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  • 1959 Fiat Millecento. A mid-century Italian family car with the same MPG as a Prius
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  • @nandanrajeev2452
    @nandanrajeev2452 9 років тому +114

    Good video. We Indians just love our FIATS and this was my family's first car. Hats off to Jay Leno for this superb video.

    • @paulbeatty9676
      @paulbeatty9676 6 років тому +8

      I still drive one! It is a 1976 model and still runs well. Those straight cut gears and the steering column gear shift, wonderful. The only thing that is a pain is trying to source an oil filter since the old models have the bypass filters and not the screw on types.

    • @nachiketjoshi6594
      @nachiketjoshi6594 4 роки тому +7

      Dukkar fiat 😄 makes me a kid everytime i see one

    • @toolzshed
      @toolzshed 3 роки тому +5

      Fiat Padmini

    • @xxcronomaxx7986
      @xxcronomaxx7986 3 роки тому +3

      @@toolzshed premier padmini

  • @anantdabholkar685
    @anantdabholkar685 5 років тому +9

    My Grandfather had a sky blue Fiat 1100 (Millicento) in 1964 in India; probably the first batch that came directly from Italy. The car lasted till 1990's when my uncle decided to put a diesel engine into it. It was an exact replica of this car, just blue. The dash, the plastic floor covers, brings back memories. The car had a lot of pep for its day! I remember very vividly as I was in my early teens.

  • @waltertaljaard1488
    @waltertaljaard1488 8 років тому +83

    It's amazing how well these little old Italian cars perform on steep, bendy and narrow mountain roads. As if they really are in their element there.

    • @bobjohnson1587
      @bobjohnson1587 7 років тому +1

      Just don't try to start them on a rainy day! lol

    • @arx3516
      @arx3516 7 років тому +12

      what a surprise, Italy is basically made of ONLY narrow mountain roads!

    • @kentallard8852
      @kentallard8852 5 років тому +7

      They are! That's what a lot of Italy is like.

    • @Momo_Kawashima
      @Momo_Kawashima 3 роки тому +3

      @@arx3516 yeah, for the rest we have hills and some beach around

    • @arx3516
      @arx3516 3 роки тому +2

      @@Momo_Kawashima and some plains too, how can we forget the plains of Agro Pontino and above all Pomezia, the most beautiful city on earth?

  • @tonyromano2391
    @tonyromano2391 5 років тому +34

    I was six years old when my dad bought one of these. It shaped my love for cars forever. Miss my dad and his beautiful red millicento

  • @tvarad
    @tvarad 6 років тому +9

    There were two main car brands in India in the 1960's and 1970's. One was the Morris Oxford re-badged as the Hindustan Ambassador and the Millicento known just as the Fiat (the later model Fiat 1100 D was sold as the re-christened Premier Padmini). Most families with cars owned either one or the other and there would be regular fights between their kids as to which one was better! My Dad owned a black Millicento so no guesses as to which side I was on! Thanks Jay, for bringing back lots of memories of trips to restaurants, far away places and other magical ones with this car.

    • @mnar920
      @mnar920 11 місяців тому +2

      i use to fight with our neighbor. an ambassador owner

  • @MudSnow
    @MudSnow 11 років тому +12

    I'm Italian and happy to see such a great appreciation of old-school Italian cars. Thank you Jay!

  • @mmohajir
    @mmohajir 3 роки тому +2

    The 1962 model of Fiat 1100 which looked similar to one in the video albeit without suicide doors was manufactured in India till 1989. I grew up with these. It was nostalgic to view this video. Thanks Leno

  • @glori30175
    @glori30175 3 роки тому +3

    I rode in the Millecento in 1969 going from Italy to Switzerland and took 11 hours.Bringing back memories>>5 people!

  • @harishkumarko
    @harishkumarko 9 років тому +78

    We had this India, but it was called Premier Padmini. Came with the same 1100cc motor initially. If you ever visit Mumbai, you can still see many plying as taxis. Reliable machines.

    • @chrishenniker5944
      @chrishenniker5944 8 років тому +13

      It's just so cute, looking like a baby shoebox Ford. Just imagine this with a Punto turbo engine under the hood, mated to a Mazda Miata transmission, but looking like a straight restoration.

    • @madcircle7311
      @madcircle7311 4 роки тому +2

      Yeas

    • @Veenadevan-gq1rj
      @Veenadevan-gq1rj 3 роки тому +4

      This is not the padmini. 1100 is its name in India too

    • @rishivikram6956
      @rishivikram6956 3 роки тому +2

      it was called the 1100 or millicento in india too

    • @harshshinde176
      @harshshinde176 2 роки тому +2

      @@Veenadevan-gq1rj the fiat car in video was Taxis in mumbai during 60s 70s

  • @josephjohn8449
    @josephjohn8449 3 роки тому +3

    My dad a similar one in India when I was a kid. Brought back a lot of memories.

