{"id":8842,"date":"2016-02-04T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-02-04T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/museonicolis.com\/?p=8842"},"modified":"2024-07-12T12:44:59","modified_gmt":"2024-07-12T10:44:59","slug":"fiat-500-topolino-tipo-a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.museonicolis.com\/en\/fiat-500-topolino-tipo-a\/","title":{"rendered":"Fiat, 1947, 500 Topolino, tipo A"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fiat \u201c 500 Topolino, tipo A\u201d, 1947<\/strong><\/h2>\n

In 1934 <\/strong>Fiat gave the designers Antonio Fessia<\/strong> and Dante Giacosa <\/strong>the important job of designing a new small popular car. Two years later the \u201c500\u201d was born, the smallest production\u00a0car ever produced<\/strong>, with a tiny 569cc<\/strong> engine .
\nCommonly known as \u201cTopolino<\/strong>\u201d (Mickey Mouse), this new car was inspired by the design of her big sister, the 1500, introduced the previous year. Weighing just 535 kg<\/strong> and with independent wheels all around<\/strong> with transversal spring,\u00a0the 3,21-meters-long Topolino offered the same comfort and performance of a higher class car.
\nThe Topolino, sold at Lire 8.900,<\/strong> was Fiat’s answer to the national request for a popular car within the reach of the middle and lower Italian classes. Initially offered in the sedan, convertible, and van version, the\u00a0500A was later produced in two other series, B and C, with styling and mechanical modifications, until 1954 for a total of about 520.000 cars, and it was the first real Italian example of mass motorization.
\n<\/strong>The Fiat advertisement read Fiat:\u00a0“I have got the automobile too. Fiat 500, the great little car<\/em>“.<\/p>\n

Luciano Nicolis<\/strong>\u00a0used to say: \u201cI found this car in Turin and they told me it was owned by the secretary of\u00a0Vittorio Valletta<\/strong>, the president of Fiat<\/em>“.<\/p>\n\r\n\r\n \r\n