Fiat does not build many cars like the Fiat 527: a 4-door saloon / 4-door sports saloon, built from 1934 to 1936 when streamlining and independent suspension were arriving together.
How it came about
The Fiat 527 (also known as Fiat Ardita 2500) is a six-cylinder passenger car produced by Fiat between 1934 and 1936. The 527 was a larger-engined and more luxurious version of the four-cylinder 518 Ardita. This car was built only with a full-length chassis, having a wheelbase of 3,170 mm (124.8 in). Unlike the four-cylinder Ardita, the 527 was not assembled outside Italy. Approximately 1,000 were produced.
Under the skin
The record carries the shape — a 4-door saloon / 4-door sports saloon — and the layout: 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 engine, output and weight have not yet reached the open record, and MotorJury does not guess at them.
Family and rivals
Where it sits in Fiat's history is not in doubt: the Fiat 522 came before it; the Fiat 2800 followed it. On a showroom list of its day it stood against the Chevrolet Suburban, the Bugatti Type 57, the DKW F4. Its Fiat stablemates include the FIAT 702 and the Fiat 1.
The money
There is no federal ownership record for the Fiat 527 — 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.