Start with what the Fiat 6 HP is: a Phaeton with straight-2 1082 , built from 1900 to 1901, when a car was a rich man's adventure and every maker was a workshop. What it meant takes a little longer. The shape is credited to Aristide Faccioli.
The story
The Fiat 6 HP is a car produced by the Italian manufacturer Fiat from 1900 to 1901. The 6 HP was introduced after Fiat's original Fiat 4 HP, and, alongside the increased horsepower, the vehicle was changed from the original with its reverse gear and uses rear-wheel drive. Fiat also produced a special racing model, the 6 HP Corsa. The Corsa was driven in competition by noted drivers, including Vincenzo Lancia and Felice Nazzaro. This version was the first racing car produced by Fiat.
What is underneath
The engine is straight-2 1082 . On the scales it comes to 1000 kg. Drive goes through a 3-speed manual. The wheelbase is 1750 mm. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
Its place in the line
In the Fiat line-up the Fiat 6 HP has a clear place: it replaced the Fiat 3½ HP; it handed the line to the Fiat 8 HP. The cars a buyer would have weighed it against include the Dodge Dodge, the Buick Buick, the Panhard & Levassor type A 2 closed tonneau. Nearby in the Fiat catalogue sit the FIAT 702 and the Fiat 1.
Owning one today
MotorJury scores cars on the United States complaint and recall record, and the Fiat 6 HP 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.