Three-quarter view of a NSU/Fiat Weinsberg 500, on display at the Silverstone Classic Media Day.
NSU-Fiat was a German automobile manufacturer which produced Fiat vehicles under license at a plant acquired from NSU in Heilbronn from 1929 to 1957. In 1957, following a complicated litigation process over the right to use the by now increasingly high profile "NSU" name on passenger cars, the name used for the Fiat-designed cars was changed to Neckar, and with this name the company continued to produce Fiats in Germany until 1971. The NSU/Fiat Weinsberg 500 (1960 Neckar Weinsberg 500 ) is a Fiat automobile. It was produced in two versions (Limousette and Coupé) based on the Fiat Nuova 500 (1957–1977). Like the Neckar Pully, the Weinsberg was the creation of NSU/FIAT Weinsberg Karosseriewerke, made possible because NSU/FIAT in Heilbronn also had its own development department, in which designers such as Antonio Fessia worked. Introduced in March 1959 as the NSU/Fiat, 6,228 vehicles were manufactured from 1959 to 1963. The price was 3,840 DM in 1959, 3620DM in 1962. Two Weinsberg versions were sold at 3,840 DM (including heater and sunroof, whitewall tires were an extra 50 DM) - the Coupe and the Limousette. They differ only in the rear window design: The coupé features a wraparound panoramic rear screen, allowing only enough headroom above the rear seat for small children (up to about 7 years old). The Limousette has rear side windows and a steeper, conventional rear window like a small sedan, hence the name. This gives the Limousette a little more headroom than the coupe, but less than a Fiat 500 Nuova. Both Weinberg models are basically two-seaters with additional space for two children or luggage. Despite having an inviting padded rear seat, it is not practical for adults. The German tire used in the Weinsberg is ” size rather than the 125 x 12 of the normal Fiat 500, indicating that the Weinsberg was regarded as a two-seater; the utmost load capacity was slightly less than the slightly wider 125 – 12. In contrast to Autobianchi Bianchina, both Weinsberg
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