1967 Fiat 500 - The 17hp Italian City Car You Need To Drive! (POV Binaural Audio)
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You still see these every once in a while on the road here in Italy, mostly on Sundays when people take out their weekend toys
also in ex-yugoslavia where a stripped down socialist version was produced and sold by Zastava factory
@@suomenpresidentti this comment section is really world wide, hello from Sweden
@@guguigugu Didn’t know it was possible to strip down the Fiat 500. Who’d have known? xD
@@LuisCardoso-bo8yx lol that's what I was thinking too. Hopefully it came with 4 wheels and an engine
@@guguigugu my parents had it and it was pretty good
this was a city car, but families would take vacations with it too. two adults, two children, and all the luggage you could cram into it, and then hit the highway with 17 hp. we take much for granted today, but only a few decades ago things were very different.
All the luggage onto a roof rack and sometimes a rack screwed to the engine latch. Since everybody was equally slow, it wasn't a big deal and safe enough. They even climbed mountains with these when going through Italy on vacation. Second gear, sometimes first gear. If you have enough time and don't know any different, it certainly beats walking.
My mother used to drive weird little cars like this in Germany. She had a Fiat 500, a 600 Bambino and several Goggomobil cars during the 70s and even 80s.
@@heiner71 Don't forget about the Polski Fiat 126p, so many of those travelled with four people overfilled roofrack and an n126 Caravan all over Europe.
I reckon more than a few entered a highway with around 6 people in it
It was not only a city car, just a regular cheap car. The alternative transport was a Vespa scooter. Besides, if you have ever driven a car through one of those tiny medieval villages you understand why Italians prefer smaller cars!
My grandparents + their kids (my father,my uncle and my aunt) would do Naples to Milan twice a year . The kids were all small but I always thought that was insane,with luggage on the roof and back too! (Even though it probably was the more powerful model, not the 17 hp one)
My high school girlfriend had a 600, about a '67 model +/-. much the same as the 500 just marginally larger. What a fun little car! I had a Desoto Firesweep at the time which she enjoyed too, but that was a completely different automotive experience.
Honestly, when we broke up senior year I missed her Fiat more than I missed her.
Bro 💀
The 600 is totally different! It has a 4-cylinder water-cooled engine.
Brutal 😂
My Grandfather had one. I hadn't listened to the sound of this engine for such a long time that as soon as you started it, I felt tears coming out of my eyes. This video literally brought me back to at least 25 years ago, when I was a child heading to my Grandpa's town in Southern Italy during Summer. This was beyond amazing, thank you.
My father always tells me about how they travelled from northern Switzerland to southern Italy with this car in summer for vacation. It took them over 24 hours! 24 hours in such a car 5 people, with the luggage tied on the roof and without AC. By todays standards that would not even be imaginable!
A friend on mine has a 500 like this one, I still can't really picture 5 people sitting inside of this thing at the same time. When we're both sitting at the front the two girls sitting in the back have a hard time staying there already, couldn't really see another person back there 😂
Germans did the same with a VW Bug in the 70s
In 2018 I drove from Denmark to Gribraltar and back in a 1998 Fiat 600 with wife and youngest daughter. 10.000 kM no AC and 48C outside on the hottest days. . Absolutely love road trips like people used to do them in the 60'. And yes, my average consumption was only 3.67L/100km!
There is guy and his brother that a few years ago went from Ushuaia Argentina to Alaska in a Fiat 600, not exactly a 500 but still, quite the journey!
How far is that trip? North Switzerland to south Italy?
4:05 About the gear change indicators: they tell you where the gear should end, not start, so "III" means that's the end of 3rd and you should switch to 4th (makes sense when you look at "I" being at 25 km/h).
Wanted to comment that. My grandpa had a '68 500 L (no, not the ugly-ass minivan they sell nowadays, the "luxury" trim old style 500) in coral orange. Sadly I've only ever seen it in pictures as it was long gone before I was born :(
This was common on small cars with no tach. Like the '84 VW beetle my parents used to own
I don't think the driver even saw those markers.