  • @jackrichardson9277
    @jackrichardson9277 Місяць тому +1

    My sister owned a Fiat 1100 in 1965, we used to pack her 4 kids in the back seat and go to the drive-in movies in Albuquerque NM. The open air theater had a playground under the screens so you could watch the kids while you enjoyed the movies. Those days were tough but we now call them the Good ol days. I loved the 4 speed shifter on the column and later I owned a Nash Metro that used the same shifting pattern. In house days we could whip by MacDonalds and get a whole meal for each of us for less than a $1 each, and the kids had to share. This was before the Happy meal as we all were happy to have this cheap meal under the stars watching a good John Wayne movie. Thanks Jay!

  • @hema4448
    @hema4448 4 роки тому +20

    This car is actually a tank
    We had a factory in Egypt
    in the sixties assembled this car it can last forever.

  • @radsk8rbigollies594
    @radsk8rbigollies594 4 роки тому +7

    This is why Leno is the world's favorite car collector. He has the million dollar supercars and then he has just super cars that don't get the attention they deserve.

  • @marcob4630
    @marcob4630 5 років тому +5

    A great little car indeed. A piece of Italian history!

  • @bigshotjeev
    @bigshotjeev 5 років тому +7

    My father had this car when I was a kid. The engine sound and the gear shift sound made me nostalgic.

  • @peterespada6226
    @peterespada6226 4 роки тому +4

    I was living in Rome at that time as a kid (dad was stationed at the US Embassy) and I remember those Fiat Millecentos very well. That and the 600 Seicento were the two most common cars you’d see on the streets-besides all the Vespas and Lambrettas!

  • @aranyakm
    @aranyakm 4 роки тому +4

    These cars we common in Calcutta till the mid-eighties. The engine sound is so nostalgic! Thanks to Jay Leno for the down memory lane ride.

  • @genegoodwin8925
    @genegoodwin8925 6 років тому +7

    I had two friends with these Fiats when I was a teenager. I had a Honda motorcycle and would swap for the night so my friend could ride a bike and I could drive a car! These were a four speed on the tree. Great little cars.

  • @FedericoStivan
    @FedericoStivan 11 років тому +6

    The fiat millecento is the first car that my grandpa sold in his garage :) years later he bought it back and we still have it :D awesome car

  • @michaelledford4751
    @michaelledford4751 7 років тому +2

    Seeing the column shifting brings back a lot of memories ,Jay is so lucky he gets to still drive every outdated and unused transmission type car ever made,the 3 speed on the tree is my all time favorite vehicle's to drive.

  • @Statimtek
    @Statimtek 11 років тому +4

    Now that is what I call a survivor! Love the suicide doors and the little wind protector on the front doors. A lot of drag racers used the Topolinos as race cars during the 60's and 70's. This one of the few Ive seen in its original state. Nice.

  • @golden.lights.twinkle2329
    @golden.lights.twinkle2329 2 роки тому +4

    Fantastic classic timeless design. Beautiful in white. Of all the cars in Jay's collection, this is the one I'd like to own.

  • @mohabatkhanmalak5314
    @mohabatkhanmalak5314 6 років тому +22

    Remember those Frederico Fellini movies, La Doce Vita etc. This is one of my favorite Fiats, and in the day were seen on the roads of Egypt and other North African nations, Somalia, Spain and many more. Many don't know but Italian engineering is right up there in par with Germany, France, Japan and USA, and have produced amazing, quality products.

  • @rodrigoruffa7460
    @rodrigoruffa7460 4 роки тому +2

    Lovely Millecento. Quite popular here in Argentina. First generation with a more rounded rear end was imported from Italy, second gen just like this one was locally produced. Very reliable piece of machinery!

  • @G-Confalonieri
    @G-Confalonieri 7 років тому +22

    This very same model was also produced by Fiat Argentina during that time. Very reliable machine. Regards!

  • @marcoscoluci7974
    @marcoscoluci7974 10 років тому +5

    That made a lot of memories came back to me! my grandfather used to own one millecento when i was a kid. these are very special cars and they deserve to keep rolling down the streets and roads of all the world.

  • @mirchshake50
    @mirchshake50 6 років тому +4

    I grew up in this beautiful car which my family owned from 1960 to 1987 in Delhi, India. The sound of the engine just took me back to my childhood 😢.

