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"Cé hé sin" (michael-m-mouse) 08/12/2015 at 15:04 • Filed to: Fiat, 128

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What do we have? The Fiat 128 of course, made from 1969 to 1985. It adopted the transverse engine and end-on gearbox that Fiat had trialled in the Autobianchi Primula and went on to become an industry standard. Designed by Dante Giacosa who had the Topolino, the 500, 600 and first Multipla to his credit, the 128 was usually a conservatively styled two or four door saloon or three door estate but was available as various coupés as well.

Production continued overseas for several years afterward, with the Nasr 128 continuing in Egypt until 2009.

Have a two door (pic by Graham Ruckert)

Something sportier? Have a 128 SL coupé

Sporty and practical? 128 3P (for porte, door)

Something by a fashionable coachbuilder? Moretti 128 (which is a new one to me)

Spasoje > Cé hé sin 08/12/2015 at 15:49

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I’d add some more if I may...

Of the few contemporary licensed copies being made in the world, three were most common. In Spain, SEAT made the 128 coupe, as you have it above. In Argentina, they made the 128 sedan and they developed their own 128 wagon, unique to Argentina:

In the early eighties, Fiat Argentina facelifted their 128 range to look like this:

Production continued until 1990.

In Serbian (then Yugoslavia), the 128 was licensed to Zastava and sold as the Zastava 128. Like Argentina, Zastava developed their own bodystyle to sell alongside the sedan, in this case being three- or five-door hatchback versions unique to Yugoslavian production, called Zastava 101. Here is the three-door:

And here is the five-door:

There was also a very popular pickup/van version:

Zastava sold 128s and three- and five-door 101s (using different model names sold under the Yugo brand) all across Europe for a little while, as well. Note the red three-door is UK-spec, where there is still an active owner’s club...

Zastava also licensed production of their 128 and 101 to other companies: Poland’s FSO made the white 101 in the photos above, and Egypt’s El Nasr assembled CKD kits of the Zastava 128.

Eventually, the cars were facelifted in the early 2000s, with only the 101 - now called Skala - making it to the end of production of the line in 2008, with a low price and a host of modernizations under the skin.