intersections of 1980s Italian motoring: a fully open-top body — no B-pillar, no roll-bar — hand-finished at Bertone's Grugliasco coachworks on the mechanicals of the Ritmo II 100S. MITICA has reproduced the 1986 Palinuro special series in a 1:18 resin model that captures a car most collectors have never seen in the metal. The two-tone green metallic finish is offered here as a colourway, produced for a single retailer and not replicated elsewhere.

The Ritmo Bertone Supercabrio: Grugliasco Coachwork on a Production Platform

Bertone first showed the Ritmo Cabriolet at the 1982 Geneva Motor Show, but the Supercabrio took the concept further: the B-pillar was deleted entirely, creating a pure open-top structure. The bodywork was hand-finished at Bertone's Grugliasco plant in Turin. Underneath sat the Ritmo II 100S drivetrain — a 1,498 cc SOHC inline-four producing approximately 105 bhp, paired with a 5-speed manual gearbox. The car's overall length is 3,970 mm, width 1,660 mm, and wheelbase 2,448 mm.

The Palinuro Edition: Geography as a Sales Argument

In the mid-1980s, Fiat and Bertone named a small series of Supercabrio variants after prestigious Italian leisure destinations, and Palinuro — a headland on the Cilento coast of Campania — gave its name to this two-tone green metallic series. These cars were conceived as luxury open-air touring companions for wealthy buyers, delivered with matching interior trim. The Palinuro designation was one of several geographically-referenced limited series that distinguished the Supercabrio from standard Ritmo Cabriolet production, underscoring the car's positioning well above the mainstream hatchback range.

MITICA: Italian Resin Craftsmanship at 1:18

MITICA is an Italian specialist known for reproducing rare and low-volume Italian road cars in 1:18 scale with resin construction. Resin allows a fidelity to subtle body-colour gradations and surface contours that die-cast tooling at this scale rarely achieves, which matters particularly for a two-tone metallic finish like the Palinuro's. The model length is calculated at 220.6 mm — approximately 22.0 cm — directly from the real car's 3,970 mm overall length divided by the 1:18 ratio. The designation confirms this colourway is exclusive to one retailer.

In the Display Cabinet

At 22 cm, the Supercabrio requires a standard 1:18 display shelf — a single shelf space of roughly 25–26 cm allows comfortable clearance. The open-top body profile sits lower than a typical saloon, making it visually distinctive alongside taller contemporaries. It pairs naturally with other MITICA Italian road car releases or with 1980s Italian open-top subjects such as the Alfa Romeo Spider of the same period. For collectors focused on Carrozzeria Bertone's lesser-documented 1980s production, this model fills a gap that no die-cast manufacturer has addressed at this scale.