Early VW Beetles have the same thing.
great comment
There's a reason why Lupin love the Fiat 500: it's an icon like him!
Same!
My son bought me a 2018 fiat 500 lounge , it’s the best small car I’ve been in. Thank you Robert xx
It was a brilliant design. Fit for purpose in the post era.
and great fun to drive if you know what you are doing unlike this guy.....
It's why the Wuling Mini EV is currently the best selling BEV in the world. Many people require basic inexpensive transport so vehicles such as this would sell extremely well if they ever make it out of China!
When I was a kid my dad bought a new 1959 VW with 36 hp. I was 8 years old and there were 4 of us in the family. We lived in Germany and went on trips to Spain and Austria with it. Top speed was just over 70 mph. No A/C or any other amenities, but it worked and was reliable. When was in high school in 1968 my dad bought me a used 1958 VW. Same 36 hp engine, non-syncro 1st gear and nothing else. It was a great first car and could barely keep up with traffic. Mountain driving required 3rd gear for almost any incline and I drove up the Sierra Nevadas heading to Truckee< California at 45 mph floored. Down the next hill it would go over 80. Again a great car for a kid. Todays young people need A/C, automatic transmissions, power everything and all of the modern electronics, especially related to entertainment. Driving is now often in heavy traffic where automatic transmissions and entertainment systems are a help. I like the simple old cars and uncrowded days of the 50's 60's and 70's. This Fiat was a great car for the masses in a Europe that was emerging from the war. It beat a motorcycle. As a child in Germany I remember seeing a whole family on a motorcycle with a sidecar. Mom and dad on the bike and 2 kids in the sidecar. Luggage was strapped on back of the sidecar, so a small car like the Fiat 500, 2CV or VW was a real blessing.
Being German you may know that 36hp was rated differently. I believe DIN to SAE conversion of 36 would be about 42 and of course the engine being over twice the size of the Fiat's the torque has always been adequate in aircooled VWs, that is until you get to the Type 2, now that thing was under-powered for decades. Still I absolutely love them.
@@nicholasagnew2792 Ein 1959 er VW hatte 30 DIN PS definitv.Einen anderen Motor gab es zu dieser Zeit nicht.
Imagine a 17hp with AC😀😁
My father went from rome to stokholm with this thing, with 2 friends!!! I want to drive a fiat 500, as an italian, this car is in my blood somehow, and i need to drive it once in my lifetime, im 21 now, i got time.
I love that they kept the new one as close to the original as possible!
Glad you didn’t hit that bunny, the damage to the little Fiat would’ve been catastrophic 😱
Actually, this machine is even stronger than some modern cars
@@tommasocepelli4559 just a small car joke :)
@@tommasocepelli4559 Makes sense since the car didn't have any crumple zones.
@@ps2bndled the crumple zone would have been the front, front seats, and the survival space would have been crushed along with the driver in a head-on crash.
@ixYoseph The crumple zone is the other car
What a delightful beacon of joy! Seeing this on the road is a stark contrast to the abyss of charmless, hostile machines that people movers have become
Couldn't have said it better!
couldn't agree more.
well said
A sea of grey, black, and white crossovers in 10 different sizes.
Yep, couldn't have said better myself, today's cars are big, aggressive looking and monochromatic. We need more cute and happy cars on the road.
My father had Zastava version back in 80's . It was great small city car, capable for longer trips and also very reliable in winter snow covered roads...
driving this car feels like it has a soul in it
These old micros look surprisingly fun for how small they are. 17 hp is actually a good amount of power in something that small and light.
