General description :
The Fiat Cinquecento is one of the most recognisable cars ever made, produced from 1957 to 1975. With its iconic rear-engine design and body of less that 3 metres long, this was the founding-father for the 'city-car.'
The 500D started production in 1960, replacing the original 'Nuova.' However, the 500D kept many of the key features of the first 500, most notably the 'suicide doors' and the folding fabric sunroof. Displacement and power were also increased in the 500D, with its 17hp engine used till 1973.
This particular example has recently undergone a full engine and body-work restoration, with less than 22,000 miles on the clock. Finished in White with a tricolore stripe and green two-tone leather interior, it is one of the most beautiful examples of a true automotive icon.
Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino (FIAT to you and I) was founded by Giovanni Agnelli in 1899. Their first car 3 ½ CV had a strong resembledence to contemporary Benz, only 25 examples were built. By 1910 Fiat had established itself as Italia's biggest car manufacturer and expanded to the US, where a new plant was built in Poughkeepsie, NY.
At that time Fiat cars were big and luxurious barges for the wealthy or barking mad racing cars like S76 , The beast of Turin, with its 290HP 28.5-liter, four-cylinder engine.
However, today Fiat is better reknown for its small symphatic peoples carriers, Topolino, 500 "Cinquecento" and 600.
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