Which Italian car model is Pixar's Cars character Luigi?

Luigi is a Fiat 500 in Pixar’s Cars films.

Luigi is the cheerful owner of Luigi’s Casa Della Tires in Radiator Springs. He is a small yellow car who is passionate about Ferrari and Italian motoring, and his model design is based on the classic Fiat 500, one of Italy’s best-known compact cars.

The character’s identity is reinforced by his shop’s Italian name, his enthusiasm for Ferrari, and his friendship with Guido, the town’s blue forklift and tire-changing assistant. Luigi’s visual proportions and rounded shape reflect the original Fiat 500 rather than a modern sports car.

The Fiat 500 was produced by Fiat beginning in 1957 and became strongly associated with postwar Italian mobility. Pixar uses that familiar design to make Luigi instantly recognizable while giving him a distinct personality. He is sometimes misidentified as another Italian marque because the Cars films feature many stylized vehicles, but his canonical model is the Fiat 500.