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[edit] Giardinera

As far as I know, this means "station wagon". So why does the "Giardinera" link redirect to another brand of car? Autobianchi never manufactured Fiats. Thor Rudebeck 14:30, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Is the 500 a sedan?

The article says that the 500 was a sedan, when it was never a three-box car. Should we refer to it as a coupé, like it is done in the Volkswagen Beetle article?

[edit] Awful Photograph!

Somebody should really change to photogragh. I dont know how to change photos, But I will try.DesignForDreamingFan 09:45, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

I just changed the Photo. I hope the new one is better.DesignForDreamingFan 09:47, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
Why has the photo been changed?DesignForDreamingFan 03:35, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Engines

(please, forgive my awful English)
All the engines of little Fiats (500, 126, Cinquecento 700ED, Panda 30) are straight-two, and not flat-two. The engine of the 500, the 126 and the Panda 30 was air-cooled and vertical, the engine of 126BIS and Cinquecento 700ED was liquid-cooled and horizontal (it was equipped with an electronic carburettor, too).
The engine of Fiat/Autobianchi Giardinetta (the estate version, pratically) was air-cooled and horizontal, instead. Fiat has never built a boxer engine.
I'm italian, i know these things! ;) Thank you!
Frihtrik

[edit] Trivia

About mr. Kidby's journey around the world, I would wait until it will be completed. Before writing an encyclopedia article, the fact should be done. Latest news are for newspapers, not encyclopedias.


[edit] HIGH LEVELS OF CONGESTION ?

This article tells: ...it was marketed as a cheap and practical town car to combat high levels of congestion in Italian cities

I wonder who wrote this article ? Someone who doesn't know Italian history for sure. When the 500 was launched in 1957 there was no congestion at all on Italian roads ! It was marketed only in the desperate attempt to induce average Italian families to buy a car, something they could finally afford, due to the very low price (about 450.000 Lire, 200 today $), but despite the price Fiat 500 remained a "dream" for the lowest income families until the end of the '60. Nowadays in Italy we almost have more cars than inhabitants, and roads congestion is a serious problem, but in the '50 Fiat 500 represented only the Italians "wild" dream to become a "motorized" pepole.

Picard_bs - Aug 13 2007

[edit] History

The history section for the original 500 starts with "To meet the demands of the post-war market which called for economy cars, the Fiat 500 was rear-engined on the pattern of the Volkswagen Beetle". As it stands, this sentence is a non-sequitur; the article doesn't explain why the rear-engined design in particular met the demands of a market for economy cars. -Ashley Pomeroy (talk) 19:34, 22 February 2008 (UTC)