We spend a week with a Fiat 500 1.3 MultiJet Sport for a proper Review and Road Test of Fiat’s cute and cuddly MINI Competitor. As good as it seems? We’ll find out. Fiat’s cute and cuddly 500 looks like it will end up spawning as many specials as the MINI. We’ve had everything from […]
Fiat 500 1.3 MultiJet Sport Review & Road Test Part 2
We continue our road test and review of the Fiat 500 1.3 Multijet Sport Even though the 500 looks cute and cuddly – which it is – its innocent, retro look belies the fact that the 500 is a surprisingly good drive. A 1.3 diesel isn’t an engine I was expecting to be overly entertaining -even […]
Fiat 500: Suspension tweak and 2-pot engine
Fiat is to stiffen up the suspension on the 500, bringing it in line with the Abarth & Convertible, and fit a range of 2-pot engines. It’s not hard to see why the Fiat 500 has been a runaway success. It has the cute factor going on, but on the right side of pastiche; prices […]
Fiat 500 Thousandth – the first ‘Collective Car’
Fiat are building a one-off Fiat 500 covered in owners’ photos to celebrate the 500 thousandth Fiat 500. The Fiat 500 seems like it’s been around forever. Which of course it almost has if you count its original iteration. But even the modern Fiat 500 seems to be such a familiar part of the motoring landscape that it’s […]
Fiat 500 by Diesel – now it’s the convertible 500C by Diesel
Fiat are launching a convertible version of the Fiat 500 by Diesel – the Fiat 500C by Diesel – featuring denim upholstery, yellow brake callipers and a limited colour choice. Fiat has been trying hard to churn out as many limited edition versions of the 500 as MINI have managed on their own re-created motoring icon. That’s probably an […]
Fiat 500 Electric 2012 launch
Fiat has announced plans to put an electric version of the Fiat 500 in to production and launch it in the US in 2012. At the 2010 Detroit Motor Show Fiat brought along an electric concept version of the Fiat 500, together with a Chrysler-badged Lancia as a clear indication that times are changing at […]
Fiat 500 Pink – now it’s the 500C convertible
Fiat have now added the Fiat 500C Pink convertible to the tin-top Fiat 500 Pink as a limited Edition Fiat 500. Available at £13,500 and just 300 being produced. Fiat have been busy doing what BMW have done with the MINI – and Audi seem intent on doing with the new A1 – namely churning […]
Abarth 500C: Hot Fiat Convertible at Geneva
Fiat has finally got round to announcing a convertible version of the Abarth 500 – the Abarth 500C – which will debut at Geneva. It’s taken Fiat a very long time to catch up with the story we ran in July last year. We’d heard that Fiat were planning a hot version of the hugely […]
Electric Fiat 500 at Detroit
Fiat look set to bring an electric Fiat 500 concept to the Detroit Motor Show, together with a Chrysler badged Lancia Delta. Chrysler’s home-turf show at Detroit in the New Year will be the first since Fiat got their hands on the American icon, and it looks as if they will use the show for […]
Abarth 500 – first Fiat to the US
Fiat will be taking the 500 to the US for 2011, and the first model to hit US shores will be the Abarth, including the Abarth 500 Convertible. We’ve been reporting on and off all this year about Fiat’s plans for introducing their range in to the US now they’re calling the shots at Chrysler. […]