FIAT 500 News
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The Scagliarini Fiat 504 Coupe Zagato Elaborata was commission by a customer in the United Arab Emirates and has no affiliation with Italian design house Zagato.
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2012 Fiat 500 Cabrio Gets Gucci Touch: 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show Preview
The 500C by Gucci will goes on sale in Europe this month but there's no word if a version is planned for the U.S. market.
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2012 Fiat 500 Gets Mopar Accessories
You can customize the Fiat 500 and new 500 Cabrio in up to 150 different ways thanks to the latest accessories range for it from Mopar.
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2012 Fiat 500 Abarth Coming To 2011 Los Angeles Auto Show
We've long known the Fiat 500 Abarth was coming to the U.S. We've also known it would be on sale in the first quarter of 2012. What we didn't know, until today, was when it would first make its official debut in the U.S. Answer? The 2011 Los Angeles Auto Show. According to FiatAmerica's official...
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2012 FIAT 500 Apple iPad App Is A Source Of All Knowledge
The 2012 FIAT 500 is one of the most distinctive cars on the road. The car has been on sale in Europe for a few years now and they're already everywhere, and early impressions are good in America too. If you've seen a few on the road and want to know more, what better way than "FIAT Source"? It's a...
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Forbidden Fruit: Fiat Abarth Punto Evo SS
For those that want more Fiat than the 500 can offer, a move to Europe is in order.
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With both MINI and Volkswagen already confirming their intentions to enter the competitive world of the World Rally Championship (WRC), an international race series once dominated by the likes of Subaru and Mitsubishi and still by Citroen, Fiat, more specifically Fiat’s Abarth performance and motorsport division, is now rumored to be joining the WRC arena as well. Fiat, through its Abarth division, previously competed with its Grande Punto Super 2000 model in the Intercontinental Rally Championship (IRC) and started doing so as far back as 2006. The factory team competed in the IRC...
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Fiat TwinAir 2-Cyl Wins International Engine Of The Year
Two cylinders. A quarter of what many Americans consider the correct number, half of what you'll find in most economy cars. It's even a cylinder and over 100cc short of the smallest car engine on sale in the United States, the one liter (61 ci) three-pot found in the 2011 smart fortwo. Despite...
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2012 Fiat Cabrio Pricing Starts At $20,000
It just made its U.S. debut at last week’s 2011 New York Auto Show and now we have the all-important pricing details. We’re of course talking about the funky new 2012 Fiat 500 Cabrio, or 500c for short, which goes on sale in the coming months, just in time for summer. The four-seater...
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2012 Fiat 500 Cabrio: 2011 New York Auto Show Live Photos
Powered by the same 101-horsepower, 1.4-liter Multiair four-cylinder engine as the standard Fiat 500, the cloth-top convertible 500 Cabrio is nonetheless a special vehicle. The unique retractable cloth roof combines the open-air fun of a convertible with the space and convenience of a hatchback...
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Aznom Unveils 230-HP Mid-Engine Rear-Drive Fiat 500 At Top Marques Monaco
Wrap your head around this: Italian tuning shop Aznom has put together a 230-horsepower Fiat 500 with a mid-engine, rear-drive layout. For no good reason except to do it--and the obvious performance potential. Weighing in at just 1,880 pounds, it's also a light little hatch. Toss in Bilstein...
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2012 Fiat 500 Attempts The Loop: Video
The AutoRAI is an auto show held annually in Holland and is typically present to a number of luxury car unveilings, wild tuner cars and the obligatory auto event babes, but at this year’s show, Fiat together with oil-giant Shell is showcasing something a little out of the ordinary. Thanks to...
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The wraps have just come off the 2012 Fiat 500 Cabrio, and it's exactly what we expected: an American version of the 500 Cabrio we've seen strolling around Europe for quite a while. Of course, it gets the upgrades all American 500s see, but the main draw is the slide-back canvas roof that mimics the original Nuova Cinquecento. Because of the top's unique design, it can be operated at speeds of up to 60 mph, unlike a typical retracting-lid type top. It's power operated, so a single button press opens and closes the rig. Three colors will be available for the soft top, to mate with 14 exterior...
