A new edition of the volume Elvio Deganello wrote in 1993 for the series «Le vetture che hanno fatto la storia». It has grown considerably: 144 pages with 202 photographs in colour and black and white in the 24 × 27 cm format, against the 95 pages of the first edition, which is also in this directory under ISBN 88-7911-069-1. Deganello follows the Fiat 500's course from its first appearance in 1957 to 1975, when Fiat ended production – some five million cars – and treats it not only technically and industrially through the successive versions but also as a cultural phenomenon. Detailed technical data sheets, a separate section on the 500 in competition and guidance for a proper restoration are added. In 2008 the publisher issued a reprint. Of the first edition there is also a German translation by Günther Görtz, published in 1995 by Motorbuch in Stuttgart in the series «Autos die Geschichte machten»; it is in this directory, as is «Fiat Abarth 595 695», on which Deganello was a co-author.

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