1941 Fiat 1500 C
Fiat “1500 C" 1941
Italy
Cylinder number / capacity - 6/1493 cc
Power - 45 bhp at 4400 rpm
Max speed - 100 kph
Period of production - 1935-1948
Type body - coupe
Marque bodywork - Bertone
The 1500 was presented at the Milan Motor Show in 1935. The engine was conceptually a “Balilla” with two extra cylinders to give it a total power of almost 1500 cc. Such scarce power on a 6-cylinder engine was almost a record. The Bertone Body Shop was the first to make personal touches to the new Fiat model and, as far back as 1936, it introduced some saloons that further enhanced the aerodynamic lines of the custom-built vehicle.
The body work of the car at the Museo Nicolis was probably designed by Mario Revelli di Beaumont towards the end of the second world war and built by Bertone in 1945 on a 1941 frame. The design of the bodywork proves how much research went into new styles and aerodynamics. The sharper inclination of the windscreen, the front bumpers connected to the back ones, almost like a preview of the future “pontoon” bodyworks, i.e. with no continuity solution from front to back, the lack of a footboard, the receding lines of the tail. The radiator cowling is characteristic, with its central shield and two side whiskers that look like the typical front of the Alfa Romeo.
Italy
Cylinder number / capacity - 6/1493 cc
Power - 45 bhp at 4400 rpm
Max speed - 100 kph
Period of production - 1935-1948
Type body - coupe
Marque bodywork - Bertone
The 1500 was presented at the Milan Motor Show in 1935. The engine was conceptually a “Balilla” with two extra cylinders to give it a total power of almost 1500 cc. Such scarce power on a 6-cylinder engine was almost a record. The Bertone Body Shop was the first to make personal touches to the new Fiat model and, as far back as 1936, it introduced some saloons that further enhanced the aerodynamic lines of the custom-built vehicle.
The body work of the car at the Museo Nicolis was probably designed by Mario Revelli di Beaumont towards the end of the second world war and built by Bertone in 1945 on a 1941 frame. The design of the bodywork proves how much research went into new styles and aerodynamics. The sharper inclination of the windscreen, the front bumpers connected to the back ones, almost like a preview of the future “pontoon” bodyworks, i.e. with no continuity solution from front to back, the lack of a footboard, the receding lines of the tail. The radiator cowling is characteristic, with its central shield and two side whiskers that look like the typical front of the Alfa Romeo.
