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That was the spiffy model of that series.
Nov 20, 2019,17:10 PM
The Cinquecento and Seicento being the family “sedans”. They revolutionized everyday life in Europe after the War as they were affordable and quite durable. It was amazing to see a whole family fitting inside one of those little cars with a roof rack loaded with half of the house to go to the beach during the summer. They were the original “how many elephants can you fit in a VW” cars. The 850 was the hot-rod of that line of wonderful cars.
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Fiat 850 Coupé Sport.
By: amanico : November 20th, 2019-13:39
The Fiat 850 Sport was in production in the mid 60's till the early 70's. Not specially a rare car, but a funny one despite its modest power ( 47 or 52 HP ), and its limited speed ( 145 Km / h ). But it was not a heavy car, and it was pleasant to drive or...
That was the spiffy model of that series.
By: Catulle : November 20th, 2019-17:10
The Cinquecento and Seicento being the family “sedans”. They revolutionized everyday life in Europe after the War as they were affordable and quite durable. It was amazing to see a whole family fitting inside one of those little cars with a roof rack load...
Ohhhh, those days!
By: Mary Anny : November 20th, 2019-23:39
My grandmother used to take us from Rome to the Alps on her 500 but I have no clear memories of those adventure trips. After that, she bought a red Panda, such a huge car! Since then, everything changed. Strangely enough, the pater familiae used to drive ...
TRUE! [nt]
By: amanico : November 21st, 2019-11:30
Indeed!
By: kkochheiser : November 20th, 2019-20:51
I spent some time with the Abarth OT 1000 version of that car. Delightful in its own way (on the track) but I think the standard 850 would have been easier to live with! Rust, as always was the issue. I had a friend in High School who had the 850 Spider a...
Very nice
By: tactictac : November 21st, 2019-06:34
especially the first series.