Yo with 17 hp you can literally drive all the time at full open throttle 🏎
I'm gonna go out on a limb and say that car could really do with twice the hp. 17 hp isn't even enough to accelerate in 2nd uphill.
dude weirdly enough I think modern horses have 25 HP. this thing needs at least 30
Gonna have to disagree with ya there... ;)
@@maximilianraab18 That’s almost too much with such a short wheelbase and simple suspension. About 25-28 HP would be more than enough, even the 17 HP engine is more than enough if you’re not planning to go onto the freeway.
The secret of smooth driving this car is, you use the 1st gear to move on only, then you put the 2nd. It does not make any sense to accelerate on the 1st longer because of shortness of this gear. I‘ve spent many of hours in these cars and they are so much fun to drive… Especially if you compare them to all this modern plastic quiet boxes with no driving feel
Going uphill in the bottom of second feels like it’s going to bog and die 😂
@@TedwardDrives that‘s the Fiat 500 🤣 In this case it does make sense to stay in the 1st gear… My advice: if you‘re driving up the hill in the fiat it can be better if you do it backwards in the reverse… seriously! Because the reserve gear is even shorter as the 1st one.
@@TedwardDrives also I would practice more double-clutching so you can downshift in these old cars actually. It is a nice skill to have. Great video mate!
They’re still better than these old lemons
@@numerohvh and if you have good ears for the engine rounds, you can actually downshift without using the clutch at all.
the Italians, 50 year before of the smart and city car. incredible !
Just hearing it rev gave me a ...well, it was exciting. This is the kind of car we need today, not to mention that it was GLUED to the road on mountain roads!!!
Absolutely adore making long journeys in it, although after a while you become one thing with the seat… I own a red L one, named “Filippo” (Philip, meaning “horse lovers”, pun intended).
Fun fact: here in Italy more than 370k are still registered and traveling around, about 12 times more than electric cars.
Dang that’s a lot! May i ask where you found that statistic?
And there is nothing to change about that, screw evs 👌🏻
And driving around old 500's is better for the environment than buying new EV's.
@@supraJZA80s theres some guys in Milan who actually convert classic cars into EVs, about 20k euros for a 500
Bellissimo nome ahahah
I love the contrast going from Roll Royce Silver Spur to a 1967 Fiat 500. Diversity in motoring is the coolest thing. Each brings a different experience/significance to the table
As an avid Fiat lover, I adore this beautiful piece of vehicular engineering
My grandpa used to own a similar model, it’s a family treasure now.
My wife and I rented one on our first trip to Italy in 1970. We drove it from Rome up Siena and Florence and everywhere in between. We stayed at the Villa Scciapienseri in Siena and returned for our 50th anniversary. I remember topping up the oil from a pint can. We saw plenty of 500’s of this vintage on our last trip especially on Sunday.
As always thanks for the vid.
When I was younger I had the opportunity to drive the 500's slightly more modern descendant, the 850 around Germany for a few weeks. It was an absolute hoot since you could (needed to?) drive it like Mario Andretti just to keep up with traffic. There was no excuse to not drive it flat out all of the time. Try doing that with most modern cars and you'll end up in jail. I think we've kind of lost touch with how little HP and speed you actually need to get around. With 250 HP sedans becoming the norm, we've forgotten how usable 50 or 60 HP can be.
modern car feels so slower :D
@@rikyoh130 They are also significatly heavier: 17HP in a 1100lb Fiat 500 = 64lb/HP. A modern car is around 25lb per HP, so on paper it has improved, but it still feels heavier partly also because of wider tyres they roll a lot less easy too. Also the lower you sit the faster it feels. I drive an EV, and when not in a hurry I accelerate with around 5kW only, which is fine for not agressive traffic. This is in a 1900lb EV so that's 7HP or 271lb/HP or a quarter of a 60' Fiat 500 flat out.
@@Tore_Lund i think i feel more the speed if i sit high... i go fast but when i have to turn i have fear ahah like im' going to roll out of the car
The japanese kei car still can't surpass 64 horsepower still to this day yet can easily get a 0-60 mph in around 8 seconds
@@ocallaghan3865 thats because kei cars have to fit into a certain hp regulation to remain "kei"
In Europe there are still a lot of them, double clutch the gears and you can shift up and down, I drove mine from the Netherlands to Spain in 3 day's at holiday's, yep my first car, still like to see them. And yes there is a red oil press warning light. The oil system easy to maintain but impotant on this car.
