Description

The Autobianchi A111 was a compact family car produced by Autobianchi from 1969 to 1972. It was the largest and most sophisticated model built by the company, essentially serving as a testbed for front-wheel-drive layout and engineering that Fiat would later use in its own models.

Designed under the direction of Dante Giacosa, the A111 featured a boxy but elegant Bertone-influenced body style and shared its underpinnings with the Fiat 128. It came with a 1.4-liter inline-four engine sourced from Fiat, paired with a 4-speed manual gearbox. The A111 offered advanced engineering for its class, including independent suspension and front-wheel drive—features that were still not universally common in the late 1960s.

Despite its technical merits and comfort-oriented features like a spacious interior and a well-trimmed cabin, the A111 had a short production run, partly because it overlapped with Fiat’s own models and was priced at a premium due to its Autobianchi badge. Only around 56,000 units were built.