The 1100/103's doors were both hinged on the centre pillar throughout the 1950s — an odd layout Fiat only abandoned in 1960, borrowing the conventional front-hinged bodyshell from the 1200 Granluce.
Lead trim: 1100 Tipo A/B 1.1 (36 PS) · up to 52 hp
Fiat 1100/1031953–1962
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FactThe 1100/103's doors were both hinged on the centre pillar throughout the 1950s — an odd layout Fiat only abandoned in 1960, borrowing the conventional front-hinged bodyshell from the 1200 Granluce.
The Fiat 1100 is a small family car produced from 1953 until 1969 by the Italian manufacturer Fiat, an all-new unibody replacement for the Fiat 1100 E, which descended from the pre-war body-on-frame Fiat 508 C Balilla 1100. Codenamed Tipo 103, it retained the 1100 E's well-tested 1.1-litre engine, a four-speed manual transmission with synchromesh on the top three speeds and a column-mounted shifter, and was offered as the spartan Tipo A and richer Tipo B; both front doors were hinged on the centre pillar until 1960. At the October 1953 Paris Motor Show Fiat launched the sporting 1100 TV (Turismo Veloce), with a twin-choke Weber carburettor and higher compression, whose victories included class wins at the 1954 and 1955 Mille Miglia; a five-door Familiare estate followed in 1954 and the TV Trasformabile roadster in March 1955. The range was updated in June 1956 as the 103 E, in September 1957 as the 1958 103 D with a redesigned tail with tailfins, in 1959 with the upmarket 103 H Lusso, and in late 1960 as the 1100 Export, Special and Familiare, which remained on sale until 1962 when the 1100 D replaced them. It was also built as the NSU-Fiat Europa in Germany, the Zastava 1100B in Yugoslavia and, later, in India as the Premier Padmini.
Collectors Spotted in the Fiat 1100 Lineage
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Trims & Figures
7 published trims in the catalogue. A blank is a figure not recorded, not zero.
| Trim | Years | Engine | Power | Torque | 0–60 | Drive | Gearbox | MSRP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1100 Export / Special 1.1 twin-carb (50 PS) | 1960–1962 | 1.1 L Inline-4 | 49 hp | — | — | RWD | — | — |
| 1100 TV 1.1 twin-choke (50 PS) | 1954–1956 | 1.1 L Inline-4 | 49 hp | — | — | RWD | — | — |
| 1100 Tipo A/B 1.1 (36 PS) | 1953–1956 | 1.1 L Inline-4 | 36 hp | — | — | RWD | — | — |
| 1100/103 D 1.1 (43 PS) | 1958–1959 | 1.1 L Inline-4 | 42 hp | — | — | RWD | — | — |
| 1100/103 E 1.1 (40 PS) | 1956–1957 | 1.1 L Inline-4 | 39 hp | — | — | RWD | — | — |
| 1100/103 E TV 1.1 (53 PS) | 1956–1957 | 1.1 L Inline-4 | 52 hp | — | — | RWD | — | — |
| 1100/103 H Lusso 1.1 twin-choke (50 PS) | 1959–1960 | 1.1 L Inline-4 | 49 hp | — | — | RWD | — | — |
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Owners’ builds
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By the end of its life the 1100 R was cutting corners — Fiat simplified its interior by borrowing parts, including the steering wheel, from the smaller 850.
Europe stopped building this Fiat in 1969, but in India it just kept going — licence-built as the Premier Padmini, it stayed in production for another three decades, until 2000.
The 1100/103's doors were both hinged on the centre pillar throughout the 1950s — an odd layout Fiat only abandoned in 1960, borrowing the conventional front-hinged bodyshell from the 1200 Granluce.
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