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£36,515
Importantly restored example 1962 FIAT Nuova 500D Trasformabile
Switzerland • 18 Jun 2023
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AI Listing Summary
This is a beautifully restored 1962 FIAT Nuova 500D Trasformabile, a desirable model with an opening roof. It was purchased in Switzerland in May 2020 and is fitted with a 'vintage'-style Bluetooth radio.
Condition
8
The car is described as being in beautiful condition and fully restored, with a Bonhams specialist having taken it on a test drive. The listing specifies that it is 'one of the nicest we have seen'. There are no visible faults.
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Manual
LHD
Switzerland
110D 393428
1962
Auction
Description
• Desirable trasformabile (opening roof) model • Purchased in Switzerland in May 2020 • Beautiful condition • 'Vintage'-style Bluetooth radio Apart from a Ferrari, no car is more recognisable as classically Italian than the FIAT 500.
Replacement for FIAT's much-loved 500 'Topolino', the Nuova 500 debuted in 1957.
A radical departure from its predecessor's essentially pre-war design, FIAT's new baby featured unitary construction, a full-length opening (trasformabile) fabric roof and all-independent suspension while carrying its engine at the rear.
The 479cc power unit was an air-cooled overhead-valve twin, the first such used by FIAT, and the gearbox a four-speeder.
The austerity of the basic 500 - it was known as the 'Economica' - was not well received, prompting the swift introduction of a revised and better equipped model, which first appeared towards the end of 1957 at the Turin Show.
Refinements incorporated in this less Spartan version included wind-down windows, an upholster...
Price Analysis vs Other 500Ds
£4,700
Lowest Price (Since 2020)
£15,544
Median Price (Since 2020)
£49,452
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101 New Bond Street, London, Greater London, W1S 1SR, England
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