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===The Bianchina=== {{main|Autobianchi Bianchina}}[[File:Autobianchi Bianchina special (2015-08-28 front b).jpg|thumb|Autobianchi Bianchina Trasformabile Special]] The first car to be produced by the new company was the [[Autobianchi Bianchina|Bianchina]], whose name was a tribute to Edoardo Bianchi's first 1899 car. The Bianchina was based on [[Fiat 500]] mechanicals – with its two-cylinder, air-cooled engine mounted in the rear – but featured a completely new stylish body designed by [[Luigi Rapi]], who was in charge of Fiat's special body unit and helped to set up production in Desio. With many premium design and equipment features, the Bianchina was an upscale [[city car]], positioned above the Fiat 500 in the market. Marketed as a "second vehicle in the household", and a luxurious "recreational vehicle", also being targeted at affluent middle-class women, it mirrored the increasing affluence in Italian society.<ref name="Bianchina Club Storia"/><ref name="Club Autobianchi histoire"/><ref name="carsfrom Bianchina">{{cite web |url=http://www.carsfromitaly.com/others/index.html |title=Autobianchi Bianchina |website=carsfromitaly.com |access-date=2006-08-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050209015255/http://www.carsfromitaly.com/others/index.html |archive-date=2005-02-09}} ''(accessed via the [[Internet Archive#Wayback Machine|Wayback Machine]])''</ref><ref name="Bianchina Club Storia Bianchina">{{cite web |url=http://www.bianchinaclub.com/ita/servizi/storia_bianchina.htm |title=Storia della Bianchina |work=Bianchina Club |access-date=2006-08-08 |language=it}}</ref> The first Bianchina rolled from the production lines in Desio on September 11, 1957, and had the unusual body style of a two-door [[Landaulet (car)|landaulet]], called ''"Trasformabile"''. It remained the sole body style until 1960, when a two-door ''"Cabriolet"'' full [[convertible]] was introduced, followed by a three-door [[Estate car|estate]] version, the ''"Panoramica"'' and a two-door [[Sedan (car)|saloon]], the ''"Berlina"''. Finally, two [[van]] versions were launched: one resembling a two-seater version of the ''Panoramica'', and another, with a raised and expanded cargo section.<ref name="Bianchina Club Storia"/><ref name="Club Autobianchi histoire"/><ref name="carsfrom Bianchina"/><ref name="Bianchina Club Storia Bianchina"/>
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