Bianchina

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

(Redirected from Autobianchi Bianchina)
Jump to: navigation, search
Bianchina Trasformabile Special, in Turin, Italy. Photo:Egil Kvaleberg
Bianchina Trasformabile Special, in Turin, Italy.
Photo:Egil Kvaleberg

The Bianchina was an automobile produced by Italian automaker Autobianchi, based on the Fiat 500 mechanicals. It was available in various configurations, Berlina (saloon), Cabriolet (roadster), Trasformabile (convertible), Panoramica (station wagon), and Furgoncino (van).

A Bianchina in Rome
A Bianchina in Rome
Autobianchi Bianchina Convertible
Autobianchi Bianchina Convertible
Autobianchi Bianchina Giardiniera
Autobianchi Bianchina Giardiniera


The Bianchina was produced from 1957 to 1970 in a total volume of approx 275,000. From 1970 to 1977 the model name was Giardinera, which only existed in station wagon and van variations.

Model Years produced Power (BHP) Capacity (cm³) Production
Trasformabile series 1 1957-1958 15 479 17,000
Trasformabile series 2 1959-1960 16,5 479 10,000
Trasformabile series 3 1961-1962 17,5 499 7,000
Trasformabile Special 1959-1962 21 499 1,500
Cabriolet series 1 1960 21 499 1,050
Cabriolet series 2 D 1961-1964 21 499 5,500
Cabriolet series 3 F 1965-1969 21 499 2,750
Berlina 4 door D 1962-1964 17.5 499 26,500
Berlina 4 door F 1965-1969 18 499 33,500
Berlina Special D 1962-1964 21 499 4,000
Berlina Special F 1965-1969 21 499 5,000
Panoramica D 1960-1964 17.5 499 75,000
Panoramica F 1965-1969 17.5 499 85,000
Panoramica sun roof 1960-1969 17.5 499
Furgoncino van, low roof 1965-1970 17.5 499
Furgonetta van, tall roof 1970-1977 17.5 499
Giardiniera wagon 1970-1977 17.5 499
Giardiniera Furgoncino van 1970-1977 17.5 499

Source: Club Bianchina and Bianchina Classic Club

George Lucas was given a Bianchina by his father, which Lucas then modified and entered it into races until he was hospitalised after crashing the car on June 12, 1962 on a public road.

Bianchina is the car of the popular italian film character Fantozzi Interpreted by Paolo Villaggio


Advanced Search
Included Web Search Engines


Safe Search

close

Top Matching Results

Occasionally Search.com will highlight specialized results that are based on the context of your query. Examples of specialized results include specific links to news, images, or video.

Top Matching Results may highlight information from other Search.com pages, content from the CNET Network of sites, or third party content. The listings are based purely on relevance. Search.com does not receive payment for listings in this section but our partners that provide this data may get paid for listing these products.

Sponsored Links

This section contains paid listings which have been purchased by companies that want to have their sites appear for specific search terms and related content. These listings are administered, sorted and maintained by a third party and are not endorsed by Search.com.

Search Results

Search.com sends your search query to several search engines at one time and integrates the results into one list which has been sorted by relevance using Search.com's proprietary algorithm. You can customize the list of search engines included in your metasearch from the preferences.

The search engines that are used in your metasearch may allow companies to pay to have their Web sites included within the results. To view the Paid Inclusion policy for a specific search engine, please visit their Web site. Search.com does not accept payment or share revenue with any search engine partner for listings in this section.