Fiat 1800

The Fiat 1800 was a six-cylinder automobile produced by the Italian manufacturer Fiat between 1959 and 1968, in a pair with the bigger-engined Fiat 2100, both introduced in 1959 and designed by Fiat's own Dante Giacosa. A four-cylinder 1500 cc version, the 1500L, was added in 1963 when the 2100 was replaced by the larger-engined 2300. The 1800 was introduced as a four-door sedan at the 1959 Geneva Salon, and a few months later the five-door Familiare station wagon joined it, one of very few factory offerings in that class in Europe at the time. It had a six-cylinder in-line engine of 1795 cc and 75 hp with a four-speed manual gearbox, and its top speed depended on the version, between 137 and 142 km/h. The 1800 model B of 1961 raised output to 86 hp and gave a top speed of 143 or 146 km/h, with disc brakes on all four wheels in place of drums and an automatic clutch as an option. The 2100 used a 2054 cc six.