Bertone
Coachbuilder / Design Studio / Body Builder / Assembler · Documented
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Explore record ↗THE VEHICLE AT A GLANCE
Model dossier
- Production period
- 1965
- Body style
- Spider
- Engine
- Inline-4
- Type
- Mass
- Displacement
- 843 cc
THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE CAR
Coachbuilding, design & conversions
PRICE & SALES RECORD
Vehicle value
- Original price
- Not documented
- Latest recorded sale
- Not documented
01 / THE STORY
History & context
The Fiat 850 Spider, due to its sporty structure, meets young customers, who want brilliant performance for cheap. This version will then be joined by a more “luxury” version with different finishes that will be sold directly by Bertone. To produce this small spider, FIAT relied on Bertone who, starting from the previous stylistic experiences made with the Testudo Corvair and with the Alfa Romeo 2600, designed an original car whose success was not long in coming. The list price was immediately interesting: 1,050,000 lire for the small Fiat 850 Spider , so it was immediately cheap to buy and; the presentation took place at the Geneva Motor Show in 1965 and the car was put on the market in the same year.
IN THE ARCHIVE
Related people
IN THE ARCHIVE
Coachbuilders & design studios
02 / TECHNICAL IDENTITY
Specifications & construction
Production & construction
- Production type
- Mass
Engine & performance
- Engine configuration
- Inline-4
- Displacement
- 843 cc
- Transmission
- Manual 4-speed
- Drive
- Rear-wheel drive
- Specification notes
- Source-backed donor/model-level baseline for early Fiat 850 (1964–1966): rear-mounted Inline-4, 843 cc, 4-speed manual, rear-wheel drive. Power output varied by factory version, so horsepower, body dimensions, weight and maximum speed are intentionally not inherited.
Design & manufacture
- Coachbuilder / Design Studio / Body Builder / Assembler · Documented
- Bertone
- Designer · Candidate
- Giorgetto Giugiaro
- Manufacturer · Documented
- Fiat
06 / EVENTS & AWARDS
Events & awards
Geneva General · legacy_preserved
- Date
- 1965
- Chassis
- General
Preserved CI 1.0 relation. Evidence field: _yoast_wpseo_primary_events. No award inferred.
07 / THE VEHICLE IN DETAIL
Photo gallery 3 photographs
08 / FROM THE ARCHIVE
Archive
References held in the vehicle dossier. Their inclusion does not establish that every historical claim has been independently verified.
| Reference | Source type |
|---|---|
| Automobile-Catalog — 1964 Fiat 850 specifications www.automobile-catalog.com | Specialist technical reference |
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