When we were stationed in Italy, we owned a 1966 and a 1968 Fiat 500 (cinquecento)-most fun we ever had! Loved them!
This makes me more excited than any million horsepower supercar
I was stationed in Sicily with the Navy around Y2K. Some of our Navy guys would buy those and cherry them out with chrome wheels, custom paint, racing paint schemes,, and loud sound systems. The Sicilians enjoyed that.
This was my first car, in the 80s. A tireless, albeit a bit awkward, working horse, with a terrific loading capacity for its size. There was a time I remember loading in it six passengers plus me as driver.
Do you and your friends have an affinity for baloon animals and wearing comically large shoes by any chance?
'Back in the day', there were tons of these in Greece as well. We used to take summer trips to Athens and Patras when I was a child/teen (from NY/NJ), and these 'Italian rollerskates' were ubiquitous!
That 500 reminds me of a photo I saw years ago. An original run Mini was next to a 2000's era Mini Cooper. The 2000's era Cooper looked like a Peterbilt next to The 60's era Mini.
You cant stop loving a FIAT 500 they just grabs your heart and stays there
This beautiful machine had style, down to the last detail. I love it!
It's crazy how these old cars needed Choke to start them. I sure love the mechanics of these toys
Post war european "popular" cars have an utilitarian charm and cool factor the american luxo barges from 50's and 60's can't match in my opinion. Such two different worlds.
Both are really cool if we're being honest. Such a different time from now
They really represent where they're from, 1950's US was in a major post-war boom, suburbs being built, everyone wanted a big comfy car to cruise large number of miles effortlessly.
This is like a tender boat for a yatch compared to a Cadillac of the same era. Probably fits in a Cadillac's trunk.
Meanwhile
Japan always had the smallest cars
@@davidfrench5407 Yes, and Europe immediately post war was DESTROYED and very poor.
The lighter you are the faster this car goes:)
i love the engine sound, it's so characteristic, and the inteior is lovely! i really like this little car.
Yo look! Its luigi from the cars movie!
It’s fun being able to drive a car flat out and not exceed the speed limit 😅 love it
So much character you can’t help but smile when you see one
I bet it’s all smiles when you drive on of these
So fun seeing a little version of what was once the old equivalent of my little 2013 Fiat 500, such adorable cars and with so much character!
I'll be honest, I wasn't expecting such an accurate and respectful description of this car by an American. My apologies for the prejudice and thank you Sir for your video, the 500 still matters so much to us Italians. Cheers.
This has less horsepower than tiny john boats i've driven. Awesome, amazing what 17hp can do for a 1000lb car.
Got a lift in one of these when I was hitch hiking from Rome to Milan in Italy in 1970! Brilliant!!
i grew up in a similar fiat 750 made in zastava, 25ks, you can still find them a lot. family of four, went go greece and croatia regularly from serbia. now it looks, and feels, like it was all a dream.
What a time capsule and just an example at how pampered modern drivers are today. Motoring was so much more of an occasion back then, just lovely.
Awwww. Gorgeous Lil car. We had one just like this one, in red. And we drove DISTANCE in it, happily, with no complaints 👍 it invariably puts a smile on your face!! They are still relatively popular over here, and still great for city driving. Thing is, if you know how to exploit the high revving little engine it's also fun to drive!
I learnt my driving on my father's 1968 Standard Herald. It was so much fun back then. You made me nostalgic after watching you drive with thin steering and choke !! Thanks !!
A 1967 FIAT 500 was my first car, back in 1977. Great car.
Had a 126 in 1995 - the most fun car I ever had, called it the city shark because its small wheelbase made the handling tricky (understeer, understeer suddenly so much oversteer) - it was sometimes biting you!
