Fiat 4 HP

Infobox Automobile


name = Fiat 4 HP
aka = FIAT 3 ½ HP
Fiat 3.5 CV
manufacturer = Fiat
production = 1899-1900
class =
assembly=Corso Dante plant, Turin, Italy
layout = RR layout
body_style = vis à vis
engine = straight-2 679 ccCite web|url=http://www.carfolio.com/specifications/models/car/?car=66913|title=Technical specifications of 1899 Fiat 3.5 CV|accessdate=2008-02-26|work=carfolio.com]
transmission = 3-speed manual
length = convert|2300|mm|in|0|abbr=on
width = convert|1420|mm|in|0|abbr=on
height = convert|1450|mm|in|0|abbr=on
weight = convert|680|kg|lb|0|abbr=on
wheelbase = convert|1470|mm|in|0|abbr=on
predecessor =
successor = Fiat 6 HP
related =
designer = Aristide FaccioliCite web|url=http://www.museoauto.it/mambo/collezione/Fiat.htm|title=FIAT mod. 4 HP|accessdate=2008-02-26|work=museoauto.it It icon] The FIAT 4 HP, sometimes called the 3 ½ CV, was the first model of car produced by FIAT. Eight examples were produced in its first year (1899) and total of 24 between 1899 and 1900. The car had a water cooled 0.7-liter (679 cc) 2-cylinder, rear-mounted engine producing 4.2 horsepower at 800 rpm, mounted to a three-speed gearbox. (No reverse gear was included.) With this tiny engine the car could achieve top speed of convert|35|km/h|mi/h.Cite web|url=http://www.fiat.co.nz/default.aspx?MenuId=37|title=Back in time...1899|accessdate=2008-02-26|work=fiat.co.nz] Despite having such a small engine, the car used fuel convert|8|L/100 km.

This first Fiat was based on work of Ceirano GB & C (car producer) called Ceirano Welleyes.Cite web|url=http://motorspeed.wordpress.com/category/history-of-cars/|title=1899 Ceirano Welleyes|accessdate=2008-02-26|work=motorspeed.wordpress.com] The 3 ½ had coachwork made by Marcello Alessio from Turin.Cite web|url=http://www.archimagazine.com/dfiat99.htm|title=La Fiat 3 ½ HP|accessdate=2008-03-25|work=archimagazine.com It icon] Couple of the First Fiats have survived one is in Automobile Museum of Turin, and other one in the Ford Museum in Dearborn in the USA.

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