Fiat does not build many cars like the Fiat 1500: a 4-door saloon / 2-door convertible with 1,493 , built from 1935 to 1950 when streamlining and independent suspension were arriving together.
How it came about
The Fiat 1500 was a six-cylinder car produced by the Fiat from 1935 to 1950. It was one of the first cars tested in a wind tunnel, following the Chrysler Airflow produced one year earlier. The streamlined styling achieved an aerodynamic efficiency unequalled before it in a touring car and (contrary to the failure of the "lumpen" Airflow) disproved the thesis aerodynamic cars would not sell.
The hardware
Under the skin sits 1,493 . 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 2800 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 515 came before it; the Fiat 1400 followed it. On a showroom list of its day it stood against the Chevrolet Suburban, the Bugatti Type 57, the Volkswagen Beetle. Its Fiat stablemates include the FIAT 702 and the Fiat 1.
The money
There is no federal ownership record for the Fiat 1500 — 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.