1952 to 1964
Diesel
In 1953 the first Fiat diesel engined vehicle was presented, the 1400 diesel.
The beginning of the economic boom
In 1958 production started growing enormously, both for automobiles and farm machinery. Mirafiori doubled its factories and Fiat set up new manufacturing plants abroad as well. In Italy this was the period of the economic boom and the auto sector was the ‘driving force' of the economy.
The new models
In 1955 the Fiat 600 was born, a big utilitarian car with a rear mounted engine.
In 1957 the New 500 was presented and in 1960 it began to be produced in the ‘Giardinetta' version, a precursor of the Station Wagon style. Moreover, these were the years of Fiat 1800, then 1300 and 1500.