  • @ChristianMcAngus
    @ChristianMcAngus 7 років тому +153

    This is a far more ecologically sound car than a Prius. Similar mpg, but requires far fewer resources to build and maintain.

    • @harbingertheheretic3541
      @harbingertheheretic3541 5 років тому +20

      Yes, but we can't have new cars like this because big daddy government says that you're too stupid to decide whether or not the car is safe enough for you & your family, so big daddy government has mandated under threat of arrest & theft at gunpoint that companies must add hundreds of pounds of "safety" equipment. Of course, big daddy government accepts no responsibility for the deaths caused by mandatory gen 1 airbags or automatic seat belts or "antilock" breaks or "traction control" systems, or any of the other various things big daddy government mandated long before they were safe (well, at least less unsafe).
      It's kinda like 5g & wind turbines. Big daddy government mandates their widespread use, long before the long term (& even short term) health & safety effects are ever considered, let alone tested.
      Speaking of ecological considerations, I lived not far from a wind turbine "farm," and 2/3 of them were inactive within 5 years, after causing massive ecological damage to install them. If you get the chance to go see them being installed, take a look at the size of the hole they dig & fill with concrete & steel just to hold one of them upright...

    • @georgeelmerdenbrough6906
      @georgeelmerdenbrough6906 5 років тому +11

      Its a death trap

    • @alixalixy5813
      @alixalixy5813 5 років тому +1

      DeadEye Duck u r on the money mate!

    • @djkenny1202
      @djkenny1202 4 роки тому +6

      Have any idea how much safer and more comfortable a Prius, let alone any modern car is? If you don’t want Hybrid, a Mirage from Mitsubishi is 10 grand new. A very decent car.

    • @fatdad64able
      @fatdad64able 4 роки тому +8

      But you want air conditioning, state of the art exhaust fumes cleaning which requires a fuel injection and a catalytic converter, state of the art safety features, a big stereo, and if it only wasn't so darn loud. Oh and let's not forget, you can't drive a stick.^^ I remember what the cities smelled like in the seventies with a quarter of the cars in the streets as nowadays. I love these cars, but there ain't no going back for 99% of the people.

  • @Voivrenetwork
    @Voivrenetwork 10 років тому +20

    I love watching videos on this channel, helps with my anxiety issues, I hope to restore classic cars one day, starting with a DeLorean DMC-12.. :)

  • @ncautoman57
    @ncautoman57 11 років тому +9

    Great little car. Brings back good memories of when I used to work on these in the 1960s early 70s when I was a technician at the Fiat dealership..Thanks for sharing Jay..

  • @Larry-ct5mg
    @Larry-ct5mg 6 років тому +2

    Finally a car in Jay's collection I could afford and actually like to drive and take care of. Thanks for preserving it, Jay.

  • @ReConan65
    @ReConan65 8 років тому +17

    Dimensioni: lunghezza 3,94 m, larghezza 1,46 m, altezza 1,47 m, peso a vuoto 895 kg
    Pneumatici: 5.20 - 14
    Serbatoio carburante 38 litri, riserva 4,5 - 7 litri
    Prestazioni: velocità max 130 km/h
    Consumo: medio 7,7 litri/100 km

    • @glori30175
      @glori30175 3 роки тому

      Bella machina....quella de lo Zio Vittorio era Bianca...come questa!

  • @kc8owk
    @kc8owk 7 років тому +24

    Jay mu family had a 59 1100, it was known as the mountain goat because of the extra low gear in 1st. We could go up icey Cincinnati hills in winter passing stuck VWs.

  • @keychange01
    @keychange01 9 років тому +16

    My first car was my Dad's 59 Fiat Millecento I got it from him in 1970. The 59 Australian version was a little different slightly more fins front and rear lights different grill and it had a thottle control on the dashboard next to the choke..1959 cruise control nd the badge said Millicento. It was a great little car and my first Italian love affair.... my next was a Fiat 850 😊

    • @SpaghettiKillah
      @SpaghettiKillah 6 років тому

      Andrew Hunter thk you for sharing these beautiful memories Andrew.
      It's amazing to see how far and wide across the globe these little cars have gone.
      Cheers from Italy mate🍷

    • @wedabeans5210
      @wedabeans5210 6 років тому

      SpaghettiKillah growing up my father had a $59 chento and the 64 Nintendo Deluxe they're both excellent cars

    • @madadmirerculture4129
      @madadmirerculture4129 4 роки тому

      My mother bought an 1100 in 1959. IT WAS A PERFECT CAR TO LEARN TO DRIVE WELL. It HANDLED, BRAKED AND GAVE GREAT JOY. MY DRIVING TALENT .improved so much, because of that car.
      THE Australian CARS of that era were crass and unrefined,, in comparison.

