The Fiat 501 is a 4-door sedan / 2/4-door cabriolet from Fiat, built from 1919 to 1926, as the assembly line was turning motoring into an industry. Under the bonnet: 1460 . The total made was 69,618.
Where it came from
The Fiat 501 is a car produced by Fiat between 1919 and 1926. The 501 was Fiat's first model after World War I. Fiat introduced the S and SS sports versions of the 501 in 1921. Fiat produced 69,618 501s in total.
Under the skin
Power comes from 1460 . It weighs 900 kg-1000 kg. It shifts through 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 265 cm. 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 70; its successor was the Fiat 503. Its contemporaries in the catalogue — the Renault GS, the Citroën Type A, the Hispano-Suiza H6 — 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 501 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.