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 expects to sell petrol and diesel hybrids by 2011
While Japanese and U.S. carmakers have laid the ground-work for the sale of petrol-electric hybrid vehicles, European carmakers are taking a slightly different route by developing diesel-electric powertrains. BMW, PSA Peugeot-Citroen and Mercedes-Benz have all unveiled diesel-electric hybrid concept vehicles with the intention the cars will eventually enter production, and now Fiat has joined the list by announcing it will develop a range of petrol-electric and diesel-electric engines by 2011. The...

Preview: Fiat 500 ‘Giardinetta’ wagon
There have long been rumors of Fiat developing several new variants of the wildly successful Fiat 500 and recently the first of these, a new wagon or ‘Giardinetta,’ has been spotted with some heavy camouflage. Despite engineers’ best attempts to cover the car, the prototype is easily recognizable as an extended version of the 500. One of the 500’s biggest competitors is the Mini and the recent introduction of the Mini Clubman wagon is reason enough for Fiat to launch its own version...

Fiat to produce budget car?
It's hard to imagine, but Fiat is rumored to be developing an even smaller car than the 500 and Panda. The new model would be a low-cost vehicle targeted at markets in South America, Russia, India and China. Depending on how the Italian automaker determines a budget automobile would reflect on the company's other products, the vehicle could be marketed under the Fiat nameplate, or possibly under a different one altogether. If the company decides it will wear the Fiat badge, it could revive the Uno...

Fiat 500 Abarth Assetto Corse
Italian automaker is happy to present a new version of 500 Abarth. The little car has shown itself from the best point on the racing tracks since 1963. This year Fiat plans to make only 49 of the cars like this. 500 Abarth has 1.4-liter turbocharged engine with 4 cylinders and reaches up to 200 horsepower and 221 pound-feet of torque. The sport features, which allow the auto to be good at racings, are special suspension and very strong brakes. Its’ weight is just a little bit over 2,000 pound and it...

Fiat 500 powered by O.CT Tuning
The 500 ‘Cinquecento’ has proven to be a runaway success for Fiat, with the entire 2008 production run selling out in just three weeks and order books for next year already starting to fill. Customers from all walks of life are lining up to get behind the wheel of the classic-styled hatch, including some who see the car as a blank canvas in need of some serious performance mods. That’s where tuning firms like Austria’s O.CT step in. Not wanting to mess with the classic lines of the production...

Sneak peek: Fiat's 500 Convertible | detnews.com | The Detroit News
This Fiat newcomer will be a cabrio coach or semi-convertible that has a retractable textile roof. It is more of a targa, and these kinds of cars usually don't need a redesign of the body. We reckon Fiat is developing this semi-convertible for two reasons: first, to save costs; and secondly, to distance the 500 Cabrio from competitors like the Mini or VW Beetle convertibles. We expect to see the new 500 Cabrio at European dealerships within a few months -- and maybe eventually here in the States...

I'm looking at you, Clubman: Fiat preparing 500 wagon
Click above to view Castagna's Fiat 500 wagon in hi-res Unrelenting. That's the only way we could describe the Fiat group's assault on the MINI with more models than a Victoria's Secret photoshoot. While its sister brands Alfa Romeo and Lancia prepare their new retro-hatches to out-flank their Anglo-Saxon opponent, the Fiat division itself is branching out the 500 like a willow. Following the original hatch came the Abarth sport model, which will be followed by the cabrio, and then, as sources indicate...

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 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...