3:50 man that noise brings so many memories, I grew up inside a 1962 Giardiniera (wagon 500) that had that same exact growl. I can still smell it. Amazing little car, simpler, slower, happier times.
I had one of these years back, four of us took it on a road trip around our area, four big burly rugby types took its toll on the brakes and gears. I put her into a ditch, couldn’t reverse, so we all took a corner and lifted the car up, got her out the ditch, turned her around, and carried on. Good times, good times.
My grandfather had this car, same model. Its now in our garage because some years before he passed away he restored it. I love this car so much :D
Might just be me but I really love fiat 500s, new and old. Idk why but they just seem like super fun little cars, especially the Abarth 500, that thing seems super fun
I owned a 2015 500 Abarth Cabriolet for about a year and a half. It was my first car! I absolutely loved it, it was so much fun to drive and it sounded absolutely monstrous for its size. It was extremely impractical, especially for American roads and that's ultimately why I decided to get rid of it. I have a WRX now but ngl, I miss the Abarth sometimes. Whenever I see one on the road, I can't help but smile!
there were Abarth versions of the old models too
The Abarths are a hoot from their stupid loud exhaust and angry styling, but truthfully they're only OK to drive at speed. They're a bit wishy-washy on the front end compared to some other hot hatches. But it's very easy to look past when they sound louder than modern BMW M cars or AMGs!
@@jcooper_ would you take an abarth or cooper s?
@@NatedoGP Suppose it depends what you value more. If you just want drama then definitely the Abarth, but a Cooper S is way more rewarding around a tight bend.
I love this small old cars, the simplicity makes them so charming. Very different from the new big and dumb suvs
*"Very different from the new big and dumb suvs"*
Then you're also applying to offroad SUV as well. The current generation Suzuki Jimny, which Americans are missing out on, is an SUV.
So people love old cars, does that also you would being hit head-on or rear-ended by someone? I love how people act that old cars 100% safe.
@@automation7295 the jimny is lovely, and it is more a Jeep than a SUV
@@matheus_ps People on the internet have weird and dumbass standards.
Any types of vehicle with raised ground clearance are considered SUV, regardless they're AWD/4WD or RWD, all of them are SUVs in my opinions.
Lamborghin Urus, Porsche Cheyenne, Macan, Volkswagen Touareg, Atlas, T-Roc, T-Cross, Skoda Kodiak, Karoq, all Audi Q and RSQ models, BMW X models, Suzuki Jimny, Hummers, all SUVs are SUV, even offroad SUV are still SUV. Also Jeep is a brand, not a car classification.
The heaviest model of the new Suzuki alto works hatch is 675kg
It proves that a country can make a decision that affects what is on the road
In first gear, it whines like an old Jeep, I love that sound!
These were the best post war micro cars. Tons of charm and character, and actually usable. They lived on as the Fiat 126 for many years after they stopped the 500 (as seen in Eastern Europe and Cuba to this day). We had one in the 70’s and it was such a stoical little car. Probs wouldn’t want to crash one though…
My mom's family used to travel with a Fiat 500
My grandparents, at least two children if not three, and sometimes even with their dog, a St. Bernard
A lot of people got rid of these little machines but now almost everyone regrets doing so
I remember seeing lots of these when being on vacation in Italy with my parents in the 70s. In many of these Italian towns, roads were very narrow back then. I doubt that modern cars would even have fit without constantly using the sidewalks as well.
That's one of the awesomest cars ever. I enjoyed the sound of a 2-cylynder Fiat ever since I was a child. Seems you're really making it breathe.
In my opinion this is perhaps the best car ever made.
Got nostalgic. Reminded of my school days. Vespasian fiat and 124.
Simply superb 👌. Reminded of volkswagon beetle.
Many thanks for triggering pleasant memories 😊
I've always been a microcar fanatic, though I have never owned one. (Nearly bought a Subaru 360 back in '77.) Thanks for taking us along for the ride! Great video!
