international design studio, MA-DE, has brought fiat‘s classic 126 model into the 21st century with this all-electric concept. dubbed the ‘fiat 126 vision’, this reinterpretation preserves the unmistakable shape of the original car but gives it a smooth, rounded update.
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the fiat 126 was first unveiled in 1972 at the turin auto show as a replacement for the fiat 500. the vehicle was a four-passenger, rear-engined city car. in production until 2000, it was one of fiat‘s most successful models with almost 4.7 million units being produced.
for this new concept, envisioned by andrea della vecchia of MA-DE studio, the 126 doesn’t lose any of it’s identity. the designer has instead retained the contours of the car and strengthened some unmistakable stylistic elements, such as the roof tapered at the rear and the squared headlights dominated by the character line that surrounds the vehicle.
