Fiat 124 Berlina
The square-looking 124 hid thoughtful engineering: a light five-seat body, four disc brakes and a sturdy engine designed for long service.
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Fiat presented the 124 Berlina at Geneva in March 1966. Dante Giacosa directed the project and chose a conventional front-engine, rear-drive layout, but the details were unusually modern for an affordable family car. Aurelio Lampredi's 1.2-litre engine used a five-bearing crankshaft, all four wheels had disc brakes, and the rear axle rode on coil springs with a Panhard rod. The combination won European Car of the Year for 1967 and later became a global design built in many countries.
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Three 124 Specials later drove more than 40,000 kilometres from Cape Town to Norway's North Cape in 51 days.
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Simple layout, unusually careful details
The 124 was not radical in basic arrangement, but its all-disc brakes, five-bearing crankshaft, coil-sprung rear axle, telescopic dampers and Panhard locating rod added control and durability. At only 855 kg in Fiat's cited launch specification, it paired family space with low mass.
Source: Stellantis Heritage · Fiat 124 ↗A car that became many national cars
The base design was adapted by SEAT in Spain, Lada-VAZ in the Soviet Union, Tofaş in Turkey and Premier in India. These were not all mechanically identical to the Turin-built 1966 saloon, but they show why Fiat calls the 124 an early global car. Worldwide derivatives exceeded 20 million over more than 40 years.
Source: Stellantis Media · Mi chiamo Fiat 124, 60th anniversary ↗Where these facts come from
Selected facts checked for this edition. Some source pages link to broader model families. Last reviewed October 1, 2026.