Fiat 1500 Coupé

The Fiat 1500 Coupé was a sporting coupe built by Fiat's Argentine subsidiary Fiat Concord from 1966, the first of an Argentine line that continued as the 1600 Sport and the 125 Sport. It came from the coupe that Carrozzeria Vignale presented in 1963 on the Fiat 1300 and 1500 base, drawn by Giovanni Michelotti, of which Vignale built 125 of the first series and 30 of the second; Fiat Concord bought the manufacturing licence in 1966, and Fiat Italy never built or sold it. It used the Fiat type 115 C engine of 1,481 cubic centimetres giving 81 horsepower, about 60 kilowatts, at 5,200 revolutions a minute. The car took almost a year to be certified in Argentina's national touring category and made its debut in the 1967 ACA Grand Prix, and it remains a reference in Argentine motor sport for the trophies won with drivers such as Carlos Reutemann. The cars made in 1970, the last year of production, had a 1,625 cubic centimetre engine.