  • @as3284
    @as3284 3 роки тому

    Dear jay
    Having litterally grow up inside a FIAT1100D station wagon 1964 model I can't thank you enough for this video
    I learned driving with this car (wasnt much easy!) and travelled with it, watching this video has brought too many memories
    I can say that it was a hell of an experience to drive it,rear wheel drive ,drum brakes that didn't really stop the car above 50 mph
    but still it had its own personallity
    Thanks again for the ride

  • @promerops
    @promerops 9 років тому +1

    Back in 1967, my first car was a 1957 Fiat Millicento - yes the one with the light in the centre of the grill. Very similar car to the one shown here. I taught myself to drive with it, in fact.

  • @Gims110
    @Gims110 11 років тому +10

    That is sweet! It is amazing to me how Jay can find the good in about any car and honestly make it cool!

  • @peterpentz4497
    @peterpentz4497 8 років тому +31

    As a kid I grew up in the little town of Bulawayo, Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). There was a very active Fiat agency in the country, before we did the naughty of declaring independence from the UK in 1965, and sanctions shut of supply of most European cars. My parents had friends in Salisbury Rhodesia who we would occasionally visit. The family loved Fiats and had 2 of them, this model 1100, and the "big" family car, was a Fiat 2300. At the tender age of 13 or 14, I remember thinking what a wonderful car that 2300 was ......Moving on 4 or 5 years, when I got in my teens in the late 60's, most of the 17 and 18 year olds had either motorcycles, as did I, or small cars. There were a lot of BMC Minis and 1100's, older Morris Minors and Austin A40 Farina's, but strangely there were two teens at the school who had Fiat 1100's - one the exact paint scheme of this car you reviewed, and the other red (Roso). This piece you did was a real flashback to my childhood and early adult life in that wonderful country, that is so sadly destroyed and neglected now.Thank you !Moving on a few years by the way, putting cars, engines and motorcycles in the sitting room of a house seems to be a peculiarity of a lot of gearhead bachelors. Around 8 years ago I went with a friend to view a pair of motorcycles that a sadly ill health owner had in the house in North Illinois. And these were no ordinary Nortons, they were both Manx's ! He had two , a 350 and a 500 that he ordered from Norton in the days when they were almost beyond the peak of their competitiveness. He rode the 350 at a local club race, and scared himself so badly that he never rode it again - he just put it in the sitting room of his house, and that is were it was when we viewed it some 50 years later ! Now here's the best part of the story - the 500 was still in the packing crate in the entry hall of the house having never been run. We were stunned .............Thank you so much for this great series of programs.Peter Pentz

  • @WeirdoWithABeirdo84
    @WeirdoWithABeirdo84 11 років тому +2

    Damn, I love Jay's Garage. It's like watching Top Gear but with an unbiased review that specializes at one car at a time.

  • @brian5o
    @brian5o 11 років тому +2

    I really miss those 3-on-the-trees.
    Pretty interesting story behind the Fiat.
    Another great video, Jay. Thanks for sharing the car with us.

  • @ciccioformaggiopuzzo
    @ciccioformaggiopuzzo 5 років тому +3

    Grazie dall'Italia Jay per i tuoi bellissimi video sulle auto italiane, thank you ;-)

  • @markhall7646
    @markhall7646 8 років тому +71

    "1959 Fiat Millecento. A mid-century Italian family car with the same MPG as a Prius"
    And so much more personality, character and charm. Without the pretense and idiocy.

    • @insolentstickleback3266
      @insolentstickleback3266 5 років тому +3

      Or hypocrisy, look at the countries that produce the components and all the diesel fuel used to create a finished car. The hybrid car thing is a scam within a scam.

    • @chinabluewho
      @chinabluewho 4 роки тому +1

      @@insolentstickleback3266 With the exception of the Hyundai Sonata (solar paneled/hybrid) and the Transit hybrid I feel the same, over complication to achieve a small amount .

    • @Sashazur
      @Sashazur 3 роки тому +1

      Personality, character and charm is great and all, but if you had to pick this vs. a Prius as your daily driver, most people would go for the Prius. Much more space, much more reliable, much safer, much quieter, etc.

  • @alixalixy5813
    @alixalixy5813 5 років тому +2

    Most beautiful car...perfect balance of weight/hp to get u from A to B with ultimate driving pleasure. Perfection in motion! Love it Jay 😁

  • @shubhromu
    @shubhromu 11 років тому +1

    My grandfather had one of these and he would pick me up from school in it. Thanks Jay for keeping it alive...

