Fiat

At the April 1953 Geneva Motor Show, the Fiat Nuova 1100 was introduced. It had a modern four-door pontoon body with unibody construction, both pioneered in Fiat's range by the 1950 1400. The four-cyliner 1,089 cc engine dated back to the 1937 508 C Balilla. At the October 1953 Paris Motor Show, Fiat launched a sporting version, the 1100 TV, standing for Turismo Veloce. It had an improved engine and a larger, curved rear window and prominent rear wings, supporting differently shaped tail lamps. A distinguishing trait of the TV was a single front fog lamp, inset in the grille and flanked by two chrome whiskers. At the 1954 Geneva Motor Show, a five-door stationcar named 1100 Familiare was reveiled, a year later followed by a two-seater roadster TV Trasformabile. In June 1956, the entire 1100 range was updated. The engines gained more power, suspension was made softer and the saloons received a new radiator grille with vertical bars and a rectangular fog lamp in the middle.

1956

In September 1957 the 1100 was updated again, most notably with a completely redesigned rear end which was longer and carried tailfins. Boot space had increased and the rear window had been enlarged. Almost all of the exterior trim was new, including door handles and turn signals. Mechanically, the main improvement were the uprated brakes, engine power went up thanks to a larger carburettor. The 1100 TV was discontinued and replaced by the new 1200 Granluce. In 1959 Fiat re-introduced an upmarket 1100 model, positioned between the standard saloon and the 1200 Granluce: the 1100 Lusso, also known as De luxe or Luxus on foreign markets, which was distinguished by elaborate exterior trim. Late in 1960, the standard saloon and the Lusso were replaced by the 1100 Export and Special, the latter with the more modern 1200 Granluce bodyshell with four front-hinged doors.

In 1962 Fiat introduced the third generation 1100, called the 1100 D. It was a four-door sedan, very similar to the Granluce but with simpler sides and a new simpler, rectangular front end. When the groundbraking Fiat 124 was introduced in 1966, the 1100 remained in production for a few more years as the 1100 R, a simple entry-level model. 

1962