Fiat does not build many cars like the Fiat 1200: a 4-door saloon with 1221 , built from 1957 to 1961 at the height of the post-war boom.
How it came about
Fiat 1200 was the name of three distinct models produced by Italian car manufacturer Fiat, all based on Fiat 1100 mechanicals. The first two were introduced in 1957, and replaced the TV (Turismo Veloce) variants at the top of the Fiat 1100 range: the 1200 Granluce, an upmarket small four-door saloon derived from the 1100, and the 1200 Spyder, an update of the previous 1100 TV Trasformabile 2-door roadster.
The 1200 Granluce was discontinued in 1961 when larger Fiat saloons were introduced, while the 1200 Trasformabile/Spyder was replaced in 1959 by the 1200 Cabriolet. This was a new Pininfarina design, later developed into the 1200 and 1500 Cabriolets.
The hardware
Under the skin sits 1221 . Kerb weight is 880 kg -->. The gearbox is a 4-speed manual. The layout matters: a front engine drives the rear wheels, the classic proportion — long bonnet, cabin set back — that most people picture when they picture a sports saloon or a grand tourer. The wheelbase is 2425 mm. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
Family and rivals
Where it sits in Fiat's history is not in doubt: the Fiat 1100 TV came before it; the Fiat 1300 followed it. On a showroom list of its day it stood against the Nissan Skyline, the Nissan Patrol, the Dodge Challenger. Its Fiat stablemates include the FIAT 702 and the Fiat 1.
The money
There is no federal ownership record for the Fiat 1200 — it predates the complaint database or was never sold in the United States — so MotorJury publishes no running-cost figure for it. For a car of this age the price is set by the collector market and the condition of the individual example, not by a formula.