Fiat 130

The Fiat 130 was a large executive car produced by the Italian car manufacturer Fiat from 1969 to 1977, built as a four-door saloon and a two-door coupe with a front-mounted V6 engine driving the rear wheels. The saloon was launched at the 39th Geneva Motor Show in March 1969, replacing the Fiat 2300 as the largest and most exclusive Fiat saloon, with four-wheel independent suspension using modified MacPherson struts and torsion bars at the front and coils at the rear. The coupe came in March 1971, designed and built by Paolo Martin of Pininfarina, with a button-operated mechanism for opening the passenger door. Aurelio Lampredi designed its 60 degree V6 with a single overhead camshaft per bank, first of 2,866 cc and then, from 1971, of 3,235 cc. Two one-offs were made, a three-door estate named Maremma and a four-door saloon named Opera. Saloon production ended in 1976 after 15,093 cars, and 4,294 coupes were built in total.