
The good: The Beta sedan is a roomy, comfortable, quick, economical, nimble sedan. If it didn't have to have sealed beam headlights and gigantic bumpers in the US, you could add "good looking" to that list. Even with the US spec stuff, it's not half bad.
The Bad: Rust, rust, rust, rust. Iffy electronics. Rust. Some cheap trim pieces (especially for a car that was supposed to be upscale). Rust.

The interior is in good, but not perfect shape. The driver's seat is torn, but the rest of it looks to be in nice shape.
Did I mention that these cars rust? Oh yeah, they do. This one is amazingly rust free, however. It has some surface rust, but if you take care of it right away and then shoot some Waxoyl into the spots that usually rust (pretty much all of the car), you should be able to keep this car rust free for a long time to come. (Assuming you wash it regularly and don't use it in the snow.)
The Beta sedan is a cool alternative to an Alfetta or a Fiat sedan. This one is very realistically priced at just under $2000.00

The seller also includes a link to a Flickr page, which you can find here.
** Update - While I did not know it when I was writing this, this car belongs to Chris over at Rusty But Trusty. Anyone who has read his blog knows that Chris has taken very good care of this car. I'm sure that if you e-mail him via his site, he'll answer any questions you might have.
4 comments:
And I take crap for liking 2 door Chevy Citation hatchbacks?
Good looking?!?!?!?
I wish I knew where that special Citation that rusted away in Williamstown is now.
John
I've heard Citation before, although I think it's closer to a Saab 99. I prefer to say it's like a 4-door Alfetta GT.
Thanks for the feature - I hope the car finds a good home.
I learned to drive in my Dad's '75 Beta. It was a lot of fun to drive but difficult to work on. After 50,000 relatively trouble free miles he traded it in on a Beta Coupe which he kept for 23 years. -Dan
I saw that car at Concours d' Lemons two years ago, it really Is in amazing condtion
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