Fiat 508

Fiat 508
Fiat 508B 1934
Overview
ManufacturerFiat
Also calledFiat 508 Balilla
Fiat 6CV (France)
NSU-Fiat 508 (Germany)
Polski-Fiat 508 (Poland)
Walter Junior (Czechoslovakia)
Production1932–1937
Assembly
Body and chassis
ClassCompact car / Small family car (C)
Body style4-door sedan
2-door sedan
2-door spider
4-door torpedo
LayoutFR layout
Powertrain
Engine995 cc I4
Transmission3-speed manual
Dimensions
Length3,140 mm (123.6 in)
Width1,400 mm (55.1 in)
Height1,530 mm (60.2 in)
Curb weight685 kg (1,510 lb)
Chronology
PredecessorFiat 509
SuccessorFiat 1100 Balilla (508C)

The Fiat 508 Balilla was a compact car designed and produced by Fiat from 1932 to 1937. It was, effectively, the replacement of the Fiat 509, although production of the earlier model had ceased back in 1929. It had a three-speed transmission (increased to four in 1934), seated four, and had a top speed of about 50 mph (80 km/h). It sold for 10,800 lire (or 8,300 2005 euro). About 113,000 were produced.

The car was also assembled by Walter Motors in Czechoslovakia, in the Centralne Warsztaty Samochodowe factory in Poland, by NSU-Fiat in Germany, and by SAFAF (rebranded in 1934 as "Simca-Fiat") in France.