  • @BenJabituya
    @BenJabituya 8 років тому +56

    I always saw those cars in India, where it was also built there, known as the Premier Padmini.

    • @firedup643
      @firedup643 8 років тому +14

      Sorry Rohan, the Premier Padmini was not the name given to this model, but its successor, the Fiat 1100D, which was introduced in India in 1964:
      ranwhenparkeddotnet.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/fiat-1100-d-2.jpg

    • @yazky69
      @yazky69 6 років тому

      Actually it was called, ambassador

    • @16rumpole
      @16rumpole 6 років тому +2

      no

    • @p24hrsmith
      @p24hrsmith 6 років тому +12

      @Cosmo the Hindustan Ambassador was a Morris Oxford

    • @p24hrsmith
      @p24hrsmith 6 років тому +3

      @ firedup643 So you mean a MK2 1100 which is still a Fiat 1100 and was still called the Premier Padmini in India

  • @xXJAKMACKXx
    @xXJAKMACKXx 9 років тому +137

    "In fact i don't want any wemon jumping in my cars, cause then I lose half my cars" HAHAHA

    • @jaggass
      @jaggass 8 років тому +1

      +xXJAKMACKXx And his wife too.

  • @jigrodrigues
    @jigrodrigues 11 років тому +1

    Tks a lot for this Jay! We've had tons of FIATs in our family, 500s, 600s, 850s, 124s, 128s, 131s, Unos, Puntos, a Tempra SW, a 1996 Coupe Coupe and yes, a 1100.
    Fiats are truly amzing!

  • @albertdupond7827
    @albertdupond7827 Рік тому +2

    Really a very nice car as many others italian cars ! A Friend take me on board in 1966/1967 and i remember it as today: a quite nice experience !

  • @aquateen77723
    @aquateen77723 10 років тому +7

    Dynamo gauge. That just sounds so cool. Great little Fiat, Jay. Amazing condition.

    • @RobertoG
      @RobertoG 9 років тому +3

      My FIAT500L had it as well: it's not a gauge, but a red pilot lamp that lighs up when the engine is idling, to confirm that the dynamo is not charging the battery.

  • @Samspianopage
    @Samspianopage 8 років тому +3

    The 1st gear whine, sooo Mini sounding, the Austin Metro did that but it had Mini running gear, the BMC 4-Speed manual always had that first gear whine and I think alot of older cars like Morris's, Austin's who knows it's an older age of motoring as Richard Hammond once put it.
    Great car Jay keep em up nice to see such a rare car preserved soo well even here in Britain you never see these. Even the original Fiat Panda's are like hen's teeth now.

    • @cordiasr7021
      @cordiasr7021 7 років тому

      I have the same whine in my 83 Mitsubishi cordia

    • @LuckyBaldwin777
      @LuckyBaldwin777 5 років тому +2

      First gear is straight cut that's why it whines. No such thing as CNC machines back then, so helical cut gears were expensive to make. Many manufacturers went with a non-syncro, straight cut 1st gear to reduce cost.

  • @obywatelcane6775
    @obywatelcane6775 7 років тому +1

    Look at that little rubber bag for windshield washer fluid :) Even my '96 Polonez (based on 1960's Fiat 1500) still got it.

  • @gerolamobarbarigo9470
    @gerolamobarbarigo9470 11 років тому +2

    Bellissima!
    Thanks to Jay's passion we can see such cars on UA-cam, which even though very popular at their time, are very few left in this condition.

  • @branon6565
    @branon6565 8 років тому +3

    I'd love to own this car, and that 3 on the Tree is awesome :)

  • @Phaidrus
    @Phaidrus 9 років тому +4

    Jay is the coolest dude around.

  • @brianthompson1138
    @brianthompson1138 10 років тому +1

    I love it! Ya know, it reminds me a little of my grandfather's Volvo 122 sedan. I so wish I had one as a weekend fun car! I love seeing all of these old classics, the descriptions, the details and seeing and hearing them on the road.

  • @kryshgooner01
    @kryshgooner01 11 років тому +1

    My dad still has his Fiat. We have Astons and Bentleys but he would still pick this car over any other car. Its truly amazing how the older generation of people smile when they see the Fiat on the road.

  • @siddhantprakash
    @siddhantprakash 10 років тому +3

    I have one of these, only it's a '62 Millicento Super Select. Not very different from this, but, being the Super Select, it had cruise control, and a fuel pump that would overheat and lock up on a hot day!
    I last drove it 10 years ago, and it's been in storage ever since. Maybe I should take it for a drive one of these weekends...

