Fiat Zero

Infobox Automobile
name = Fiat Zero


manufacturer = Fiat
aka = Fiat 12/15 hp
production = 1912-1915
class = Small family car
body_style = Torpedo
assembly = Turin, Italy
layout = FR layout
engine = 1847 cc I4
Auto bhp|18|0
length = Auto mm|3660|1
width = Auto mm|1450|1
height =
weight = Auto kg|900|0 -
Auto kg|1200|0The Fiat Zero, known also as the Fiat 12/15 hp, was a car produced by FIAT from 1912 to 1915. (The letters 'hp' defined its fiscal horse power rather than its bhp.) At launch it sold for 8,000 lire, which later was reduced to 6,900 lire, the equivalent of 23,250 € in 2003). It was equipped with a 1.9-liter, Convert|18|hp|kW|0|abbr=on engine that achieved about 19.6 miles per gallon and could reach about convert|44|mi/h|km/h|0|abbr=on. It was the first Fiat to sell more than 2,000 similarly bodied units, but in 1915 production came to an end when the factory was converted for war production.

There were also light bodied version produced which claimed various speed records.

References

Fiat Group, "History," [http://www.fiatgroup.com/main.php?w=4ABAOSIR0U6SS0ISQLNP&tl=Gruppo%20Fiat&gs=History] Retrieved December 27, 2005.