The Fiat 128 is a transverse front-engine, front wheel drive small family car manufactured and marketed by Fiat from 1969 to 1985 as a two- or four-door sedan, three- or five-door station wagon as well as two- or three-door coupé. The 128 running gear and engine, reconfigured for a mid-engined layout, were used in the Fiat X1/9 sports car.
With engineering by Dante Giacosa and engine design by Aurelio Lampredi,[4] the 128 was noted for its relatively roomy passenger and cargo volume — enabled by a breakthrough innovation to the front-engine, front-drive layout which became the layout "adopted by virtually every other manufacturer in the world" for front-wheel drive.[5] Fiat promoted in its advertising that mechanical features consumed only 20% of the vehicle's volume.[4]
Named European Car of the Year in 1970,[6] over three million were ultimately manufactured.[7]
In 2012 automotive journalist Jamie Kitman called the 128 a "pioneer of the small cars we drive today."[8]
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^Brick by Brick: The Biography of the Man Who Really Made the Mini, Martyn Nutland, p. 237. Authorhouse, Bloomington, IN, 2012. 8 October 2012. ISBN 9781477203170.
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^Kitman, Jamie (15 August 2012). "Collectible Classic: 1971–1979 Fiat 128". Automobile Magazine.
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