Fiat has revealed a limited edition Fiat 500 – the Cinquecento Prima Edizione – for members of the US Fiat fan club. You don’t have to be fluent in Italian to work out that Prima Edizione means ‘First Edition’, or something similar. Which is probably as well. Because the Fiat 500 Prima Edizione is destined […]
Abarth Coupe coming
Abarth – Fiat’s ‘Hot’ division – is planning its first stand-alone car since becoming part of Fiat 40 years ago – The Abarth Coupe. For any but the oldest of our readers – even me included – Abarth is simply the ‘Hot’ Fiat. The badge that denotes the fastest of Fiat’s offerings. But Abarth isn’t a made-up division of […]
Fiat 500 1.3 MultiJet Sport Review & Road Test
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 […]
Salon Prive: Atomik 500 UK Debut
A fun debut at this year’s Salon Prive is the Fiat 500 based Atomik 500, an electric city car with supercar performance. You wouldn’t necessarily think that a Fiat 500 based car would be the sort of thing that would turn up at Salon Prive, much less have its UK debut. But the Atomik 500 is no […]
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 […]
New Fiat Uno launches – in Brazil
Fiat in Brazil has launched a new Fiat Uno with a choice of two bio-fuel engines and a rufty-tufty option – the Uno Way. The Fiat Uno was a mainstay of the Fiat range for most of the ’80s and ’90s. It offered cheap and cheerful – but not exactly reliable – motoring for a […]
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 […]