The Nuova 500 is one of three models featuring " suicide doors." This model also features a fabric roof, foldable to the rear of the vehicle, like that of a Citroën 2CV - rather than the later roof design, which only folds half way back along the roof. The 500 features a 479 cc (500cc nominal) two-cylinder engine, hence the name, producing just 13 horsepower. Models Nuova 500 (1957–1961) Ī Nuova 500, as it was launched in 1957, preserved in the Centro storico Fiat. The Fiat 500 has a Cx (aerodynamic resistance coefficient) of 0,38, a very good performance for its time. The 126 was not as successful as its predecessor in Italy, but sold well in the Eastern Bloc countries, being assembled and manufactured in Poland as a Polski Fiat. Production of the 500 ended in 1975, although its replacement, the Fiat 126, was launched two years earlier. An Austrian variant, produced by Steyr-Daimler-Puch, the 1957–1973 Steyr-Puch 500, had a motorcycle-derived Puch boxer twin motor, a sports model of which was the 1965–1969 Steyr-Puch 650 TR2. Sports models were produced by Abarth, as well as by Giannini. Besides the two-door coupé, it was also available as the "Giardiniera" estate this variant featured the standard engine laid on its side, the wheelbase lengthened by 10 cm (3.9 in) to provide a more convenient rear seat, a full-length sunroof and larger brakes from the Fiat 600. Steyr-Puch produced cars based on the Fiat 500 under licence in Graz, Austria.ĭespite its very small size, the 500 proved to be an enormously practical vehicle with large sales throughout Europe. The Neckar version of the 500 was manufactured in Heilbronn under a complicated deal involving NSU, and was introduced in October 1961. Several car makers followed the now uncommon rear engine configuration at the time and were quite successful. The new car had a rear-mounted engine, on the pattern of the Volkswagen Beetle, just like its bigger brother the 1955 Fiat 600. Both continued until 1957 when they were replaced by an all-new, lighter car. It had a 2-door coupe body with sun-roof, which was later complemented by an Estate version. In 1949 to meet the demands of the post-war market, production resumed as the 500C with revised front and rear bodywork. In 1936, Fiat released the front engine Fiat 500 "Topolino" economy car. In 2017 Fiat celebrated the 60th anniversary with an exhibit at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City and received one of the Corporate Art Awards by pptArt at an event hosted by the President of the Italian Republic Sergio Mattarella at the Quirinal Palace. In 2007, the 50th anniversary of the Nuova 500's launch, Fiat launched another new 500, stylistically inspired by the 1957 Nuova 500, featuring a front-mounted engine and front-wheel drive. It was the first time when it was awarded to an automotive industry. In 1959, Dante Giacosa received a Compasso d'Oro industrial design prize for the Fiat 500. Measuring 2.97 metres (9 feet 9 inches) long, and originally powered by a 479 cc two-cylinder, air-cooled engine, the 500 was 24.5 centimetres (9.6 inches) smaller than Fiat's 600, launched two years earlier, and is considered one of the first purpose-designed city cars. Launched as the Nuova (new) 500 in July 1957, as a successor to the 500 "Topolino", it was an inexpensive and practical small car. The Fiat 500 ( Italian: Cinquecento, pronounced ) is a rear-engined, four-seat, small city car that was manufactured and marketed by Fiat Automobiles from 1957 until 1975 over a single generation in two-door saloon and two-door station wagon bodystyles.
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