Fiat has updated the 500 range – 500, 500L and 500X – for 2021 following a range of updates to the Panda and Tipo in late 2020. There was a time when Fiat had a wide range of models on offer, with the glorious Fiat 130 Coupe perhaps the pinnacle of Fiat appeal and opulence […]
Fiat Tipo gets a bit of a facelift, and there’s a BUTCH Fiat Tipo Cross too
The Fiat Tipo gets a bit of an update for the 2021 model and adds the Tipo Cross to the range with raised ride height and butch cladding. Two years ago, when Sergio Marchionne was still alive and at the helm of Fiat, he made it clear that the future for Fiat was city cars, […]
Fiat Panda celebrates 40 years with a bit of a TITIVATE
The Fiat Panda gets updated to celebrate its 40th anniversary, with cosmetic tweaks, new models and extra technology. If you’re looking for a good, budget city runaround, the Fiat Panda may seem a bit old hat, but it’s still a surprisingly decent car and not expensive to buy or run. It’s also now, at least […]
CHEAPER Electric Fiat 500 arrives from £19,995 to take on MINI Electric and Honda E
The full Fiat 500 Electric range will go on on sale in the UK in December, with prices starting from £19,995 for the entry-level hatch. An electric Fiat 500 sounds like a perfect city car, and although Fiat had something of a disaster with their first electric 500, they’re back with a new electric 500. […]
New ELECTRIC Fiat 500e Hatch joins the 500e Convertible in the UK
Following the arrival of the new electric Fiat 500e convertible in the UK, Fiat now puts the 500e Hatch on sale with prices starting at £26,995. Back in March, just before the world and his dog went in to lockdown, the Fiat 500e Convertible went on sale in the UK. And now it’s joined by […]
Fiat 500e – the new ELECTRIC Fiat 500 – revealed with 116bhp and 200-mile range
The new Fiat 500e arrives as a new Fiat 500 with an electric powertrain delivering 116bhp and a 42kWh battery good for a range of 199 miles. Fiat has had a bash at an electric Fiat 500 before, but it was a car Fiat felt they had to produce for regulatory issues in the US, […]
New Fiat 500 Hybrid and Panda Hybrid UK prices announced
The Fiat 500 Hybrid and Panda Hybrid – Fiat’s very modest electrification of their city cars – cost from £12,655 and £13,855 respectively in the UK. The impending death of the affordable City Car seems a likely scenario as the cost of electrifying them is just too much to make them profitable, but despite that […]
Fiat 500 and Fiat Panda go Mild Hybrid
Ahead of the arrival of the electric Fiat 500e, Fiat dip another toe in to electrification with mild hybrid versions of the 500 and Panda. Fiat has played with electrification in their cars before, but the original electric Fiat 500 was a car Fiat didn’t want anyone to buy as they lost money every time […]
Is Fiat really planning to DROP the Fiat 500?
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles CEO Mike Manley has suggested Fiat will drop its city cars and concentrate on profitable B-segment cars. The end of the Fiat 500? If you want to buy a Fiat in the UK there isn’t a huge amount of choice, with the Fiat 500, Panda and Tipo. But, if FCA CEO Mike […]
PSA and Fiat Chrysler MERGER looks to be a GO
The boards of PSA and FCA have agreed to pursue the merger of the two companies, aiming to create the world’s fourth largest car manufacturing group. Following the confirmation yesterday that PSA and FCA are in merger talks, things have moved on apace with both companies now approving the plan to merge, in the process […]