Fiat 4 HP
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The FIAT 4 HP, sometimes called the 3 ½ CV, was the first model of car
produced by FIAT.
Eight examples were produced in its first year (1899) and total of 24 between 1899 and 1900. The car had a water-cooled 0.7-liter (679 cc) 2-cylinder, rear-mounted engine producing 4.2 horsepower at 800 rpm, mounted to a three-speed gearbox. (No reverse gear was included.) With this tiny engine the car could achieve top speed of 35 kilometre per hour. Despite having such a small engine, the car used fuel 8 L/100 km.
This first Fiat was based on work of Ceirano GB & C
(car producer) called Ceirano Welleyes. The 3 ½ had coachwork made by Marcello Alessio from Turin.
At least four of the first Fiats have survived. One is in Automobile Museum of Turin
, one in Centro Storico Fiat, one in National Motor Museum
in the United Kingdom and one in the Ford Museum in Dearborn
in the USA.
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produced by FIAT.
Fiat
FIAT, an acronym for Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino , is an Italian automobile manufacturer, engine manufacturer, financial, and industrial group based in Turin in the Italian region of Piedmont. Fiat was founded in 1899 by a group of investors including Giovanni Agnelli...
Eight examples were produced in its first year (1899) and total of 24 between 1899 and 1900. The car had a water-cooled 0.7-liter (679 cc) 2-cylinder, rear-mounted engine producing 4.2 horsepower at 800 rpm, mounted to a three-speed gearbox. (No reverse gear was included.) With this tiny engine the car could achieve top speed of 35 kilometre per hour. Despite having such a small engine, the car used fuel 8 L/100 km.
This first Fiat was based on work of Ceirano GB & C
Ceirano GB & C
The Ceirano GB & C was a historic automobile company, founded in October 1898 by Giovanni Battista Ceirano, Emanuele di Bricherasio, Attilio Calligaris, Pietro Fenoglio and Cesare Goria Gatti....
(car producer) called Ceirano Welleyes. The 3 ½ had coachwork made by Marcello Alessio from Turin.
At least four of the first Fiats have survived. One is in Automobile Museum of Turin
Museo Nazionale dell'Automobile
The Museo Nazionale dell'Automobile , named after Carlo Biscaretti di Ruffia, is an automobile museum in Turin, northern Italy. The collection has around eighty automobile brands representing eight countries...
, one in Centro Storico Fiat, one in National Motor Museum
National Motor Museum
The National Motor Museum is a museum in the village of Beaulieu, set in the heart of the New Forest, in the English county of Hampshire.- History :...
in the United Kingdom and one in the Ford Museum in Dearborn
Dearborn, Michigan
-Economy:Ford Motor Company has its world headquarters in Dearborn. In addition its Dearborn campus contains many research, testing, finance and some production facilities. Ford Land controls the numerous properties owned by Ford including sales and leasing to unrelated businesses such as the...
in the USA.