1912 Fiat Tipo Zero
| Three-door Torpedo-Tourer . . . |
No, the zero did not yet appear in 1908 when Fiat introduced the type designation. That came later, actually in 1911. But the number of units was so small that 1912 is assumed to be the first year of construction.
| It was the first car at Fiat to be produced in line production. |
The Fiat Zero was the legitimate successor to the Uno, which was only continued to be built as a taxi and delivery van. It was an attempt to get costs under control better with a lighter body.
| Fiat produced around half of all motor vehicles in Italy. |
Consequently, the car stood out with its very low fuel consumption for the time. Giovanni Agnelli is said to have seen it as a kind of 'rebirth'.
Perhaps it was fitting that an external designer was brought in for the first time. The car is considered to be the first work of Battista 'Pinin' Farina, as it was called back then, later 'Pininfarina'.
It is perhaps fitting that an external designer was brought in for the first time. The car is considered to be the first work of Battista 'Pinin' Farina, as he was called back then, later 'Pininfarina'.
| For the first time, a Fiat was produced with almost 2,000 identical bodies. |
During its construction time, the car changed the HP information in the type designation because the performance changed. As in other countries, this was probably the basis on which the vehicle tax was based.
The price is said to have later been reduced from 8,000 lire to 6,900 lire, which would correspond to around 28,000 euros in today's value (2023). At the start of World War I in Italy, production was stopped in favor of more
trucks.
| We found value estimates of € 160,000 to € 210,000. |
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