Siata

After a detailed market research among Italian youth, Siata launched the Spring in 1968, a retro sports car based on the  Fiat 850. It was produced until 1970, when Siata went bankrupt. The assembly line was then purchased by a newly formed company called ORSA (Officina Realizzazioni Sarde Automobili). They moved it to an assembly plant near Cagliari, where they resumed the production of the Spring, which was now based on the Seat 850 special. Due to the 1973 oil crisis, sales of sports cars in Italy declined, forcing ORSA to end the production in 1975.

See also: Fiat 850 / Seat 850