Fiat Cinquecento
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Fiat Cinquecento Sporting |
"Cinquecento" may also refer to the earlier Fiat 500The
Fiat Cinquecento is a
city car released by
Fiat in late
1991 to replace the
126. It was replaced in
1998 by the
Seicento.
It was available with two trim levels, 'S' and 'SX', and two choices of engine, a 704 cc OHV two-cylinder unit with 30
bhp DIN (22
kW), or a 903 cc
OHV four-cylinder unit with 40 bhp
DIN (29 kW). In 1993, the 903 cc engine's capacity was reduced to 899 cc for tax reasons, with the unit now producing 39
PS ECE (29 kW). In
1995 the
Sporting version was introduced, featuring a 54 hp (40 kW)
ECE 1.1 L
FIRE engine and a 30mm drop in standard suspension, 13 inch alloy wheels as standard, colour coded bumpers and mirrors and a tachometer dial. It is the sporting model which gave birth to a
rallying trophy and a
Group A Kit-Car version.
In the mid 1990s, a number of concept cars based on the Fiat Cinquecento were developed by a number of design houses including one that featured half of the car's interior and a
running board to place a bike. Another of these designs was the Lucciola, a proposal for a new Cinquecento by
Giorgetto Giugiaro. However instead of the car becoming the next small
Fiat city car, a version of the design ended up being put into production by the
Daewoo Company of
South Korea as their
Matiz.
