Fiat 770

The Fiat 770 was a small traditional coupe built from 1965 by Fiat Concord, the Argentine subsidiary of Fiat, at its El Palomar plant, and presented the following year. It used the platform of the Fiat 600 and the 767 cubic centimetre engine of the 600D, which gave 32 horsepower on the SAE scale. Its body came from a design by the Italian coachbuilder Vignale, first shown in 1959 as the Fiat 600 Vignalina and also built in Germany by Fiat Neckar as the Neckar Riviera. The Argentine assembly was an early test of cooperation between a car maker and a coachbuilder, and the hand-made bodies needed heavy fitting work on the line. Buyers wanted more finish and power, so in 1966 the 770 was replaced by the Fiat 800, which used the larger 797 cubic centimetre engine and added a spider version.