Fiat 1100 (1937)

Fiat 1100
A Fiat 508 C
Overview
ManufacturerFiat
Also calledFiat 508 C
"Balilla 1100"
Production1937–1953
Body and chassis
ClassSmall family car (C)
Body style
LayoutFront-engine, rear-wheel-drive
RelatedSimca 8
Powertrain
Engine1,089 cc I4
Transmission4-speed manual
Dimensions
WheelbaseStandard: 2,420 mm (95.3 in)
Long: 2,700 mm (106.3 in)[2]
Chronology
PredecessorFiat 508 Balilla
SuccessorFiat 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.

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