Fiat 4 HP
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| Fiat 4 HP | |
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| Aka | FIAT 3 ½ HP Fiat 3.5 CV |
| Manufacturer | Fiat |
| Production | 1899-1900 |
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| Assembly |  Corso Dante plant, Turin, Italy
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| Layout | RR layout |
| Body_style | vis à vis |
| Engine | straight-2 679 cc |
| Transmission | 3-speed manual |
| Length | 2300mm |
| Width | 1420mm |
| Height | 1450mm |
| Weight | 680kg |
| Wheelbase | 1470mm |
| Predecessor | |
| Successor | Fiat 6 HP |
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| Designer | Aristide Faccioli |
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 35km/h. Despite having such a small engine, the car used fuel 8L/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. Couple of the First Fiats have survived one is in Automobile Museum of Turin, and other one in the Ford Museum in Dearborn in the USA.
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| Small family car | 6 HP 8 HP 10 HP |
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| Family car | 1 | 1A / Zero | 70 | 501 / 501 S / 502 / 503 | 514 / 515 | 1500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Large family car | Brevetti | 2 | 2B | 505 | 507 | 518 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12 HP / 16-20 HP / 16-24 HP | 15-25 HP Brevetti | 520 / 521 | 522 / 524 | 527 | 2800 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Executive car | 20-30 HP | 3 | 3A / 3Ter | 510 | 512 | 525 / 525 S | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 24-32 HP / 60 HP | 28-40 HP / 30-45 HP / 50 HP | 4 / 5 / 6 | 520 "Superfiat" | 519 / 519 S | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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