9
Jun
Fiat’s expansion continues. Following word of the possible return of the sort to the U.S. - in the style of the shapely Fiat 500 - there’s news from the International Herald Tribune that Fiat will start building and selling the Linea sedan (above) in Russia and will plus manufacture up to 90,000…
6
Jun
Fiat has confirmed it will be producing a convertible version of the 500 and although a launch moment has yet to be announced, Fiat type styling director Roberto Giolito revealed that the model is on its way… at some point.
Giolito plus announced that the 500 cabrio will feature a fabric ro…
21
Feb
In case you hadn’t noticed, we in America don’t get the sweet new Fiat 500. And we won’t get the 500 Abarth, either. At least not anytime soon. For those not familiar with the joyful little Cinquecento (1957-1975), Italy’s reply to the Volkswagen Beetle, that info won’t be particularly meaningful. B…
20
Nov
Fifty-eight journalist from twenty-two countries around Europe have voted the Fiat 500 as “European Car of the Year 2008″ with 385 votes, ahead of the Mazda 2 (325 votes) and the Ford Mondeo (202). The cute subcompact was also in 57 of the 58 short lists and was voted first by jury members.
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7
Nov
Fiat and Daimler are reportedly in talks that may influence future products offered by each automaker. Fiat has already enlisted the help of Daimler to supply truck engines, at a cost of about $3.5 billion, but the current round of talks don’t just involve engines.
Fiat’s chief exec Sergio Ma…
30
Sep
Click the image above to see the hi-res gallery of the Fiat 500 by Aznom
So far the aristocratic tuners at Castagna have given us MINI pickups, a psycho-retro rebodied Corvette Z06 codenamed Aznom, and, uh, this thing they call the Gran Tourer Sport. For their next trick, they tackle the Fiat 5…
12
Sep
In 2006, Fiat and Microsoft announced a system called Blue&Me which seems very similar to the Ford/Microsoft Sync system for Bluetooth and USB connectivity to various entertainment and communication devices. At the Frankfurt Motor show that week, Fiat announced a new addition to the system…
9
Sep
Regular readers of our site are probably aware that I am personally a fan of two-wheeled travel. In a preceding post about the upcoming hybrid scooters from Piaggio and their Vespa grade, I suggested that a leaning three-wheeler like the MP3 would be great whether it were completely battery powe…
4
Sep
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Fiat will debut a new concept version of their Panda mini-car at the Frankfurt Motor Show next week dubbed the Panda Aria. Although the Aria looks much like any standard Panda on the external, it has been heavily modified to play down fuel use and emissions. At …
4
Sep
Fiat is apparently considering a production of a new mini-car to challenge the Smart ForTwo and upcoming city cars from Volkswagen and Toyota. The latter two companies will be displaying concept versions of their models at the Frankfurt Motor Show next week. The Fiat would likely share a pla…
2
Sep
In the wake of some videos showing a couple of different Chinese cars being put through the standard European frontal offset crash pop quiz, Fiat has demonstrated how it’s done properly. While the Brilliance BS6 and Chery Amulet would have likely left their occupants maimed or lifeless, the …
30
Aug
It may be based on an iPod, but the new Fiat 500 can handle increasingly than a three-foot drop. In fact, Fiat announced nowadays that the Fiat 500 was given a Euro NCAP five-star crash safety rating with a total of 35 points. Fiat says (see press release after the jump) that the rating “confirm…
