Fiat – 1100 E Giardinetta Monterosa

Vehicle Overview

After WWII, Monterosa mainly deals with the construction of Giardinetta’s (stationwagons) on Fiat 1100 and Lancia Aprilia, a kind of product that is in great demand in the immediate post-war period; production occasionally also spans from ambulances to hearses and advertising vehicles, subsequently extending to the new Fiat 1400 and Lancia Aurelia. In painting and surface treatment the stationwagons imitated the wooden material, but contrary to Viotti‘s way of building the Giardinetta’s, (which made use of real wood due to steel shortage during the post-war period) Monterosa used metal with all the advantages that this entailed.