You may have noticed that car parking spaces are shrinking. Or rather, our cars are getting wider. Fiat had the answer to the parking spot blues in 1972 when the new Fiat 126 burst on the scene. At just 1.4m wide it’s 28cm or almost a foot narrower than the Smart ForTwo, and only 36cm (14“) longer while accommodating two more people. That’s not a lot of space to cram four people though, especially in the 1970s with flares and platform shoes! Why did Fiat produce such a tiny car using such oldfashioned parts, and why did this tiny Italian car become one of the most popular family cars in Poland?

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