Unique design, shape and personality!
Good habitability and plenty of room
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- Distance parameters for designing the interior
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- Passengers & luggage: 82%. Mechanical parts: 18%”
The interior
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- The car is not idling, that’s where the needle starts from.
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- Air conditioner
Revolutionary design methods
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- Computer aided design, Fourrier method for noise elimination
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- Low drag coefficient (0.44)
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- Holographic laser analysis
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- Muddy salt water test for rust
Easy to repair, low price parts
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- Fenders attached with screws. Elastic synthetic resin bumpers, withstanding collision up to 6 km/h
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- Notice the smart (and potentially dangerous for the driver in case of a severe crash) placement of the spare wheel. The jack is right above it.
Active and passive safety
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- Dual hydraulic circuit. Independent rear/front function.
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- Controlled deformation zones: yes they really work!
Automated assembly
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- “Hand built by robots”, assembled by Robogate system
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- Zincrometal sheet iron, automated painting
Pictures taken from the official FIAT brochure. Copyright: 1979 Panellas S.A. and Thanos Ioannidis graphic arts.
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