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Fiat 500 Design Collection Adds Style To Any Home
Fans of Italian styling and flair are rejoicing in the return of the Fiat brand to the U.S. and subsequent introduction of the brand’s most quintessential model, the funky 2012 Fiat 500. But soon they will have another avenue to express their love of Fiat and its stylish minicar, with the new...
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2012 Fiat 500C Making U.S. Debut At 2011 New York Auto Show
Interest in the pint-sized 2012 Fiat 500 is set to ignite once again with word on the street that its convertible sibling, the funky 500C, is set to make its North American debut at the 2011 New York Auto Show next month. That word comes by way of Fiat’s local chief, Laura Soave, who in the...
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Funky Fiat 500 Coupe Zagato Concept Headed For Production?
It may not have had the mega-dollar pricetag of some of the other vehicles on show at the recent 2011 Geneva Motor Show, but the funky Fiat 500 Coupe Zagato was certainly one of the coolest cars unveiled. Built by legendary Italian design house Zagato, the makers of other specials like the Alfa...
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2012 Fiat 500 Prima Edizione Deliveries Begin This Week
Five hundred lucky, patient Fiat 500 enthusiasts will get a special delivery this week: the first Fiats to be sold in the U.S. since 1984, in the form of the Prima Edizione. Fiat enthusiasts were offered the chance to buy the cars as a reward for their loyalty in the brand's absence. Each Prima...
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2011 Fiat 500 Coupe Zagato Concept Live Photos: 2011 Geneva Motor Show
You thought the Fiat 500 was small enough? Zagato disagrees, and has the hardware to prove it. The 500 Coupe Zagato does away with a healthy chunk of the standard 500's rear quarters, going instead with a sloping roof and spoiler to give it a more coupe-like profile. We say coupe-like because it's...
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Automotive pairings with luxury fashion labels is nothing new but typically we see the more exotic and prestigious models get the designer fashion treatment, such as this Bugatti Veyron Fbg par Hermès or the awesome Lamborghini Murcielago LP640 Versace editions. The latest collaboration between automaker and fashion house, however, sees the pint-sized--but irresistibly stylish--Fiat 500 dressed by Gucci. Set to make its debut next week at the 2011 Geneva Motor Show, the new Fiat 500 by Gucci was created in celebration of the fashion house’s 90th anniversary and was customized by...
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2012 Fiat 500 Cabrio Coming Q2 2011, Abarth and EV In 2012
Fiat is poised to make its return to the United States, with the 500 Prima Edizione the forerunner of a flotilla of pint-sized hatches and convertibles. Already open for order and soon to start delivery, the manual-only Prima Edizione will be joined over the next year by the 500C Cabriolet, Abarth...
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Career Counseling For Oscar Night Losers
"Oh, it's an honor just to be nominated." That's what they say on Oscar night, all the nominees in their borrowed finery, shuffling past the paparazzi and self-proclaimed fashion police. (Seriously, why does Ryan Seacrest get to comment on anyone's outfit?) But deep inside, we know they're nervous...
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First 2012 Fiat 500s To Arrive With Manual Transmissions
For just $15,500 you can buy yourself a slice of Fiat's proper return to America--provided you're willing to row your own cogs, at least at first. After the recent salvo of live shots from the Detroit Auto Show, the latest on Fiat's pint-sized 2012 500 is that the first units to show up in the...
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2011 Detroit Auto Show: 2012 Fiat 500 Live Photos
Lovers of Italian flair--on a budget--were treated with a handful of 2012 Fiat 500 minicars at this week’s 2011 Detroit Auto Show, which added a little spark to Chrysler’s stands and managed to draw in plenty of fans and curious onlookers. These latest live photos really show off the...
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Fiat 500 Abarth In Police Livery Headed To 2010 Essen Motor Show
The Essen Motor Show may not be as well recognized as some of the other major shows on the international automotive calendar but the event has had its fair share of spectacular concept cars over the years. For those unfamiliar with the Essen Motor Show, it is an event held annually in the German...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran