Fiat 500 Suicide Doors

Fiat 500 Suicide DoorsThe Cinquecento was initially introduced with a 479cc two cylinder engine and lived through various technical modifications over the course of its 18 year production run. The designer behind the 500 was Dante Giacosa, who was famed for being one of the greatest designers in Fiat's history who not only dealt with the car design, but also had a big hand in the engineering. A cheap and practical town car, the Nuova (new) 500 was debuted in July 1957 and

the B GT offered the utility of a station wagon while retaining the style and shape of a coupe

sweeping curves

The first Cooper S models used a 1071cc engine with a special nitrided steel crankshaft

Ex-racer Donald Healey was keen to take advantage of his racing successes and manufacture a car under his name

the original facility changed locations from Kaufbeuren to Buchloe

soft-top roadster from 1962 until 1980

The red leather cafe style seat is a hand made custom unit as are the green concave number boards on either side of the bike

was properly screwed together and was extremely attractive

Between 1968 and 1977

and a smooth ride

where luxury meets subtlety

Alpina side skirts