Key facts
- Manufacturer
- Fiat
- Also called
- Nasr 128 GLS 1300 (Egypt), SEAT 128 (Spain), Zastava 101/128/Skala (Yugoslavia)
- Production
- 1969–1985 (Fiat, Italy) 1971–1990 (Fiat, Argentina) 1976–1980 (3P, SEAT) 1971–2010 (Yugoslavia, Serbia and Montenegro, and Serbia)
- Assembly
- Rivalta , Turin , Italy Buenos Aires , Argentina Helwan , Egypt ( Nasr ) Casablanca , Morocco ( Somaca ) Bogotá , Colombia ( CCA ) Rosslyn , South Africa Homagama , Sri Lanka ( Upali ) Livingstone, Zambia (Livingstone Motor Assemblers Ltd)
- Class
- Small family car ( C )
- Body style
- 2/4-door saloon 3-door estate 5-door estate (Argentina only) 2-door pickup (South Africa) 2-door coupé (128 Sport Coupé) 3-door coupé (128 3P)
- Layout
- Front-engine, front-wheel-drive
- Related
- Fiat X1/9
- Engine
- petrol : 1116 cc 128 A I4 1290 cc 128 A1 I4
- Transmission
- 4-speed manual
- Wheelbase
- 2,445 mm (96.3 in)
- Length
- 3,850 mm (151.6 in)
- Width
- 1,590 mm (62.6 in)
- Height
- 1,340 mm (52.8 in)
- Kerb weight
- 750–770 kg (1,653–1,698 lb)
- Predecessor
- Fiat 1100 R
- Successor
- Fiat Ritmo Fiat Regata
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Encyclopedic overview
The Fiat 128 is a small family car which was manufactured and marketed by Fiat from 1969 to 1985. The bodystyles were a two- or four-door sedan, three- or five-door station wagon as well as two- or three-door coupé.
With engineering by Dante Giacosa and engine design by Aurelio Lampredi, the 128 was noted for its relatively roomy passenger and cargo volume — enabled by a breakthrough innovation to the transversely-mounted front-engine, front-drive layout which became the layout "adopted by virtually every other manufacturer in the world" for front-wheel drive. Fiat promoted in its advertising that mechanical features consumed only 20% of the vehicle's volume. The 128 running gear and engine, reconfigured for a rear mid-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout, were used in the Fiat X1/9 sports car.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Fiat 128” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.