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Fiat 500
1970 Fiat 500 L -- 2011 DC 1.jpg
1970 Fiat 500
Overview
Manufacturer Fiat
Production 1957–1975
3,893,294 units[1]
Assembly
Turin, Italy
Desio, Italy[1]
Termini Imerese, Italy[1]
Designer Dante Giacosa
Body and chassis
Class City car (A)
Body style
2-door saloon
2-door semi-convertible
3-door estate
3-door panel van
Layout Rear-engine, rear-wheel drive
Related
Autobianchi Bianchina
NSU/Fiat Weinsberg 500
Puch 500
Vignale Gamine
Powertrain
Engine
479 cc I2
499 cc I2
594 cc I2
Transmission 4-speed manual
Dimensions
Wheelbase 1.84 m (72.4 in)
Length 2.97 m (116.9 in)
Width 1.32 m (52.0 in)
Height 1.32 m (52.0 in)
Kerb weight 499 kg (1,100 lb)
Chronology
Predecessor Fiat 500 "Topolino"
Successor Fiat 126
The Fiat 500 (Italian: Cinquecento, Italian pronunciation: [ˌtʃiŋkweˈtʃɛnto]) is a rear-engined, four seat, small city car that was manufactured and marketed by Fiat Automobiles from 1957 to 1975 over a single generation in two-door saloon and two-door station wagon bodystyles.

Launched as the Nuova (new) 500 in July 1957,[2] as a successor to the 500 "Topolino", it was an inexpensive and practical little car. Measuring 2.97 metres (9 feet 9 inches) long, and originally powered by a 479 cc two-cylinder, air-cooled engine, the 500 was still 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.

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.

In 2017 Fiat celebrated the 60th anniversary with an exhibit at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City[3] and received one of the Corporate Art Awards by pptArt[4] at an event hosted by the President of the Italian Republic Sergio Mattarella at the Quirinal Palace [5].

First announced in May 2006, Fiat previewed an all-new four-seat three-door hatchback 500 model in March 2007 – fifty years after the first Fiat 500 was presented. The design of the 2007 Fiat 500 is based on the 2004 Fiat Trepiùno concept.

The new model features a distinctive retro style - following the pattern of the Volkswagen New Beetle and BMW MINI - as modern reinterpretation of Dante Giacosa's 1957 original rear-engined Fiat 500. Production started in mid-2007 in Fiat facilities in Tychy, Poland, and later in Toluca, Mexico. Numerous trim, equipment, and performance versions are offered with a convertible body style available starting in 2009.

The 500 is also offered in Abarth trim, with 1.4L Turbo Petrol engine, sport exhaust, suspension, and transmission.

The Fiat 500 automobile platform is the basis of the second-generation Ford Ka.

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