POLONEZ (1993) | A car You probably didn't know about? | #22

Polonez (Poloneise) was a reincarnation of Fiat 125p - a car assembled in Poland based on Fiat 1300 and Fiat 125 under Italian licence. In 1978 a new car with bodywork designed by Centro Stile Fiat was introduced, still based on the old 125p. The car remained unchanged in production till 1990, when first serious package of changes was applied to it. The Polonez Caro was born and remained in production till 2002. From 1990 the car became better thanks to foreign components like Lucas braking system or Rover engines offered as option.

[@Crusaderglenn]

Didn't knew that it was rear wheel drive O_O . The army helicopter commercial was great!

[@CarRambler1]

It was basically a Fiat 125p floor and engine, that one came from older fiat 1300...

[@wieeinstlilimarleen]

@@CarRambler1 A bit more complex than that: Fiat 1300 was replaced by Fiat 124, while Fiat 1500 was replaced by Fiat 125. Fiat 125p was Fiat 125 body with engines from both Fiat 1300 and Fiat 1500. But Polonez with engine 1.3 (from Fiat 1300) disappeared early, the 1.5 was modified (AB called "reinforced", going to 60,5 kW, with electronic ignition) and another 1.6 engine (CB) was provided. So, chances to get a Polonez with a Fiat 1300 engines are quite small. Otherwise you would say Renault Twingo from 1993 had "basically" the same engine as Renault 8 as it is also a Cléon-Fonte engine :-)

[@mattw8332]

Enjoyed this! Polonez / Caro is one car I'd really like to have a drive in. Maybe if I visit Poland... It was a shame that FSO were not able to use a more modern chassis for the Polonez. A Fiat 131 or even a 132 would have been perfect.

[@CarRambler1]

If you visit Warsaw there is one Polonez in a car sharing company called Panek. A more modern chassis was not offered, Fiat didn't want to have a cheaper competitor and FSO took the older technology for the same reason. They were not prohibited to offer the Fiat 125 assembled in their factory in Western countries.

[@JeanPierreRheinault]

5:58 It's not completely true. Car body was designed by italians but interior was empty. Interior of first Polonez was fully designed by polish designer Zbigniew Wattson.

[@CarRambler1]

Thanks for adding this information. I focused on the outside bit to much. I was always wonderong why the bodywork was not design ed in Poland. 1970's were this ideal moment for that. I think it was about to design a car that will be liked in the West to sell as many as possible....

[@luisgonzalezalvarez1596]

I have loved the FSO Polonez in france in my eighities (polonaise in french)

[@mr.pomidorek7574]

Jedyny kanał co ma filmiki w 2 językach :D dobry z angola jesteś widzę

[@CarRambler1]

Z tym angielskim to powiedziałbym że średnio. Ale chyba da się zrozumieć co mam na myśli :). Pozdrawiam

[@mr.pomidorek7574]

@@CarRambler1 chciałbym tak płynie mówić jak ty xD jest git każdy zrozumie to masz na myśli ;)

[@CarRambler1]

Dzięki za miłe słowa. Z tymi anglojęzycznymi wersjami to taki eksperyment. Za jakiś trzeba będzie pomyśleć czy warto :)

[@mr.pomidorek7574]

@@CarRambler1 dla mnie warto bo u nikogo tego nie widziałem :D

[@ezequielsilva2709]

Esse eu não conhecia! 👍👏

[@CarRambler1]

No wonder, this was mainly sold in Poland. In 1980's the exported to UK, Germany or Holandi still around only 30 000 pro year were made...

[@aris95]

3:29 cannot see the space because of this all junk