Fiat 4 HP

Fiat 3.5 hp (1899)

The FIAT 4 HP, sometimes cawed the 3 ½ CV, wis the first model o caur produced bi FIAT. Aicht examples wur produced in its first year (1899) an total o 24 atween 1899 an 1900. The caur haed a water cooled 0.7-liter (679 cc) 2-cylinder, rear-mountit ingine producing 4.2 horsepower at 800 rpm, mountit tae a three-speed gearbox. (Nae reverse gear wis includit.) Wi this tiny ingine the caur could achieve top speed o 35 kilometres per hour (22 mph).[1] Despite haein such a sma ingine, the caur uised 8 litres per 100 kilometres (35 mpg-imp; 29 mpg-US) o fuel.[2]

This first Fiat wis based on the wirk o Ceirano GB & C (caur producer) cawed Ceirano Welleyes.[3] The 3 ½ had coachwork made by Marcello Alessio from Turin.[4] Couple o the First Fiats hae survived ane is in Automobile Museum o Turin, an ither ane in the Ford Museum in Dearborn in the USA.[4]

References

  1. "Back in time...1899". fiat.co.nz. Archived frae the original on 4 Julie 2012. Retrieved 26 Februar 2008.
  2. Cite warning: <ref> tag wi name museoauto.it canna be previewed acause it is defined ootside the current section or nae defined at aw.
  3. "1899 Ceirano Welleyes". motorspeed.wordpress.com. Archived frae the original on 16 December 2012. Retrieved 26 Februar 2008.
  4. a b "La Fiat 3 ½ HP". archimagazine.com. Retrieved 25 Mairch 2008. (in Italian)