Fiat 600 Multipla: which version to buy

In this catalogue the Fiat 600 Multipla is a one-version buy. There is 1 generation (1956–1967), 1 body type — Compact Van — and 1 listed modification: 0.6 MT. Horsepower is not measured, so you cannot rank it by power per litre or by kilograms per horsepower.

In this catalogue the Fiat 600 Multipla is a one-version buy. There is 1 generation (1956–1967), 1 body type — Compact Van — and 1 listed modification: 0.6 MT. Horsepower is not measured, so you cannot rank it by power per litre or by kilograms per horsepower. What you can rank is the measured package: 633 cm³ Gasoline, 4 Inline cylinders, 2 valves per cylinder, Rear engine, Carburetor, 4-speed Manual, RWD, 700 kg kerb weight, 43 s to 100, 90 top speed. If those numbers fit the job, 0.6 MT is the only Fiat 600 Multipla on the sheet. If they do not, this model has no second spec to step up to.

Fiat 600 Multipla specs at a glance for a buyer

A buyer comparing “which Multipla” inside this data set is not choosing among engines. 0.6 MT is the whole list. The generation window is 1956-01-01 to 1967-12-31; the version window for 0.6 MT is 1956-01-01 to 1957-12-31. That is a real difference on the dates given: the generation is catalogued for eleven calendar years, the only named version for two. There is no restyling listed as a separate generation, and there is no second modification name to confuse with 0.6 MT.

What is measured for that version, and what is not:

Because power in hp and torque in Nm are not measured, any claim that 0.6 MT is “the strong one” or “the weak one” inside the Fiat 600 Multipla line would be invention. Inside this model it is simply the only one.

Generations: what changed, and what you can actually pick

1 generation (1956–1967)

1 generation ran from 1956-01-01 to 1967-12-31. Body: Compact Van. Versions in the data: 1.

That generation contains 0.6 MT only. There is no facelift row, no second body, and no later 0.6 MT with a different horsepower figure to disambiguate. If you are shopping “first generation Fiat 600 Multipla” in this catalogue, you are shopping 0.6 MT.

The year arithmetic that matters for a purchase, not for a brochure:

Nothing in the numbers says the Compact Van became a different body later. Nothing in the numbers adds a second gearbox or a second drive type. The generation did not, in this dataset, split into “early 0.6 MT” and “late 0.6 MT” with different hp. There is one name: 0.6 MT.

Engines and specs

Use the version name exactly as in the database. There is no second 0.6 MT with a different power figure.

VersionhpNmDisplacementFuelCylindersLayoutBoostGearboxDrive
0.6 MTnot measurednot measured633Gasoline4Inlinenot measuredManual (4)RWD

Buyer reading of that row:

Displacement 633 with bore × stroke 60x56 is the entire engine-size choice. You cannot step to a larger Fiat 600 Multipla engine in this catalogue because no larger (or smaller) displacement is listed.

Power per litre cannot be calculated: hp is not measured, so hp ÷ (633 / 1000) is not a number this article can print. Weight per horsepower cannot be calculated either: 700 ÷ hp needs hp. Those two buyer ratios, which would normally decide “which version,” are blocked by missing power, not by a close fight between two close engines.

Performance and economy

0.6 MT is the only performance row.

For a buyer, “which is quicker?” has one answer: 0.6 MT, because nothing else is listed. There is no second 0–100 to subtract from 43, and no second top speed to subtract from 90. You cannot say the later generation cut two seconds off the sprint: there is no later generation in the data.

Economy is not a reason to pick one Fiat 600 Multipla over another here. mpg is not measured in the city, on the highway, or combined. Tank size is not measured, so range is not measured. If fuel cost is the decision, this dataset does not give a number that favours 0.6 MT or any phantom sister version.

What the measured performance does say, without extra figures: 0.6 MT is specified to 90 top speed and 43 to 100 at 700 kg. That is the performance you are buying. It is not compared with a heavier, more powerful Multipla because that Multipla is not in the data.

Dimensions and weight

Again one version, so the weight comparison is 0.6 MT against missing fields, not against a rival trim.

A Compact Van buyer often chooses on payload, tank, and wheels. Those three are not measured for 0.6 MT. The one measured mass is 700 kerb. Without hp, 700 kg per horsepower is not measured. Without gross weight, you cannot check how much of 700 is structure versus how much you may add.

Suspension and brakes do not split the range into “comfort 0.6 MT” and “sport 0.6 MT”:

There is no disc-brake version and no second rear-suspension type. Choosing 0.6 MT is choosing that chassis as listed.

Which version to choose

The comparison set is one car

Fiat 600 Multipla, as given, has pokoleniy = 1 and modifikaciy = 1. The buy question “which version?” collapses to: take 0.6 MT, or do not take this model. There is no arithmetic that turns one row into two trims.

What 0.6 MT actually is (so the choice is honest)

0.6 MT is a Compact Van, Gasoline 633, 4 Inline, 2 valves per cylinder, Rear, Carburetor, Manual 4, RWD, Drum/Drum, kerb 700, 0–100 43, top speed 90, years 1956-01-01–1957-12-31 inside a generation dated 1956-01-01–1967-12-31. Bore × stroke 60x56. Boost not measured. hp not measured. Nm not measured.

What extra money cannot buy inside this model

The data contain no prices. They also contain no second version, so “what the extra money buys” cannot be a price delta. It can only be this: there is no extra Fiat 600 Multipla spec to buy. You cannot pay for more hp, because hp is not measured and no second output is listed. You cannot pay for an extra gear, because 0.6 MT is Manual 4 only. You cannot pay for another driven-axle layout: RWD is the only drive. You cannot pay for a larger tank, bigger wheels, or more clearance: tank, wheels, and clearance are not measured, and no alternative sizes are given. You cannot pay for a later generation’s engine, because 1 generation is the full count.

Generation versus version dates — the only split in the file

The only numeric split a buyer can use without inventing a second car is calendar:

Power per litre and weight per horsepower — why they do not pick a winner

Buyer guides often rank versions by hp per litre and kg per hp. For 0.6 MT:

So 0.6 MT cannot be crowned “efficient for its size” or “heavy for its power” with a ratio from this dataset. Displacement 633 and mass 700 are measured; the ratios that need power are not.

Chassis and brakes — no trim ladder

Independent, spring at the front and Semi-independent, springorts hélicoïdaux, sem at the rear, with Drum brakes at both ends, is the 0.6 MT chassis. A buyer who wants a different suspension or discs is not choosing a different Fiat 600 Multipla version in this file. They are leaving the model.

Fuel, mpg, and “which is cheaper to run”

Gasoline is the only fuel type. mpg is not measured in any cycle. Tank is not measured. CO2 is not measured. Eco class is not measured. Running-cost ranking between versions is impossible with one version and no consumption figure. State it that way: economy of 0.6 MT is not measured, not “unknown because we forgot to look.”

Reliability and problems

This dataset does not list faults, recalls, or reliability scores. A “problems” search on Fiat 600 Multipla cannot be answered with a number from these fields. Do not treat missing reliability data as a clean bill of health. It is not measured.

Practical verdict

That is the whole choice: 0.6 MT, or a different model. The numbers that exist are enough to describe what you get. The numbers that are missing are listed as not measured so a missing figure is not read as a feature that never exists.