A Love Letter to the Fiat 500: The New Popemobile Inline

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    1957

    The Cinquecento debuted on July 4, 1957.

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    1959

    More than a family car, the Fiat 500 was—and is—a fun car.

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    Photographed by Henry Clarke, Vogue, August 15, 1963
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    1963

    Vogue photographed Marella Agnelli, wife of Fiat head Gianni, with her Fiat 500 Jolly in 1963.

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    1966

    A car as stylish as its driver: Actress Brigitte Fossey with her Fiat.

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    1969

    The diminutive Fiat 500 resembled Fiat’s earlier Topolino (“little mouse”).