Prior to the Formula 1 Singapore Grand Prix qualifying sessions on Saturday, September 27, Fiat has organized the “500 Drive” event, which will involve 12 Fiat 500 “F1TM Limited Edition” cars being driven around the same track by celebrities. No word yet on the participating celebrities but the brand new 5.067km circuit on the streets [...]
The first official images of the production Fiat 500 Abarth esseesse (SS) have made their way onto the Web and as suspected, it’s as racy as a hot hatch can get.
The esseesse is fitted with a full body kit consisting of a new front fascia, lower side skirts and a redesigned rear bumper housing a [...]
The new Fiat 500 may be Car of the Year, but Novitec can always find a way to improve on things like performance and exclusivity when it comes to Alfa Romeo, Ferrari and of course Fiat.
Starting with the engines, Novitec has taken the 1.3 liter JTD turbo-diesel to 83 hp / 61 kW from its [...]
Normally HAMANN-Motorsport is renowned as a tuning company for BMW and for refining sinfully expensive luxury cars.
But sometimes the Laupheim-based technicians move off the beaten tracks and devote themselves to something completely unexpected – in this case the Fiat 500. The HAMANN-technicians started with a lot of joy and enthusiasm for the cool little retro [...]
It will be based on the company’s forthcoming 900cc two-cylinder unit – which will debut at July’s Good-wood Festival of Speed in West Sussex. The engine is mated to a motor and a battery pack, and will allow small cars like the 500 to run solely on electricity for short distances. Add a stop-start system [...]
The stunning new Fiat 500 – Car of the Year 2008 – has just been crowned Best Small Car in the annual What Diesel Car Of The Year awards.
This latest industry recognition is yet another top honour to be collected by the popular city car, which was launched in the UK in January. Up against [...]
Things are getting a little racy for the Fiat 500. With just days to go before the race-inspired 500 Abarth is unveiled in Geneva, and just weeks to go before the 500 makes its racing debut in Melbourne, comes news of a new 500 racing series to take place in Europe. Called the 5Hundred Cup, [...]
Italian coachbuilder Castagna has revealed a pair of wood-panelled cars it has developed for this week’s Geneva Motor Show. Designers used the new Mini Clubman as well as a stretched Fiat 500 hatch dubbed the ‘WoodyWagon’. The modified 500 is in fact the first stretched version of the new mini-hatch and it includes a number [...]
After displaying the official images of Fiat Abarth 500 here is the latest promo video.
It’s here! Fiat has unleashed its white-hot Abarth 500, and the scorpion-badged model has a sting in its tail.
The racy supermini, set to be unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show in March, has a small but punchy 135bhp 1.4-litre 16v turbocharged engine under its stubby bonnet – an increase of 35bhp over the naturally aspirated [...]