    • @thegoldensaber4531
      @thegoldensaber4531 10 років тому

      I doubt you'll be going anywhere if it's been sitting for 10 years. Good luck with that lol.

    • @siddhantprakash
      @siddhantprakash 10 років тому

      Nah *****, I've put it in long term storage after taking the proper precautions. Not the first time I've kept it in storage and used it after many years, it's just a matter of ensuring it is protected against the elements.

    • @varolussalsanclar1163
      @varolussalsanclar1163 7 років тому

      Cruise control? On a '62 Fiat??

  • @sonyj87
    @sonyj87 8 років тому +8

    I got a 1957 fiat 1100 ..... Feelings lucky.... Needs major restoration

  • @hubertmantz1516
    @hubertmantz1516 Рік тому +2

    Love the car! Another great video Jay 👍🏽 Your videos are so damn interesting !

  • @johnhiram1207
    @johnhiram1207 8 років тому +1

    Now that's a amazing story! I think back then finding the right mechanic to do the work was important. They usually rusted into the junk yard here in north east. Glad you now own it. I had a 59 Hillman looked very similar to this.

  • @GForceVRX
    @GForceVRX 7 років тому +3

    Great ad, great car

  • @saggo1712
    @saggo1712 8 років тому +39

    Everything is more fun than driving a Prius.

  • @italianbluedemon
    @italianbluedemon 4 роки тому

    I recently acquired a 1100 Familiare from my neighbor here in Italy. Love it!

  • @nemo9171
    @nemo9171 4 роки тому +1

    Very nice ! I have driven such a car when i was 18. (I'am over 70 today). Many thanks "Don Leno..ne".

  • @jivesublime
    @jivesublime 9 років тому +31

    It is not a bad idea to put a small car in the living room. The way HD TV's are as big as a 90" inch screens. Why not make a drive in movie theme room complete with drivable car.

  • @suhailkhan-et3ge
    @suhailkhan-et3ge 10 років тому +4

    excellent car

  • @GeneraleRus
    @GeneraleRus 11 років тому +1

    Is awesome to see such a big guy as Jay Leno driving a "small" italian Fiat 1100! (it was actually considered pretty big in Italy, family saloon)

  • @nandopelusi7699
    @nandopelusi7699 Рік тому +1

    My father bought a 1200 (Mille-e-due) in 1960 that he kept for six years, trouble-free and fun.

  • @geosutube
    @geosutube 7 років тому +6

    What a pretty little car! I would love to drive it.

  • @rebelguy9487
    @rebelguy9487 5 років тому +6

    I can totally see Sophia Loren stepping out of one of those cars ❤

  • @chupachups6098
    @chupachups6098 4 роки тому

    It was my father's car, we were a famili of 6. That car remember me the late '60 trip for the summer holidays... 8 hour trip to reach our vacation town. What memories.

  • @mattcuddy814
    @mattcuddy814 5 років тому

    My friend Victor Rajme owned a light green one, he called it the "Milque Mobile." Drove it everywhere, never missed a beat.

  • @Sohave
    @Sohave 10 років тому +4

    Hay Jay!!! did you know that these Fiat 1100 were made under license in India as the Premier Padmini, I know that it is a face lifted version but it is still basically the same Fiat 1100, only they also had a Diesel version. They are the most common Taxi in Mumbai but they are going to phase them out officially because they pollute more but also because the trend in India is to make everything look new and shiny. You should get one in the Indian taxi version, you can probably get it cheap, aside from the shipping container and shipping agent.

    • @cobra3289
      @cobra3289 10 років тому

      They were also made in Germany as Neckar..

    • @Sohave
      @Sohave 10 років тому +1

      Cool i did not know. Thanks mate :-)

    • @paulbeatty9676
      @paulbeatty9676 6 років тому

      True. The premier padmini name came a couple of models down the line once they were fully made and assembled in Bombay.
      The first ones to come in 1955 were the 1100's without the fins on the tail and they had a grill with three horizontal metal chrome pieces which made up the grill face. The speedometer read in Mph and not in Kph as we are used to, beautiful round gauges which were directly in the dashboard.
      The next line had the fog light of sorts in the middle of the grill.
      After that came the model which looked like the Millicento that Jay has (albeit with a right hand steering) and was called the Super select in India.
      Then if I'm right, came the Fiat 'president' and after that, the name change to Premier padmini, the president onwards would have fallen under the Fiat 1100D model range.
      I happen to have one which was bought in 1976 and still use it around town! :)

  • @mileskhan5683
    @mileskhan5683 7 років тому +4

    There was this guy who lived next door to my old house, and he kept a full sized 1950's Airstream in his living room.

