Open both doors on this Ardita saloon and there's nothing between them — no centre pillar, just rear-hinged suicide doors and six side windows in one clean line.
Lead trim: Ardita 1750 1.8 sidevalve four (40 PS)
Fiat 518 Ardita 1750518 · 1933–1938
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FactOpen both doors on this Ardita saloon and there's nothing between them — no centre pillar, just rear-hinged suicide doors and six side windows in one clean line.
The Fiat 518, also called the Ardita, was built between 1933 and 1938 (8,794 by Fiat), with two chassis: the short 2,700 mm (106.3 in) 518 C (corta) and the long 3,000 mm (118.1 in) 518 L (lunga; wider 5.50×17 tyres and a different final drive), both with 4-door saloon (7 seats long, 5 short, six side windows, no centre pillar and suicide rear doors) and 4-door torpedo bodies, on solid axles with hydraulic dampers and hydraulic drums. The standard Ardita (1750) has the type 118 sidevalve inline-four of 78 × 92 mm, 1,758 cc, with a 6.2:1 compression ratio and a single Zenith 36 VIF carburettor producing 40 PS (39 hp), a top speed of 100 km/h (518 C) or 98 km/h (518 L). It was built by Simca as the Simca-Fiat 11 CV in France and by Polski Fiat and PZInż in Poland; the Ardita 2000 and Sport are catalogued separately. The page's "Ardita" name was also used on the six-cylinder Ardita 2500 (527).
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Trims & Figures
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| Trim | Years | Engine | Power | Torque | 0–60 | Drive | Gearbox | MSRP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ardita 1750 1.8 sidevalve four (40 PS) | 1933–1938 | 1.8 L Inline-4 | 39 hp | — | — | RWD | — | — |
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The 518 Ardita Sport came in exactly one body: a 4-door, pillarless sports saloon with no center post between the windows — a striking, single-minded choice for a 1930s factory car.
Open both doors on this Ardita saloon and there's nothing between them — no centre pillar, just rear-hinged suicide doors and six side windows in one clean line.
This Fiat’s Polish-built cousin went to war: the 518-derived PZInż 302 served as an artillery tractor for the Polish military.
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