This (well Fiat 600 but whatever), was a very popular car in former Yugoslavia, they even produced their own version of it (search Zastava 750). We called it “Ficho” and my parents had one for a while. I loved that red little car as a kid :)
I always loved the 600, although we never got the Zastava 750 in the Czech Republic (then of course Czechoslovakia), only original Fiats 600 and 600D. You could see them till about late 2000s then they quickly disappeared. Thankfully the fact that they stayed for so long also meant that quite a few were saved.
You forgot that first model was Zastava 600 D, 750 model was its successor, also in 1979. Zastava 850 was also sold until 1985.
This laid-back, relaxing country side driving is not for everyone.
In my country there is quite a lot of these preserved and I mostly see them during the summer. This year I also went to a car show (there's some clubs dedicated to them) which featured this car along with others, mostly from the 1960s to 1980s
My grandpa used to have one of these, 500L model ("lusso"). With my grandma, pa and aunt (4 people) from Naples to Sicily (500km) took 2 days of travel. Welcome to 1969
I really like your pov’s of these small classic cars, please try to do more of these!
I don't even know how this video came up in my timeline, but it's truly amazing how this little city car from the 60s drives pretty well nowadays. Now I'm subscribed to this channel hoping for more videos like this one.
My grandfather had one of these for like 20 years. We used to drive 2 hours up a mountain with 5 people in it no problem.
Imagine driving a shopping cart at 30 mph. That's about what it feels like driving this. You get a really good sense of speed lmao 30mph in this feels fast.
Another great video! I've recently drove one of these (exact same spec) in Italy and you've managed to transmit exactly the feeling you have behind the wheel. Lovely to see how they must have told you not to downshift :). For those watching and wondering why you were not downshifting: the gears are not synchronized, when shifting up the rev drop is mostly sufficient to let the gears engage, to downshift you need to follow a procedure the Italians call "doppietta" (double clutch): you need to push the clutch, put the gears in neutral, release the clutch, accelerate to rev-match the lower gear, press the clutch again (fast!) and then engage the lower gear, release clutch. While it's nothing too complex, it requires some practice and you will definitely grind a couple of times, so nothing to learn on a one off test drive (you can damage the gearbox, even though 500s have been grinding gears for decades in Italy by now!). Note that this procedure should technically be followed on upshifts as well, but it's only needed to speed up the gear change and not have to wait too much for the revs to drop. I promise once you learn how to do it it's very rewarding and can be relatively quick and effortless, you're basically in charge of everything the car does, even synchronizing the gearbox! Not the most comfortable to commute through a busy city, but a charming detail and memory of a simpler past
What you described in Russia is called "regasification". "double squeeze" in Russia is, on the contrary, an operation for switching to an increased one (clutch-neutral-clutch-gear)
@@stepanfedorov561 exactly, to shift up the process is the same, but without accelerating. press the clutch, put gearbox in neutral, release clutch (this is when you slow it down and prepare it for the next gear), press clutch and engage higher gear. The thing is that if you time it correcly, you can upshift even without using the clutch, so in upshifts, using the clutch pedal without any special technique, normally does the job (not as smooth, but ok).
My first car ever. My dad bought it in 1976, and I learnt how to drive with it. A red Fiat 500 R, the last version i guess. When I was 2 years old we had a terrifying accident. We were rammed by an Alfa Romeo on the highway and we hit the barrier. My mother was holding me (there were no child seats and no seatbelts at that time) and I hit the windshield with my head. But we survived. Unfortunately we had to demolish it in 2002 cause the chassis had got too rusty, impossible to fix.
This is my childhood vacation time sound! I'M moved!
When I was in high school in Napoli Italy I had a 70 fiat cinquecento, we would cram 4 of us full grown American teenage boys in it and go everywhere. We would literally pick it up to move it.
