Fiat Topolino
(1936 - 2019)
Fiat Topolino: All 17 models
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Hardly anyone would have bet in the 1930s that it would be possible to earn money with a small car and set a real mass motorization in motion. The Fiat 500 came onto the market in 1936 and was built as the 500 A and 500 B until 1949 with hardly any changes to the bodywork. Hundreds of thousands of them! Today, the early Topolino is a popular and much-loved classic car that makes passers-by smile. This report is about the early Fiat 500, built from 1936 to 1949, and shows the Topolino in current and historical pictures as well as in the sales literature of the time.
Between 1936 and 1955, Fiat built the 500 Topolino, a small car with a conventional front-engine and rear-wheel drive design, which sold over 500,000 units and became a bestseller. This report describes the impressions of a test drive with the 500C model, the third evolutionary stage, which was sold in 1949, and goes into the history and technology of the popular compact car.
With the 600, Fiat unceremoniously created a new vehicle class. Although unceremoniously is probably the wrong term, because the Turin-based company worked hard to develop it. The result was a vehicle that combined performance and economy and was as sophisticated and well thought-out as few other cars at the time. This historical test report by Motor-Rundschau describes the qualities of the Italian.
"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.
They were only good for nice weather and were barely tolerable on long journeys, but the Fiat 500 and 600 Jolly beach cars of the fifties and sixties were very popular with the top ten thousand. This report briefly describes the history of the small leisure vehicle and shows it in current and historical pictures. As a foretaste for next summer ....
Those who could afford it were well advised to buy a Fiat 500 for the city bustle in addition to their "normal" car. Nimble, spacious and safe to drive, the tiny car made the most of the limitations imposed on it by its design. Measured against its size, the little Fiat was actually a really big car - a (historical) driving report.
In 1965, Fiat presented the latest version of the Fiat 500 small car. hobby' magazine took a look at the slightly more powerful four-seater and wanted to know whether such a car was a suitable replacement for the big car. This report reproduces the wording of the test at the time and shows the Fiat 500 in many historical pictures, including some revealing crash tests.
Fiat built the 500 model for 20 years and the former entry-level car has become one of the most popular classic cars of all time. However, its success was not guaranteed, as Fiat took some risks when building it and buyers soon preferred larger and faster vehicles. But the Fiat 500 remained true to itself and gained (many) new fans. To this day. This driving report describes the history of the Fiat 500 Nuova and shows it in historical and current pictures, as well as in the sales brochure from back then.
For most people, the VW Beetle is the Volkswagen par excellence, in every sense of the word. A car for the people, a people's car. And the Beetle was indeed an above-average success. But before it, Ford's Model T had already passed the 15 million mark, and in modern times the Toyota Corolla, VW Golf and Ford's F-series even managed to reach over 30 million, although they were not the only people's cars to do so. This report looks back at some selected production successes in car history and shows them in 200 pictures. A feast for the eyes!
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All 17 Fiat Topolino models
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