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Our youngest is born - Fiat 500 (historical test)

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Created on September 1, 1957

Reading time 8min

Written by:

Manfred Mettke

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Fiat 500 L (1967) - Platz für vier Passagiere auf wenig Platz

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Fiat 500 D (1957) - die Türen öffnen wie beim Vorgänger nach hinten

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Fiat 500 D (1957) - auf dem Titelblatt der Zeitschrift 'hobby'

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Fiat 500 (1957) - aus einer Verkaufsbroschüre

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Fiat 500 (1959) - aus einer Verkaufsbroschüre

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Fiat 500 D (1960) - für das Picknick im Wald

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Fiat 500 (1957) - in Ligurien

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Fiat 500 (1958) - Weiss in Weiss

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Fiat 500 (1959) - die Technik sichtbar gemacht

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Fiat 500 D (1960) - vorne ist der Tank und das Reserverad untergebracht und es bleibt immer noch Platz für etwas Gepäck

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Fiat 500 D (1960) - das Fondabteil bietet auch Platz für die Unterbringung von Gepäck

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Fiat 500 D (1960) - mit dem offenen Dach

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Fiat 500 D (1959) - ein frühes Modell

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Fiat 500 D (1963) - Fiats über Fiats - die Modelle 500 D und 600 D auf einer Ausfahrt

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Fiat 500 D (1963) - Picknick im Grünen, zu sehen die Variante mit Faltdach und die Variante Giardinera

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Fiat 500 L (1967) - eine Knutschkugel

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Fiat 500 D (1962) - Viersitzer mit zwei Türen, Innenlicht durch Fahrertüre geschaltet

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Fiat 500 (1957) - mit einem 500-er war man selten alleine

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Fiat 500 (1958) - Erprobung am Pass

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Fiat 500 L (1968) - kultiges Design, das Sympathien weckt

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Fiat 500 L (1968) - macht offensichtlich fröhlich

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Fiat 500 L (1973) - über viele Jahre weitgehend unverändert gebaut

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Fiat 500 (1957) - auf einem Film-Set

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Summary

"A lure for Italy's scooter and moped riders" was the subtitle of the 'hobby' magazine's first test of the Fiat 500, which took place before the official presentation of the Fiat 600's little brother. Predominantly positive points are mentioned in the test report, only minor details are quibbled about and the car is given a good chance on the market. This article reproduces the original wording of the test at the time and supplements it with historical images and the original brochure from the time.

This article contains the following chapters

Small car for scooter and motorcycle riders
Close to 600 and for small families
Practical in the city
Purring like a cat
As agile as a goat
Fast enough
Elastic small motor
Air-cooled for the first time
Gearbox that takes some getting used to
Solidly built and simply cooled
Clearly laid out and spartan
Cheap enough?

Estimated reading time: 8min

Preview (beginning of the article)

For months there have been whispers in Italy - and not only in Italy - that the 'mountain' of the Turin Fiat plants was about to give birth to a new 'mouse'. This event has now occurred, albeit with some delay, but all the more literally. If you take the old Topolino (which means 'little mouse' in German) from 1936 as a benchmark, then Fiat's direct development of this two-seater model, the 'new 500', has now seen the light of day as a full-grown mouse. The large family of Fiat offspring has been extended by a member that has all the well-known traditional advantages of the Turin-based company, although one might be tempted not to take it as seriously as its larger brothers due to its modest dimensions. But the new 500 certainly commands respect.

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