Fiat Type 1

The Fiat Tipo 1, also known as the 12-15 HP, was a popular-class passenger car made by Fiat from 1910 to 1915. It was one of six Tipo models, Tipo 1 to 6, launched together in 1910 when Fiat renewed its whole car range and introduced the Tipo naming. It had the Fiat 51 engine of 1,847 cubic centimetres and 15 horsepower, whose four-cylinder monobloc block followed a patent of the Italian maker Aquila Italiana. The first series was built in 2,521 examples between 1910 and 1912, alongside the Tipo 1 Fiacre, made in 961, the Tipo 1A of 1912 with 18 horsepower, made in 1,373, and the Tipo 1T of 1920 for taxis, made in 1,316 and used in the fleets of London, New York and Paris. Austro-Fiat in Vienna built clones as the 14/16 HP, and the Tipo 1F van, carrying 520 kilograms, served the British Post Office.