Fiat 1100 (1937)

Fiat 1100
Fiat 1100
	A Fiat 508 C
Overview
Manufacturer	Fiat
Also called	Fiat 508 C; "Balilla 1100"
Production	1937–1953
Body and chassis
Class	Small family car (C)
Body style	4-door 4-window saloon; 4-door 4-window convertible saloon; 4-door 6-window LWB saloon; 4-door torpedo; 2-door cabriolet; 2-door spider; 2-door berlinetta (Mille Miglia); 2-door pickup truck; 2-door van;
Layout	Front-engine, rear-wheel-drive
Related	Simca 8
Powertrain
Engine	1,089 cc I4
Transmission	4-speed manual
Dimensions
Wheelbase	Standard: 2,420 mm (95.3 in); Long: 2,700 mm (106.3 in)
Chronology
Predecessor	Fiat 508 Balilla
Successor	Fiat 1100/103

The Fiat 1100 is a small family car produced from 1937 to 1953 by the Italian car manufacturer Fiat. It was introduced in 1937 as Fiat 508 C or Balilla 1100, as a replacement for the Fiat 508 Balilla. Under the new body the 508 C had more modern and refined mechanicals compared to the 508, including independent front suspension and an enlarged overhead valve engine. In 1939 it was updated and renamed simply Fiat 1100.^[3] The 1100 was produced in three consecutive series—1100, 1100 B and 1100 E—until 1953, when it was replaced by the all-new, unibody Fiat 1100/103.

^ ^a ^b Fiat 1100 brochure, pictures.abebooks.com, as archived at web.archive.org
^ Fiat—Tutti i modelli del Novecento I, p. 228–233.
^ Odin, L.C. (2015). World in Motion 1939—The whole of the year's automobile production. Belvedere Publishing. ASIN B00ZLN91ZG.

[abebooks-1] Fiat 1100 brochure, pictures.abebooks.com, as archived at web.archive.org

[FOOTNOTEFiat—Tutti_i_modelli_del_Novecento_I228–233-2] Fiat—Tutti i modelli del Novecento I, p. 228–233.

[Odin-3] Odin, L.C. (2015). World in Motion 1939—The whole of the year's automobile production. Belvedere Publishing. ASIN B00ZLN91ZG.

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