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Word: topolino (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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FIAT BABY CAR, even smaller than famed Topolino, will be put on Italian market to compete with motorscooter-maker Vespa, currently at the rate of 213,487 scooters annually. The $640 Fiat will have two seats, get 55 miles to the gallon and go up to 53 m.p.h...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Clock, may 14, 1956 | 5/14/1956 | See Source »

...FIAT will soon be put on the European market to compete with Volkswagen and Renault. To replace the famed Topolino as its smallest and cheapest car (TIME, Oct. 18), Fiat is rolling out the "Popolare." The boxy, four-passenger, 21.5-h.p. lightweight (1,234 lbs.) car is tagged at $944 before taxes in Rome, v. $1,090 for the Topolino. Current production of the Popolare...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Clock, Mar. 21, 1955 | 3/21/1955 | See Source »

...however, find them too high-priced, complain that Fiat could afford to cut prices. They cite the fact that in Paris, where there is competition, the new Fiat "1100" sells for $235 less than in Italy. Even the Italians who can afford Fiat's two bestselling cars, the Topolino (Little Mouse) at $1,146, and the "1100" at $1,608, must be prepared to put down a $320 deposit and wait eight months for delivery...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BUSINESS ABROAD: Fiat into Spain | 7/6/1953 | See Source »

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