Fiat 125p — mug

Fiat 125p Ceramic Mug

Mug capacity: 330 ml

Big Fiat

The Fiat 125p was a large and comfortable car, designed for family trips, company outings, and finally spacious enough to sleep in the back seat, which distinguished it from the heroic but modest "Maluch" (Fiat 126p). The Fiat 125p, or Polski Fiat, first hit the roads in 1967, winning the hearts of another generation of PRL citizens with its four-cylinder gasoline engine and rear-wheel drive. The car was the successor to the Warszawa, which had become somewhat outdated in an era of rampant modernization, the ultimate proof of which was The Rolling Stones' concert in April of that year. A new era thus required new solutions.

The Polski Fiat, also known as the Big Fiat, was a simplified version of the Fiat 125, with technical solutions borrowed by the Passenger Car Factory from the Fiat 1300 and 1500. Throughout its production period, the Polski Fiat was modernized, which is particularly evident in models from 1975. So, 1975 was not a period of change only for FSO – the then Minister of Transport also kept up with the times, ordering the introduction of a new design for license plates.

However, our Big hero had little time left in the limelight, as in 1978, his rival and successor, the Polonez, appeared on the scene. Both models were produced simultaneously until 1991, when the last Fiat 125p rolled off the production line – the last car, incidentally in cherry color, was like the icing on the cake, crowning the model's colorful career. Over 24 years of continuous production, almost 1.5 million units were produced, of which nearly 600,000 were exported to about 80 countries.

The drawing's author is Wrocław artist Paweł Grabowski.