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Manufacturer history

Fiat

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10published models

Origins

How the company began.

The founder story explains why the later cars took the form they did.

Manufacturer history

Fiat through time.

Read the company as a sequence of engineering, design and business decisions.

Museum catalogue

Every model gets a plaque.

An image on the right, a concise interpretation on the left and a clear statement of why the car belongs in the chronology. Missing images fall back gracefully until you upload the WebP.

1950s

1 model

1957–2019Passenger Car

500

Discovery Timeline model-nameplate record. US catalogue + historical curatorial range.

Why it matters: This model forms part of the manufacturer’s evolving road-car chronology.

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Fiat 500

1960s

1 model

1966–1974Passenger Car

124

Discovery Timeline model-nameplate record. Historical curatorial starter.

Why it matters: This model forms part of the manufacturer’s evolving road-car chronology.

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Fiat 124

1970s

1 model

1972–1989Passenger Car

X1/9

Discovery Timeline model-nameplate record. Historical curatorial starter.

Why it matters: This model forms part of the manufacturer’s evolving road-car chronology.

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Fiat X1/9

2010s

7 models

2013–2024Passenger Car

500e

Discovery Timeline model-nameplate record. US catalogue observation.

Why it matters: This model forms part of the manufacturer’s evolving road-car chronology.

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Fiat 500e

2014–2019Passenger Car

500 Abarth

Discovery Timeline model-nameplate record. US catalogue observation.

Why it matters: This model forms part of the manufacturer’s evolving road-car chronology.

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Fiat 500 Abarth

2014–2019Passenger Car

500c

Discovery Timeline model-nameplate record. US catalogue observation.

Why it matters: This model forms part of the manufacturer’s evolving road-car chronology.

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Fiat 500c

2014–2020Passenger Car

500L

Discovery Timeline model-nameplate record. US catalogue observation.

Why it matters: This model forms part of the manufacturer’s evolving road-car chronology.

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Fiat 500L

2016–2022Passenger Car

500X

Discovery Timeline model-nameplate record. US catalogue observation.

Why it matters: This model forms part of the manufacturer’s evolving road-car chronology.

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Fiat 500X

2017–2020Passenger Car

124 Spider

Discovery Timeline model-nameplate record. US catalogue observation.

Why it matters: This model forms part of the manufacturer’s evolving road-car chronology.

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Fiat 124 Spider

2017–2019Passenger Car

500c Abarth

Discovery Timeline model-nameplate record. US catalogue observation.

Why it matters: This model forms part of the manufacturer’s evolving road-car chronology.

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Fiat 500c Abarth