Here in Spain we had the Seat 600 a licensed Fiat 600 that was first produced in 1957 till 1973.First people's car for families was the best seller of the period and was quite similiar to this one.
Yeah, the 500 and the 600 are kinda the same car, they only have some minor differences (the 600 has a more elongated and hunched back and a circa 600cm³ engine, while the 500 has a circa 500cm³ engine and a more cramped and bumpy back)
I was stationed in Rota, Spain in the '70's. When the Spanish evicted the sub tender that was based there the sailors who were being transferred had no one to sell their cars to. My then supervisor put up 3x5 cards offering to by Fiat 500's and Seat 600's for $25 apiece. I think he ended up with twelve in his front yard. I myself drove a '66 FASA, a Spanish built Renault Quatro.
we had one of these in the old days. My dad grinded off the roof and we drove it in the fields, when I was like 8. Our neighborkid to this day has a split fingernail since we had to push it to start it, and it had no hood (engine is in the back in these things) and he pushed on the timing pulley. Then his finger was pulled between the wheel and the snare, made a full circle.
He came out of it marginally unhurt, but his fingernail was broken in the length, and has remained that way the rest of his life.
Back in the late 1970's, I used to drive to gigs (as a working musician) all over London, with my bass, a Fender Bassman combo and assorted accessories in one of these.
Slow and noisy, but I got to love it!
This is why I love my little Panda 169 so much, its from 2008 and is so simple its fun! And very quirky to drive around town
Just stumbled across this and love your narrative!
It's not full of the "oh no it has no air conditioning"- whining that most old car reviewers do, but actually shows the car from its brightest side.
Thank you!
Thanks! I love finding the charm in whatever I drive
Or…hey it doesn’t have a cup holder!
@@TedwardDrives That's what old cars are about. It's their character what's fun, not the features :)
I had one in the 60's. It's a super mini car. Real classic. Handles well on the road for its time.
My parents and grandparents had the Seat 500 then the 600 when I was a boy living in Spain. I remember clearly sitting in the back on the way to the beach or going with my grandfather to church. Totally different to modern driving. In some ways more fun.
The large steering wheel on small cars is always hilarious !
No power steering, you'll need it for parking and junctions.
One would shut off the engine on downhill,to save fuel.
Basic transportation.....fuel up,and go.
My dad has one of these, It's fantastic!
These little beauties fulfilled the motoring needs of a generation of Italians. Remember performance is a lot about power/weight ratios. The Italians knew a thing or two about engineering and handling.
You know how most steering wheels are irregularly shaped now? They're sometimes flat on the bottom, wider on the sides, or the wheel is different thicknesses on the top and bottom?
Well, none of that. Seeing 3:31 is the most satisfying thing ever.
Totally agree 😊
yea they are hideous these days!
yes, but perhaps we represent a minority of taste
Just don't buy a car that has it like that
@@XxmatixX6videosdiariosdenadav but they are all like that
My dad bought one of these for £10 about 33 years ago. It was so rusty that when he got a flat tyre and jacked it up the car just folded in half.
I'm italian and my grandpa was going around with this car in the 60's with his 2 brothers and 3 cousins, so they were in seven in this little "cinquecento"
9:14 that horn drew the largest smile on my face :)
"The two cutest things coinciding in a terrible way" LOL! 4:08
drive a 1939 fiat 500 next
What a bummer I missed this. I forgot about the Larz museum. It was weird watching you drive in that neighborhood, I'm a native and know those roads. You were on the backside of the Jamaica way and VFW. Ridiculously rich neighborhood.
Here in Brazil, Fiat is very well known and famous here, not just this car, but all Fiat cars in general, including the Fiat 500
Now imagine this in some small italian town in the morning with the church bells ringing 😩
Beautiful looking car. I've never seen one like this in person. :)
Back in '77 when I visited Roma, these were all you heard buzzing along the roadways. Very cool engines the size of my Honda riding mower.
I am learning to drive recently and I think I like this bad boy.