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Encyclopedia > Polski Fiat 126p

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
A typical Polish parking in the 1980's
Polski Fiat 126p
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Wreck of the Polski Fiat 126p
Wreck of the Polski Fiat 126p

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History

  • 1972 – the FSM car factory was built in Bielsko-Biała.
  • 6 June 1973 – 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 July 1973 – the official opening of the factory's production line (till the end of that year over 1500 Fiats were manufactured)
  • September 1975 – production started in a factory in Tychy.
  • 1977 – engine capacity increased from 594 cm³ to 652 cm³. Engine power increased to about 24 hp equal about 17 kW.
  • 1978 – production of types with engine capacity 594 cm³ stopped.
  • 1979 – production of Polski Fiat 126p continued only in Bielsko-Biała.
  • 1981 – 1,000,000th Polski Fiat 126p produced.
  • December 1984 – technical changes in the construction and body. Type FL created.
  • 1987 – beginning of the production of Polski Fiat 126p Bis version (capacity 700 cm³).
  • May 1993 – 3,000,000th Polish Fiat 126p produced.
  • September 1994 – body improvement, creating type "el" with parts similar to those used in Fiat Cinquecento.
  • January 1997 – introduction of a catalytic converter.
  • October 2000 – production was stopped. All Fiats of the last limited Happy End series were yellow.

  Results from FactBites:
 
Polski Fiat 126p - WOI Encyclopedia Italia (629 words)
Polski Fiat 126p (literally 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.
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).
Polski Fiat at AllExperts (409 words)
Polski Fiat (literally in English: the Polish Fiat) was a Polish automobile brand.
The brand Polski Fiat 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 Polski Fiat 125p.
The first cars were assembled from parts in 1967, their production started from 1968 and ended in 1988, however the brand Polski Fiat was replaced with FSO (which had already been seen on other models such as the 125p-based FSO Polonez) in 1983.
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