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Tested in Turin - the first Fiat 600

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Created on April 1, 1955

Reading time 7min

Written by:

Günther Gebhardt

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Fiat 600 D (1966) - für die ganze Familie, und das auf nur 3,315 Metern Länge - Abbildung aus einem Verkaufsprospekt

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Fiat 600 D (1962) - da kann man glatt ins Träumen kommen

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Fiat 600 (1955) - Wenn man einen Testwagen aus solch zarten Händen übernimmt...

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Fiat 600 (1955) - Fotosteifen von der Testfahrt

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Fiat 600 (1955) - Röntgenzeichnung

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Fiat 600 (1955) - Ein Prachtsstück an Präzisionsarbeit

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Fiat 600 (1955) - Vorder- und Hinterradufhängungen

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Fiat 600 D (1966) - noch attraktiver mit dem Rolldach

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Fiat 600 D (1966) - Platz für vier Personen

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Fiat 600 D (1966) - Blick ins Interieur mit einfach gehaltenem Cockpit

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Fiat 600 D Multipla (1966) - das Raumwunder 'Multipla' war auch mit sechs Sitzplätzen erhältlich

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Fiat 600 D Multipla (1962) - noch mehr Platz gab es im Multipla

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Summary

The magazine 'hobby' was able to test drive one of the first new Fiat 600s in 1955 and explore it in normal road traffic. The impressions were very positive, especially with regard to the engine and comfort. No wonder the small family car was a success and was built until 1969. The original wording is reproduced in full in this restored report, the pictures have been supplemented with contemporary factory photographs and the sales brochure of a later year.

This article contains the following chapters

Clear and modern bodywork
Sensational engine
Comfortable travel despite a small engine
Spartan interior
Una macchina coli fuoco
Technical profile

Estimated reading time: 7min

Preview (beginning of the article)

This is the story of a rather adventurous test! It began with the fact that I was much envied in the editorial office when I set off for Turin to take a critical look at FIAT's new 'wunderkind'. I was envied for two main reasons: 1. because I was able to escape from the dreary post-winter chill to the 'sunny south', 2. because you know that FIAT in Turin always has something very special to show when its technicians present a 'newborn' to the public. Once upon a time... After all, that's how every story begins. Ours begins logically: once upon a time there was a Fiat'Topolino'. It speaks for the popularity of this little two-seater from Turin that it has populated the streets of Italy and elsewhere for almost 20 years like hardly any other small car before it. But two seats are not enough! And its 'bigger brother', the Fiat 1100, is almost a 'big car' by Italian standards.

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