Fiat Topolino
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The Fiat Topolino is a small, iconic Italian city car produced from the mid-1930s to the mid-1950s, widely regarded as one of the world’s earliest mass-market economy cars.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
car model
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city car ⓘ economy car ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Fiat 500 (original) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bodyStyle |
2-door convertible
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2-door saloon ⓘ estate (Giardiniera) NERFINISHED ⓘ van ⓘ |
| category |
1930s automobiles
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1940s automobiles ⓘ 1950s automobiles ⓘ Fiat vehicles NERFINISHED ⓘ rear-wheel-drive vehicles ⓘ |
| class | city car ⓘ |
| coolingSystem | water-cooled ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Italy ⓘ |
| designer | Dante Giacosa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| driveType | rear-wheel drive ⓘ |
| engineConfiguration | inline-4 engine ⓘ |
| engineDisplacement |
569 cc
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approx. 0.6 L ⓘ |
| era | pre-war and post-war European car ⓘ |
| firstSeries | Fiat 500A NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fuelType | petrol ⓘ |
| generationCount | three main series (500A, 500B, 500C) ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | iconic symbol of affordable Italian motoring ⓘ |
| influenced |
Fiat 500 (Nuova 500)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
post-war European microcars ⓘ |
| languageOfNickname | Italian ⓘ |
| layout | front-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Fiat NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| marketPosition | low-cost economy car ⓘ |
| nicknameMeaning | little mouse ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being one of the earliest mass-market economy cars
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compact dimensions suitable for city use ⓘ helping to motorize Italy in the 1930s–1950s ⓘ |
| predecessor | Fiat 509 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCountry | Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionEnd | 1955 ⓘ |
| productionLocation | Turin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionStart | 1936 ⓘ |
| seatingCapacity | 2 seats plus small rear space ⓘ |
| secondSeries | Fiat 500B NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| successor |
Fiat 500 (Nuova 500)
NERFINISHED
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Fiat 600 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| thirdSeries | Fiat 500C NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| topSpeed | around 85 km/h ⓘ |
| wheelbase | about 2.0 m ⓘ |
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