1967 Fiat 500 - The 17hp Italian City Car You Need To Drive! (POV Binaural Audio)

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[andreamusso]

You still see these every once in a while on the road here in Italy, mostly on Sundays when people take out their weekend toys

[guguigugu]

this was a city car, but families would take vacations with it too. two adults, two children, and all the luggage you could cram into it, and then hit the highway with 17 hp. we take much for granted today, but only a few decades ago things were very different.

[davidedefrancesco]

My Grandfather had one. I hadn't listened to the sound of this engine for such a long time that as soon as you started it, I felt tears coming out of my eyes. This video literally brought me back to at least 25 years ago, when I was a child heading to my Grandpa's town in Southern Italy during Summer. This was beyond amazing, thank you.

[chucksyeruncle]

My high school girlfriend had a 600, about a '67 model +/-. much the same as the 500 just marginally larger. What a fun little car! I had a Desoto Firesweep at the time which she enjoyed too, but that was a completely different automotive experience.

Honestly, when we broke up senior year I missed her Fiat more than I missed her.

[rmr]

My father always tells me about how they travelled from northern Switzerland to southern Italy with this car in summer for vacation. It took them over 24 hours! 24 hours in such a car 5 people, with the luggage tied on the roof and without AC. By todays standards that would not even be imaginable!

[jimwest]

It was a brilliant design. Fit for purpose in the post era.

[lowrangemaniac]

There's a reason why Lupin love the Fiat 500: it's an icon like him!

[eilissmith]

My son bought me a 2018 fiat 500 lounge, it’s the best small car I’ve been in. Thank you Robert xx

[onesandzeroes]

4:05 About the gear change indicators: they tell you where the gear should end, not start, so "III" means that's the end of 3rd and you should switch to 4th (makes sense when you look at "I" being at 25 km/h).

[Forge]

Glad you didn’t hit that bunny, the damage to the little Fiat would’ve been catastrophic 😱

[NL-bsxd]

I love that they kept the new one as close to the original as possible!

[joeyteter]

As an avid Fiat lover, I adore this beautiful piece of vehicular engineering

[michaelhazelwood]

These old micros look surprisingly fun for how small they are. 17 hp is actually a good amount of power in something that small and light.

[saucyp]

What a delightful beacon of joy! Seeing this on the road is a stark contrast to the abyss of charmless, hostile machines that people movers have become

[midnightblue]

My father had Zastava version back in 80's . It was great small city car, capable for longer trips and also very reliable in winter snow covered roads...

[thefrontporch]

Just hearing it rev gave me a ...well, it was exciting. This is the kind of car we need today, not to mention that it was GLUED to the road on mountain roads!!!

[patriley]

When I was a kid my dad bought a new 1959 VW with 36 hp. I was 8 years old and there were 4 of us in the family. We lived in Germany and went on trips to Spain and Austria with it. Top speed was just over 70 mph. No A/C or any other amenities, but it worked and was reliable. When was in high school in 1968 my dad bought me a used 1958 VW. Same 36 hp engine, non-syncro 1st gear and nothing else. It was a great first car and could barely keep up with traffic. Mountain driving required 3rd gear for almost any incline and I drove up the Sierra Nevadas heading to Truckee< California at 45 mph floored. Down the next hill it would go over 80. Again a great car for a kid. Todays young people need A/C, automatic transmissions, power everything and all of the modern electronics, especially related to entertainment. Driving is now often in heavy traffic where automatic transmissions and entertainment systems are a help. I like the simple old cars and uncrowded days of the 50's 60's and 70's. This Fiat was a great car for the masses in a Europe that was emerging from the war. It beat a motorcycle. As a child in Germany I remember seeing a whole family on a motorcycle with a sidecar. Mom and dad on the bike and 2 kids in the sidecar. Luggage was strapped on back of the sidecar, so a small car like the Fiat 500, 2CV or VW was a real blessing.

[tommasomazzoni]

Absolutely adore making long journeys in it, although after a while you become one thing with the seat… I own a red L one, named “Filippo” (Philip, meaning “horse lovers”, pun intended).
Fun fact: here in Italy more than 370k are still registered and traveling around, about 12 times more than electric cars.

[luciddream]

My father went from rome to stokholm with this thing, with 2 friends!!! I want to drive a fiat 500, as an italian, this car is in my blood somehow, and i need to drive it once in my lifetime, im 21 now, i got time.

[divyanjain]

I learnt my driving on my father's 1968 Standard Herald. It was so much fun back then. You made me nostalgic after watching you drive with thin steering and choke !! Thanks !!