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X1/23 (City Car prototype)
Electric city-car prototype from the Fiat Style Centre shown in Turin in 1972.
Still being researched: identification guide, full specifications. Everything shown is checked against the cited sources. Know more? Send us a source.
Photo: Erremm · CC BY-SA 4.0
Contents
01Overview
At a glance
- Built
- Not yet verified
- Years
- Not yet verified
- Engine
- Electric motor
- Power
- 9.93 kW / 13.5 PSFactory: 13.5 PS
- Top speed
- 75 km/hFactory: 75 km/h
- Body
- Not yet verified
- Designer
- Centro Stile Fiat
- In this archive
- Not yet verified
- Surviving
- Not yet verified
Sources and any conflicting figures are in the sections below.
Why it matters
The X1/23 is an early 1970s Fiat electric city car concept, shown in Turin in 1972 and styled by Centro Stile Fiat. Of its 820 kg curb weight, 166 kg was the nickel-zinc battery pack.
How rare is it?
Six separate kinds of rarity – never combined into one number.
Each kind of rarity is rated separately and never combined.
02Production & history
Production
Every figure says what it counts.
No production figures recorded yet.
History
Fiat presented the X1/23 in Turin in 1972 as a two-seat electric city car. The motor was a DC unit with separate excitation and a transistorised controller with regenerative braking, driving the front wheels. The source gives a maximum speed of 75 km/h and a range of 70 km at a steady 50 km/h.
The car's curb weight was 820 kg, of which 166 kg were Yardney nickel-zinc batteries with 1.75 times the capacity of conventional lead-acid batteries.
Variants
How each version differs from the standard X1/23 (City Car prototype).
No variants documented yet. Have a source? Contribute it.
03Specifications
Technical specifications
Engine
| Engine family | DC motor with separate excitation and transistorised controller1 Independently researched |
|---|---|
| Engine code | Not yet verified |
| Layout | Electric motor2 Independently researched |
| Displacement | Not yet verified |
| Bore | Not yet verified |
| Stroke | Not yet verified |
| Compression ratio | Not yet verified |
| Fuel system | Not yet verified |
| Power | 9.93 kW / 13.5 PSFactory: 13.5 PS1 Independently researchedItalian text gives cavalli (cv), which is entered as PS. The page's own table says n/d for power. |
| Power at | Not yet verified |
| Torque | Not yet verified |
Transmission & drivetrain
| Gearbox | Not yet verified |
|---|---|
| Gears | Not yet verified |
| Driven wheels | front1 Independently researched |
Chassis, body & dimensions
| Chassis | Not yet verified |
|---|---|
| Front suspension | Not yet verified |
| Rear suspension | Not yet verified |
| Brakes | Not yet verified |
| Steering | Not yet verified |
| Body construction | Not yet verified |
| Wheelbase | Not yet verified |
| Length | Not yet verified |
| Width | Not yet verified |
| Height | Not yet verified |
| Front track | Not yet verified |
| Rear track | Not yet verified |
| Kerb weight | 820 kgFactory: 820 kg1 Independently researched |
| Dry weight | Not yet verified |
Performance
| Maximum speed | 75 km/hFactory: 75 km/h1 Independently researchedThe Petrol Stop blog (level D, not used) repeats a claimed 50 mph top speed; this conflicts with the concept-car site. |
|---|---|
| 0–100 km/h | Not yet verified |
| Fuel tank | Not yet verified |
“Not yet verified” means no source has been checked for that value yet. Nothing is estimated to fill a gap.
04Colours & options
Factory colours & interiors
Original paint and trim, with the number of cars in each where a source gives it.
Not yet documented. Have a source? Contribute it.
Factory options & codes
Codes are shown exactly as written by the manufacturer.
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05Individual cars
Chassis register
Every documented car, with its colours, history and where it is now. Open a row for the full record. Known chassis are not automatically authenticated originals.
Not yet documented. Have a source? Contribute it.
Competition history
Every race result of the individual cars, in date order. Click a chassis number to open its full record in the register.
Not yet documented. Have a source? Contribute it.
Auction & sale history
Documented public sales of the individual cars. Click a chassis number to open its full record in the register.
Not yet documented. Have a source? Contribute it.
See one in person
Museums where an example of this car can be seen.
No example is documented on public display yet. Have a source? Contribute it.
06Reference
Identification guide
How to tell an original from a replica or later conversion.
Not yet documented. Have a source? Contribute it.
Sources
Each number links to the exact facts it supports.
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1
Fiat X1/23 (Concept Cars) Level C not stated · Concept Cars · 2010-12-29
- with separate excitation and a transistorised solidstate controller
- 13.5 horse power DC motor
- It features front-wheel drive
- Curb weight of this car is 820 kg
- maximum speed of 75 km/h
- 2
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