Fiat 600

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"600" can also refer to the later Fiat Seicento

Image:Fiat-600-d.jpg The Fiat 600 (or "Seicento") was a small (3,22 m) automobile available as a hatchback produced from 1955 to 1969. The top speed ranged from 95 km/h empty with the 663 cm³ engine to 110 km/h with the 767 cm³ version. The car had a good ventilation and defrosting system. It was the first rear-engine Fiat and cost the equivalent of about 6,700 in today's euro (590,000 lira then).

A year after its debut, in 1956, a soft top version was introduced, as well as a 6-seater variant--the Fiat 600 Multipla. It would now be termed a people carrier.

During 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, the car became very popular in countries as Argentina, where people call it Fitito. The Soviets copied this car as the Zaporozhets ZAZ-965, produced from 1960-1963.

The total number produced from 1955 to 1969 at the Mirafiori plant was 2,604,000.

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The Jolly

In 1959 Fiat shipped a number of Fiat 600s to the Italian design house Ghia for conversion into the Jolly. Featuring wicker seats and the option of a fringed top to shield its occupants from the Mediterranean sun, these cars were originally made for use on large yachts of the wealthy (Aristotle Onasis owned one). With a cost of nearly double that of a standard "600", they were made in a very limited production. It is believed that fewer than 100 exist today, each one being unique.

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