• Offered with old Italian registration document, collection of invoices and current V5C • Imported to the UK from Italy in 2017 • Self-evidently the subject of much past restoration work and more recently treated to an interior re-trim A masterpiece of minimalist motoring, the Dante Giacosa designed ‘Nuova’ 500 was launched in 1957 to replace the famous and much loved 500 ‘Topolino’.

Not so much styled as designed around the mechanicals and space for 2 adults and 2 (very small!) children, the tiny bulbous body gave the 500 huge character and was an instant success both at home and abroad.

Powered by a miniscule twin-cylinder 499cc air cooled engine and with a four speed crash gearbox the 500 was not as basic as it seemed with all independent suspension, and in later years a heater, headlamp flasher and full length sunroof as standard when many much more expensive cars still listed these as options.

Progressively refined, though never substantially altered throughout an 18 year prod...