The Fiat 2B is a car from Fiat, built from 1912 to 1920, as the assembly line was turning motoring into an industry. Under the bonnet: straight-4 2815 cc.
Where it came from
The Fiat Tipo 2B is a car produced by the Italian manufacturer Fiat between 1912 and 1920. The Tipo 2B has a 2815 cc four-cylinder side-valve monoblock engine with 80 mm bore, a 140 mm stroke, and a compression ratio of 4.2:1, producing 28 hp at 1800 rpm. The standard tire on this model is an 815X105. The Tipo 2B has a 4-speed gearbox and a factory top speed of 70 km/h (43 mph)/75 km/h (47 mph).
Early Tipo 2B cars had an angular radiator shell, with later production models having a taller pear-shaped radiator shell. The Tipo 2B from-the-factory chassis, ready for installation of various body styles, weighed 760 kilograms (1,680 lb). 2,332 were produced between 1912 and 1914. They are also known as the "52B," from the Fiat model number for the engine installed in the Tipo 2B. The Tipo 2B was a scaled-up version of the Fiat model Zero.
Under the skin
Power comes from straight-4 2815 cc. 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. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
In context
Its family tree is legible: it took over from the Fiat Brevetti; its successor was the Fiat 505. Its contemporaries in the catalogue — the Bugatti Type 18, the Vauxhall D-Type, the Benz & Cie. Benz 10/30 PS — show what else the money bought that year. Nearby in the Fiat catalogue sit the FIAT 702 and the Fiat 1.
What it costs now
MotorJury scores cars on the United States complaint and recall record, and the Fiat 2B has none: too old, too rare, or never sold there. Its value today is a collector's question, decided by provenance and condition rather than by a class average.