Every year in Rome is held a luxury show called the Scrigno, Tesori d’Italia, which roughly translates to mean the Italian Treasure Chest. Last year we showed you a Maserati Quattroporte by Studio M that was dipped in gold. To be more specific, it’s paint was mixed 24k gold powder. The 2008 event concluded today [...]
Fiat’s reborn 500 is the most stylish city car of the moment. How does it compare to its rivals in the UK?
SMALL cars are Fiat’s business. The firm builds the Bravo family hatch and even sells the Multipla compact MPV, but it takes its identity from the cramped streets of its Turin home.
The place inspired [...]
Italian firm uncovers plans for retro design drop-top 500.
Fiat’s going to roll back the years – literally. The firm will pull the wraps off a new soft-top 500 at the Geneva Motor Show in March. And in keeping with the city car’s retro design, it will have a similar roof mechanism to the original 500’s.
The [...]
F1 drivers are usually given a carmaker’s top performance model when they sign up to race under them, probably because anything else would be painstakingly slow in comparison to an F1 racer, so imagine the surprise when Ferrari’s Felipe Massa was handed the keys to a humble Fiat 500 minicar. Today at Monte Carlo, Massa [...]
The Fiat 500 is picking up awards left and right, including the LeDorga 2008 Gay Car of the Year award. It is the first time the gay community voted for a non-convertible and stayed ahead of cars like the Alfa Romeo 8c Competizione, Audi R8, Aston Martin DBS and new BMW 1 Series coupe.
For the [...]
It’s set to become one of the world’s hottest hatchbacks, but here the new Abarth 500 SS is braving the winter chill!
Our spies have been out in the cold in Scandinavia to get these great spy shots of Fiat’s eagerly anticipated new rival to MINI’s Cooper S.
Set to be unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show [...]
It’s been bandied about for some time, but Valeo is looking to finally make it a reality. The supplier is developing a camless engine that utilizes electromagnetic solenoids to drive the valves, providing unlimited control of the valves, reducing emissions by up to 20-percent and improving performance in the process.
The system, which is also being [...]
FIAT Group Automobiles UK Ltd is launching its new FIAT 500 in the UK – with a flight in one of the capsules on the British Airways London Eye! The new Fiat 500, which has recently been voted Car of the Year 2008, will take to the air on Monday 21 January at 8.00pm – [...]
It’s not just the remarkable new Fiat 500 that is winning awards for the Fiat Group across the world. As the stylish new city car was scooping the prestigious Car of the Year 2008 title, two other Fiat models were also displaying winning ways.
In Brazil, the Fiat Grande Punto has been elected Carro do Ano [...]
Monaco Elite Design present their expertly-crafted city chic Fiat 500 M, with a sports package that transforms the classic model inside and out to that full of colour and perfected forms. This is a ‘high fashion’ city car ‘masterpiece’ from Monaco Elite, who take style and technical function to be of the upmost precedence.
After varied [...]
