Fiat 1300 and 1500

Fiat 1300
Fiat 1500
Fiat 1500 C
Overview
ManufacturerFiat
Also calledZastava 1300
Zastava 1500
Production1961–1967 (until 1979 in Yugoslavia)
DesignerMario Boano at Centro Stile Fiat[1]
Body and chassis
ClassLarge family car (D)
Body style4-door saloon
5-door station wagon
2-door cabriolet
2-door coupé
LayoutFR layout
RelatedSEAT 1500
Fiat 125
Polski Fiat 125p
Zastava 1300
Powertrain
Engine1295 cc OHV I4
1481 cc OHV I4
Transmission4-speed manual all-synchromesh
Dimensions
Wheelbase2,425 mm (95.5 in)
2,505 mm (98.6 in) (1500 C)
Length4,030 mm (158.7 in)
4,130 mm (163 in) (1500 C)
Width1,545 mm (60.8 in)
Height1,365 mm (53.7 in)
Kerb weight960 kg (2,116 lb)
Chronology
PredecessorFiat 1400, Fiat 1200 cabriolet
SuccessorFiat 124 (1300)
Fiat 125 (1500)
Fiat 124 Sport Spider (Cabriolet)

The Fiat 1300 and Fiat 1500 are a series of front-engine, rear-drive automobiles manufactured and marketed by Fiat from 1961 to 1967, replacing the Fiat 1400 and Fiat 1200 coupé, spyder and cabriolet. The 1300 and 1500 were essentially identical to each other except for their engine displacement, as indicated by their model names, and were offered in sedan/saloon, station wagon, convertible and coupé body styles which shared little mechanically with the other body styles except the 1500 engine.

The 1500 offered a 75 hp engine, lightweight construction, front disc brakes and rear alloy drum brakes.[2]

The 1300/1500 and their derivatives were also assembled by Yugoslavia's Zastava and Fiat's German subsidiary, Neckar Automobil AG, as well as in South Africa. The floorpan of the 1500 C was used as a basis for the 1500s replacement, the Fiat 125, while another model, the Polski Fiat 125p, made by the Polish FSO, was created by mating the body of 125 and mechanicals (engines, gearbox, transmission, suspension) of 1300/1500. In the Italian range, the 1300 was replaced by the Fiat 124 in 1966, and the 1500 by the Fiat 125 a year later.[3]

In total, 1,900,000 units were produced worldwide.

  1. ^ Giacosa, p. 234.
  2. ^ Haynes Autobook 214 1972
  3. ^ "Fiat 1300/1500". carsfromitaly.com. Archived from the original on 1 April 2005. Retrieved 23 July 2006. – accessed via the Wayback Machine