Polski Fiat 126p (in English: Polish Fiat 126p) is a small car produced in Poland between 1973 and 2000. It was a type of Fiat 126 and to distinguish it from other types from other countries the letter "p" was added to its name. It was produced by PHZ Polmot with Italian Fiat license. Due to a relatively low price it used to be very popular in Poland, and its very small size gave it the nickname Maluch ("the small one"). The nick-name became so popular, that with time it was accepted by the producer as the official name of the car. 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... Fiat 126 The Fiat 126 was introduced in 1973 as a replacement for the stalwart Fiat 500. ... The present Fiat logo The old Fiat logo, still commonly seen, used from 1969 to 1999 Fiat S.p. ...
It was exported to many Eastern bloc countries and it is still one of the most popular cars in Poland and Hungary. Eastern bloc During the Cold War, the Eastern Bloc (or Soviet Bloc) comprised the following Central and Eastern European countries: Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, East Germany, Poland, Albania (until the early 1960s, see below), the Soviet Union, and Czechoslovakia. ...
A typical Polish parking in the 1980's
Polski Fiat 126p
Wreck of the Polski Fiat 126p
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6 June1973 – the first Polski Fiat 126p constructed from Italian parts. It cost about 69 000 zlotys (an average monthly salary in that times was about 3,500 zlotys)
22 July1973 – the official opening of the factory's production line (till the end of that year over 1500 Fiats were manufactured)
PolskiFiat126p (literally in English: Polish Fiat126p) is a small car produced in Poland between 1973 and 2000.
It was a type of Fiat 126 and to distinguish it from other types from other countries the letter "p" was added to its name.
The PF 126p was supposed to be the first real popular car, to motorize ordinary families (from this point of view, it was the Polish Volkswagen Beetle or Citroën 2CV).
PolskiFiat (literally in English: the Polish Fiat) was a Polish automobile brand.
The brand PolskiFiat re-appeared in the 1960s, when the Polish government renewed connections of the Polish automobile industry with Fiat and bought a licence for a mid-size car PolskiFiat 125p.
The first cars were assembled from parts in 1967, their production started from 1968 and ended in 1988, however the brand PolskiFiat was replaced with FSO (which had already been seen on other models such as the 125p-based FSO Polonez) in 1983.