AutoCult Fiat 1200 Vignale Wonderful (1957) (Italy)

About the Original

The Wonderful One!

It takes a very strong ego to call a car ‘wonderful’! This happened in Italy in 1957.

The Fiat factory presented its tow advanced developments base on the 1100cc technology, the 1200 Granluce and the 1200 Spyder. While the Granluce was a four-door sedan, the Spyder, as a two-door roadster, appealed to the fast-paced clientele. Also in this vehicle category belonged a third version, the 1200 wonderful – visually spiced up by the design studio Vignale.

The Granluce served as the basis for the Turin studio, which was worked on by top designer Giovanni Michelotti himself. He drew a sweeping body in elegant ivory white, which leaned backwards in two fins at the rear rather than stretching upwards. While the visual appearance of the Fiat may have delighted many observers and experts, the Vignale-Fiat is also one of the passenger cars that set technical accents on the global scene.

According to popular opinion, the Fiat 1200 Wonderful was the first removable roof center section – later known as the Targa.

It is not known how many examples of the Fiat 1200 Wonderful were ultimately produced, but it is assumed that five units were made.