Polski Fiat 126p passenger car

The Polski Fiat 126p is a small displacement car produced between 1973-2000 under a licence purchased from Fiat in 1971. It was manufactured at the Fabryka Samochodów Małolitrażowych in Bielsko-Biała, and later at the company’s second establishment in Tychy. The popular “Maluch” (eng. “little one”) is a thorough modernisation of the 500 model that had been in production since 1957 and with which it shares the mechanical design. It has a two-door, monocoque “fastback” body. The licence for the production of this vehicle provided momentum to the development of individual automotive mobility in Poland. While nowadays we would consider the Fiat 126p as strictly a city car, it was used for pretty much everything you could think of (long distance travel, moving house etc.). By 2000, 3,318,674 units had been produced. Manufacturer: Fabryka Samochodów Małolitrażowych in Bielsko-Biała, 1973. Inv. No.: MIM1201/II-125 Model prepared on the basis of photogrammetric and ToF measurements Licence: CC BY-NC-SA