12 November 2011

FIAT 600. 1969 alive and kicking





The Fiat 600 (Italian: Seicento, pronounced say-chento) is a city car produced by the Italian automaker Fiat from 1955 to 1969. Measuring only 3.22 m (126 in) long, it was the first rear-engined Fiat and cost the equivalent of about € 6,700 or US$ 7300 in today's money (590,000 lira then). The total number produced from 1955 to 1969 at the Mirafiori plant was 2,604,000. During 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, the car became very popular in countries such as Spain (as SEAT 600), where it became the icon, par excellence, of the Spanish miracle, Argentina, where it was nicknamed Fitito (a diminutive of Fiat) and former Yugoslavia where it was nicknamed Fićo (pronounced [fee-cho]).

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Yang digambar pula, adalah model yang sama. Menurut pemiliknya, kereta ini keluaran tahun 1969. Mungkin generasi terakhir dalam klasifkasi 600 ini. Beliau mendakwa hampir keseluruhan masih mengekalkan keadaan asal. Menariknya, maseh boleh dipandu dan cukai jalan baharu saja diperbaharui. Tamat November 2012. Oh rupanya, enjin kereta ini di belakang juga macam VW.

Yang paling best, pabila ditanya ada kemungkinan boleh dijadikan barang dagang. Beliau berkata boleh kalau kena niat dan hantarannya. Siapa mahu mencuba? Aku adalah ejen rasmi kereta ini.

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