  • @irfan-106
    @irfan-106 4 роки тому

    Back in 1962 my father imported this FIAT 1100 to Pakistan and kept driving the same car till 1985. Later I used it till 1990. Afterwards it was occasionally used and had started to rust. In 2011 we sold it off to a restorer. As of today its fully restored and looks great with changed colour scheme. I really love this car.

  • @leonardtrevino8436
    @leonardtrevino8436 11 місяців тому

    My first car was a 66 1100D. Loved that little blue jewel. 4 speed on the tree, red interior. Put an 8track in it in 1975. Wish I had a pic of it.

  • @dbevit
    @dbevit 10 років тому +10

    It's Giacosa not Giancosa :)

  • @jota5969
    @jota5969 6 років тому +4

    Fiat made cars for the people, made cars in eastern germany and russia as auto-vaz. Still a staple in modern developing countries.

  • @ngtflyer
    @ngtflyer 8 років тому

    This Fiat reminds me a little of the '66 Volvo 122S my grandfather had. He bought it new, drove it just around town for many years, willed it on to my mother who drove it for more years. I really, really, wish that car was still in the family, but alas, it was totaled years ago. This little Fiat is great. It makes a lovely sound and it looks like a lot of fun to drive.

  • @MissouriMatt54
    @MissouriMatt54 11 років тому

    Thank you for the video. Always a treat!

  • @greencatish
    @greencatish 8 років тому +21

    So, in Italy buy this car and a cat and instant babe magnet.

    • @Momo_Kawashima
      @Momo_Kawashima 3 роки тому +1

      I guess it just works in the U.S., here in Italy those are cars that are used by grandpas (honestly I would love a Topolino that's even older)

  • @smallworld707
    @smallworld707 11 років тому +5

    Premir Padmini!!

  • @jeffreychavey4161
    @jeffreychavey4161 6 років тому +1

    I just bought a used Fiat Sport - never had any thoughts about Fiat before but I’m hooked: they have personality and charm

  • @conradsunkiojack7428
    @conradsunkiojack7428 5 років тому

    MOST OF ALL, THE FIAT IS SUPER CUTE JAY. SHE SEEMS SMILING, HAPPY AND VERY HUGABLE. JUST A DELIGHT TO SEE IT. THANKS FOR SHOWING IT.

  • @zaphodbeeblebrox6627
    @zaphodbeeblebrox6627 6 років тому +10

    You could carry 6 people in this car?
    3 in the front, 3 in the back??
    Not 6 typical Americans you wouldn't!

    • @RonJohn63
      @RonJohn63 5 років тому +4

      Americans were skinnier 60 years ago...

    • @vitameat
      @vitameat 5 років тому

      At least 2 kids out of the 6, or a driver and 5 midgets!

    • @chinabluewho
      @chinabluewho 4 роки тому +1

      @@RonJohn63 Also 3 inches shorter as well.

    • @jacobusderottmann1000
      @jacobusderottmann1000 4 роки тому +1

      I recall a carpool where the guy showed up driving a 1964 1100 and yeah, 6 American men shoehorned into that thing. None obese though. It was 1972 and we were all doing physical outdoor work.
      I liked it and bought it from him.

    • @carloduroni5629
      @carloduroni5629 3 роки тому

      Until 1959 (when the new Codice della Strada - Road Law - was issued, there was no homologated number of passengers in cars in Italy.

  • @armandozessar4994
    @armandozessar4994 7 років тому +4

    Mr.Jay,l owned a FIAT 600,and for very few times l stopped to a fuel station.

  • @andrasgyuris8009
    @andrasgyuris8009 6 років тому

    We had this type of FIAT 1100 car in 1969 in Budapest, Hungary. This was the first own car of my family and my father had mended it all the time. It was navy blue coloured and I was 2 years old then... I still have the round wheel button of its hooter on my bookshelf at home. :)))))

  • @marcc482
    @marcc482 Рік тому +1

    Very nice ... I have driven two of these and can say they are super sweet drivers ... quite roomie for the size and very fun !!!

  • @Tuppoo94
    @Tuppoo94 8 років тому +5

    6:59 It's funny because it sounds like he's in reverse gear but the car goes forward. That's how short the first gear is.

    • @bhoothnathphoenix2979
      @bhoothnathphoenix2979 8 років тому +3

      +Tuppoo94 That's because straight cut gears have a distinctive whine :) I've driven one of these, it's not that short

    • @Tuppoo94
      @Tuppoo94 8 років тому

      +Bhoothnath Phoenix So that's why it whines. Didn't realize that.

