Fiat 600 'Siecento'
Dante Giacosa followed up his pre-war 'Topolino' design with the little Fiat 600 in 1955. The 600 was a true 4-seater, unlike the Topolino which was only unofficially for four. Giacosa chose a rear-engined design in order to squeeze 4 people into a small car, and created a 633cc ohv 4-cylinder water-cooled engine for the car. In 1960 the 600 D was launched, gaining numerous improvements including a new 747cc power unit. In 1964 the 'suicide' doors were replaced by front-hinged doors. Production ended in 1969 after 2.6million Fiat 600s were made. The 600 was also made in Spain as the Seat 600, in Yugoslavia, Poland and Germany. From 1956 a forward control Fiat Multipla was built on the same platform.
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Fiat 600 1960 - engine cover badge
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Fiat 600D 1964 - badge on the nose. The '600' badge with 3 chrome strips on either side lasted until 1965 when it was changed.
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Fiat 600 1960 - rear grille
Fiat 600 1962 rear
Fiat 600 1962. This has been re-engined with a 903cc unit
Fiat 600 1962 front
Fiat 600 1962
Fiat 600 Viotti 1960 front
Fiat 600 Viotti 1960. Customised by Carrozzeria Viotti, but otherwise a standard Fiat 600. Viotti had not been able to adapt to quantity production as other coachbuilders had done, and cars like this Fiat 600 kept them going for a time.
Fiat 600 Viotti 1960 rear
Fiat 600 Viotti 1960. Customised by Carrozzeria Viotti, but otherwise a standard Fiat 600 with a 633cc 4-cylinder engine.
Fiat 600D 1964 front
Fiat 600D 1964. 'Suicide' doors were fitted to the Fiat 600 until mid 1964. The early cars had sliding windows and only later gained wind-up front windows.
Fiat 600D 1964 rear
Fiat 600D 1964. Originally powered by a 633cc inline four, the 600D model introduced in 1960 gained a 767cc engine. Further development of the same engine found it in other Fiat models. This 600D has been re-engined with a 1050cc unit taken from the Autobianchi A112 Abarth, but still related to the original engine.
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Fiat 600 1960. Launched in 1955 this 1960 version of the Fiat 600 still has the rear-hinged 'suicide' doors that continued until 1964.
Fiat 600D Multipla 1963 front
Fiat 600D Multipla 1963. The Multipla employed the same 2-metre wheelbase as the Fiat 600D to give up to 3 rows of seats in some versions
Fiat Abarth 1000 TC 1966 front
Abarth Fiat 1000 TC 1966. Lots of body modifications for the Abarth TC, and underneath it all disc brakes on all four wheels. Enough to win Division 1 of the ETCC in 1965,66 and 67.
Seat 600D 1969 front
Seat 600D 1969. The Seat 600 kept its suicide doors until 1970 when the Seat 600 E was launched.
Zaporozhets ZAZ-965A front
Zaporozhets ZAZ-965A. Produced from 1962 in Melitopol, Zaporizhia Oblast, Southern Ukraine, the the ZAZ-965A was launched with a larger 887cc V4 which was also used as a starter motor for a Soviet tank.
Zastava 850 1980 front
Zastava 850 1980. The Zastava 850 was an upgraded version of the Zastava 750 produced in in Kragujevac from 1980 to 1985.
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