The 1927 Fiat 520 was an important automobile for the Turin automaker. It represented the first Fiat offering targeted at the burgeoning Italian middle class. The 520 revived a model name used previously for a top-of-the-line twelve-cylinder automobile and applied it to a straight-six powered machine, attracting much of the previous model’s name recognition to the new offering.
Though officially replaced by the Fiat 521 for 1928, the 520 remained in production until at least 1929 with a total production approaching 20,000 examples.
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