    • @bhoothnathphoenix2979
      @bhoothnathphoenix2979 8 років тому

      Yeah, to my knowledge helical gears were introduce because they're smoother and quiter, but race gearboxes still have straight-cut gears, and thus still whine! :)

  • @KINGMJ1990
    @KINGMJ1990 8 років тому +6

    These cars were made in India in the 1970s under the name Premier Padmini. They still run as taxis and are owned by man in India. You can google it.

    • @firedup643
      @firedup643 8 років тому +1

      Sorry, the Premier Padmini was not the name given to this model, but its successor, the Fiat 1100D, which was introduced in India in 1964:
      ranwhenparkeddotnet.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/fiat-1100-d-2.jpg

    • @KINGMJ1990
      @KINGMJ1990 8 років тому

      firedup643 its the same make more or less

    • @firedup643
      @firedup643 8 років тому +3

      Of course tis the same make! But different MODEL! Fiat 1100 came in atleast 4 different models in India, and the last - 1100D- was remade as the Padmini. Hope tis clear now.

    • @KINGMJ1990
      @KINGMJ1990 6 років тому

      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiat_1100
      1100 is called Millecento in Italian...Just checked it out.

  • @Arv1160
    @Arv1160 5 років тому

    I remeber my aunt had one of these....
    She was a music teacher in Haugesund , Norway in the '50s and '60s...

  • @mikevl1
    @mikevl1 3 роки тому

    Love these cars! When i bought my 850 familiare the guy next door also had a 1100 first series, still drove it as his daily.

  • @paolopetrozzi2213
    @paolopetrozzi2213 7 років тому +4

    1. "Dante Giacosa", not "Giancosa".
    2. "Millecento" means One thousands and one hundred, not "Eleven hundred".
    Nice video, thanks.

    • @jamesbensch6
      @jamesbensch6 7 років тому +1

      lol in English saying eleven hundred is the same as saying one thousand one hundred

    • @paolopetrozzi2213
      @paolopetrozzi2213 7 років тому +4

      1. Exactly. ''In English'', not in talian. The name of the car is not ''Undici centinaia = Eleven hundred'' but ''Millecento' = OneThousand one hundred'' . Is it clear now? It's a name, not a number.

  • @accidental_relevance
    @accidental_relevance 9 років тому +3

    Prius owners must be the most terrible people in the world. Everyone just seems to hate them.

  • @SolidRollin
    @SolidRollin Рік тому

    Jay drove this car to his appearance on the Adam Corolla show in December of 2022. They discussed his accident. Beautiful car. Happy you're okay, Jay. Merry Christmas!

  • @chinabluewho
    @chinabluewho 3 роки тому +1

    CRIMONY !! has it already been 8 years since this video came out !? I remember seeing this video and thinking how old Jay looked in it compared to when he hosted the Tonight Show and now he looks young and invigerated compared to his most recent vids, where did the last 8 years even go?

  • @GreenWhiteRevolution
    @GreenWhiteRevolution 7 років тому +12

    Small european cars are the best.

  • @jimreid5
    @jimreid5 9 років тому +19

    "because then I will lose half my cars" first world problems.

    • @jimreid5
      @jimreid5 9 років тому +1

      ok maybe that wasn't funny. I agree.

    • @Rainer67059
      @Rainer67059 9 років тому +1

      Oh, yea. It's typical for the first world to respect women's rights, including their husbands don't cheat and if they do they get a divorce. Oil Sheikhs don't have that problem. If a sheikh cheats, none of his women can have a divorce. And if they had a divorce they wouldn't lose half their cars.

    • @Rainer67059
      @Rainer67059 9 років тому

      Aditya Sen No they don't. Stop convincing your countrymen they are privileged.

    • @MrChotai
      @MrChotai 9 років тому

      You sir, are crazy. But that's your opinion. Have a nice day.

    • @Rainer67059
      @Rainer67059 9 років тому

      Aditya Sen
      Because I don't agree with you, I'm crazy. That's your opinion.

  • @normandy25houz
    @normandy25houz 7 років тому

    I drove a 1961 Fiat 1100 in high school and college. Found it at a yard sale for $75 around the corner and my dad and I pushed it home. He loved tinkering and ordered parts from Laros(?) catalog. Loved it until the crank shaft broke. That was in the mid-1970s . Loads of fun!

  • @RJCooper2
    @RJCooper2 6 років тому

    My dad bought a '65 1100 Wagon, new for $1800. It looked a lot like yours. The paint on yours is just like the '59 600 with sunroof. When six of us piled into the 600 in was real treat.