HAMANN tunes the Fiat 500
HAMANN has released its tuning package for the mini Fiat 500, called the HAMANN sportivo. To give it a little HAMANN touch on the outside, the German tuner first fitted the car with striking 17-inch black matt vanish rims and a strong sound of HAMANN’s sport exhaust system for the 1.4 liter petrol version.Performance wise HAMANN put its engineers to work on the 1.3 liter Multijet 16V Fiat 500 diesel model, After re-programming the integrated control unit, the HAMANN Fiat 500 produces...Click through...

The Eco-Friendly Fiat Bravo
Fiat has previously released the electric Topolino model, which basically has no emissions, but now they are still trying to reduce the carbon dioxide emissions with the new Bravo Eco model.[source]

Fiat 500 Abarth
             Just as we where getting ready to call it a day, a reader of ours dropped us an e-mail that included the first official images of the all-new Fiat 500 Abarth that’s set to be unveiled in Geneva next month. If you liked the standard 500’s appearance then you’re definitely going to fall in love with the 500 Abarth. The sport version of Fiat’s hugely popular minicar has been fitted with an aggressive...

Great Wall Motors’ Fiat clone banned from Europe
The Chinese clone cars aren’t faring well of late, with the Shuanghuan CEO getting booted out of Germany and now the Great Wall Motors GWPeri minicar receiving a Europe-wide ban from a Turin court. The news is no doubt welcomed by the major manufacturers that have been prosecuting the copy-cat designs for several years, but it’s also a setback for the nascent Chinese car industry’s effort to break into the European market. Great Wall’s ban comes alongside a 15,000 fine for the...

Fiat unveils another special little Panda
You might think that Mercedes and McLaren have been busy churning out new editions of the SLR supercar like madmen you know, aside from winning the world championship, but they're just taking a page out of the Fiat playbook. The Italian automaker has once again unveiled a new version of its diminutive Panda. Called the Glam Edition, the special version starts with the Panda 4x4 and updates it with a new pearl white paint job complimented by aluminum roof rails and a new set of 15" alloys, but the Panda...

Fiat Abarth 500 receives Top Gear’s “Best Hot Hatch” award
The much awaited Abarth 500 is already gaining peak industry honors and it’s not yet even on sale in the UK. The Best Hot Hatch award from Top Gear magazine was recently bestowed on the 135 bhp turbocharged supermini. The Abarth is scheduled to be available in the UK outlet network in February, the powerful Fiat 500 variant has already caused great exhilaration among British buyers, while 200 units of the vehicle which were reserved for internet sale only have all been allocated, several months way...

Fiat Phylla Concept makes its official debut
The ground-breaking Fiat Phylla zero-emission prototype, that confines solar energy to propel its electric motors and highlights wide-ranging utilization of recycled resources, has been launched to offer Turinese VIPs its first test drives.The formal procedure happened at the Environment Park di Torino, with the attendance of the Piedmontese Regional President Mercedes Bresso and Andrea Bairati, the member of the city council who is in charge of Research, Innovation and Energy. Present also were Nevio...

Fiat 500 receives Bosch’ start/stop technology
Besides Bmw, Mini and Kia, Fiat now includes Bosch start/stop technology which provides up to five percent cut in fuel utilization in the New European Driving Cycle NEDC. Bosch expects fifty percent of all new conveyances in Europe will have start/stop system by the year 2012. The start/stop technology of Bosch is being installed on more and more passenger vehicles.Early in 2009, Fiat will install its first version to highlight a start/stop system, the Fiat 500. Bosch provides the uniquely adaptive...

Fiat Bugster Concept at Sao Paulo Motorshow
EcoFactor: Concept electric car made using renewable fibers. The electric Fiat Crossover, which we all were waiting for, will finally be unveiled at the Sao Paulo Motor Show to be held in Brazil during 30th October and 10th November. The car carries an electric engine under its hood and will be developed using renewable natural fibers. The electric Fiat Crossover, which we all were waiting for, will finally be unveiled at the Sao Paulo Motor Show to be held in Brazil during 30th October and 10th...

Fiat, unions fear 60,000 job cuts in Italian auto sector | detnews.com | The Detroit News
ROME -- Union leaders and Fiat's chief executive say 60,000 jobs could be lost in Italy's auto sector unless the government comes to its rescue. The government is to open talks this week on possible aid for the auto sector, which has been hit hard by the global economic crisis. Last week, Fiat, Italy's largest private-sector employer, reported a 70 percent drop in fourth-quarter profit. The company blamed the result on a slump in demand for its cars as the economic slowdown hit some key markets. Fiat...