A mildly revised Granluce appeared in 1959
with minor trim changes and a modified engine producing 58bhp. These models
continued in production until 1960, by which time around 400,000 had been built.
One other 1200 variant was built, the Cabriolet.
This is covered on our 'Cabriolets'
page..
Introduced
at the Turin Motorshow in 1957, the 1200 Granluce was designed to replace
the 1100/103 TV. It used an engine derived from
that in the latter, now with a capacity of 1221cc and generating 55bhp.
The bodyshell was also derived from the 1100, but was more angular (very
similar to the later 1100 Special). The same engine was fitted to the 1100/103
trasformabile to produce the 1200
trasformabile. This also had a mildly revised bodystyle.
Technical
Details
| Driveline | longitudinal engine at front with rear wheel drive |
| Suspension | front : Independent, lower wishbone, coil spring and telescopic damper plus anti-roll bar
rear : solid axle with telescopic dampers and leaf springs wheelbase : 2340mm front track : 1232mm rear track : 1215mm |
| Brakes | front : drums
rear : drums handbrake : transmission band brake (after 1960 on the rear wheels) |
| Gearbox | 4 speed manual |
| Steering | worm and roller |
| Kerb weight | berlina : 926kg
cabriolet : 905kg |
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