Fiat Vanessa, designed by a young Giugiaro, released at the 1966 Turin Motorshow, was a car designed specifically for female drivers.
Using the Fiat 850 Idromatic mechanicals (including automatic transmission) it featured by no means ridiculous ideas, including a baby seat that folded down from the rear backrest with a separate side entrance (useful for shopping, too) alongside, separate front seats with decorous swivelling cushions (claimed to ease use when wearing a miniskirt!) and elegantly articulated safety backrests, a host of padded drawers and cubicles for makeup, umbrellas, handbag and the like, and a commodious carpet-lined boot in the front.
