Fiat : 127

Model Introduction

With its clever packaging, crisp handling, and practical three-door layout, the 127 set the standard for modern small cars. It won European Car of the Year in 1972 and remained in production for over a decade in various forms.

Magazine Articles

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    Fiat 127 : Hybrid of the year

    Could this be the new family Fiat that paves the path to as many awards as its illustrious sister, the 128?

    CAR Magazine · May 1971
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    Push and Pull Fiats

    Life behind the engine is so much better than life in front of it

    CAR Magazine · February 1972
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    Drive-In

    Fiat 127

    CCC Magazine · May 1972
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    Q-Car of the year?

    Radbourne Fiat 127

    CAR Magazine · May 1972
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    Huxford's Hire Car with a difference

    So you'd like to go rallying without spending too much money, madam? Well how about a nice little car from the hire fleet - only ten thousand miles on the clock? Sounds silly, but that's exactly how the most successful Fiat 127 currently rallying in this country was obtained

    CCC Magazine · October 1973
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    Oracle

    The big news is the new Fiat 127 that will attempt to stave off the Ford Fiesta challenge.

    CAR Magazine · September 1976
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    Newcomers

    Fiat's fly for the Fiesta soup

    CCC Magazine · June 1977
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    Giant Test

    Citroen GSpecial v Fiat 131 v Chrysler Sunbeam v Fiat 127

    CAR Magazine · October 1977
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    Long Term Test : Small Wonder

    500 cheap and cheerful miles every week by Fiat 127

    CAR Magazine · February 1979
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    Giant Test

    Ford Fiesta 1.1S v Fiat 127 Sport v Peugeot 104ZS

    CAR Magazine · March 1979
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    Giant Test

    Fiat 127 Sport v Peugeot 104ZS v Renault 5 Gordini v VW Golf GTI v Vauxhall Chevette 2300HS

    CAR Magazine · April 1980
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    Newcomers : New (short) life for 127

    Fiat revitalise their venerable best seller; some say as a smoke-screen for its successor, the Uno

    CAR Magazine · January 1982
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    Giant Test

    MG Metro v Ford Fiesta XR2 v Fiat 127GT

    CAR Magazine · October 1982
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    Giant Test

    Renault 5TX v MG Metro v Ford Fiesta XR2 v Citroen Visa GT v Fiat 127GT

    CAR Magazine · June 1983