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| | Fiat 600 50 years old |
 | | The Fiat 600 arrived in 1955, and Italy was about to embark on a new era of political and social history: in fits and starts, life was getting back to normal after the tragedy of the war, which had left behind a present full of uncertainty and an equally precarious future. |
 | | The Fiat 600 was small but functional, a car that embodied a completely new concept, and even set an usual record: it was the first runabout to boast an efficient heating system which used the air from the radiator cooling fan to demist the windscreen and heat the interior. |
 | | The Fiat 600 was still the dream of thousands of Italians and, apart from a new rearview mirror and new side lights and headlights, the model was the same as in 1958. |
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