Every car is an argument about what matters, and the Fiat S61 makes its case with 10087 cc I4 and 115-125 PS @ 1,800-2,100 rpm. Fiat built from 1909 to 1911 — when a car was a rich man's adventure and every maker was a workshop. Giovanni Agnelli drew it.
What is underneath
Power comes from 10087 cc I4; 115-125 PS @ 1,800-2,100 rpm is the published figure. It weighs 7000 lb. It shifts through a 4-speed Chain drive 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 3683 mm. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
Its place in the line
Its family tree is legible: it took over from the Fiat SB4; its successor was the Fiat S74; assembly was at Turin, Italy. Its contemporaries in the catalogue — the Bugatti Type 18 — 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 S61 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.