Vignale Gamine

{{short description|Car produced by Carrozzeria Vignale}}

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| image = 1969 Vignale Fiat 500 Gamine.jpg

| name = Vignale Gamine

| aka = Fiat 500 Gamine Vignale

| manufacturer = Vignale

| engine = 499.5 cc Fiat I2

| production = 1967–1970
700-800 built (estimate)

| length = {{cvt|3020|mm|in||}}

| width = {{cvt|1300|mm|in||}}

| height = {{cvt|1190|mm|in||}}

| weight = {{cvt|450|kg|lb||}}

| wheelbase = {{cvt|1840|mm|in||}}

| layout = Rear-engine, rear-wheel-drive

| transmission = 4-speed manual

| related = Fiat 500

| designer = Alfredo Vignale

| body_style = 2-door roadster

| class = City car (A)

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The Vignale Gamine is a small rear-engined car.{{cite web | last=Dredge | first=Richard | title=The story of the Fiat 500-based Gamine | website=Below The Radar | date=2020-12-06 | url=https://www.below-the-radar.com/fiat-gamine/ | access-date=2025-03-26}}{{cite web | title=Fiat Vignale Gamine (1967 – 1971) | website=Honest John | date=2024-01-25 | url=https://classics.honestjohn.co.uk/reviews/fiat/vignale-gamine/ | access-date=2025-03-26}}{{cite book | last=Box | first=Rob de la Rive | title=Encyclopaedia of Classic Cars | publisher=Taylor & Francis | date=1999 | isbn=978-1-57958-118-3 | page=273}} It was produced by Carrozzeria Vignale from 1967 until 1970, based on the Fiat 500, also known as Nuova 500. Unlike the 500, however, the Gamine had an open-top roadster structure and only two seats. Styling was by Alfredo Vignale. The Gamine is sometimes related in design to the Fiat 508 Balilla. A hard-top was offered at an extra cost, and is considered these days to be quite rare.

It was powered by a 2-cylinder, air-cooled engine of 499.5 cc from the Fiat 500 sport, the sporty version of the 500, and an engine later to be offered on the 500F. There was only one engine version producing {{cvt|21.5|PS|kW bhp|1}}. According to official data, the car had a top speed of {{cvt|97|km/h|mph}}.

The Gamine never sold very well. In fact, the slow sales drove Carrozzeria Vignale out of business, forcing Alfredo Vignale to sell his production line{{citation needed|date=July 2022}} to De Tomaso, which manufactured the Pantera sports car there.