With nearly six million vehicles sold since 1957, the Fiat 500 kicks off the celebrations of 60 years of great success The “Forever Young” badge will feature in all celebratory activities These include a multimedia journey to discover the legend of 500 at www.500foreveryoung.fiatpress.com. The first tribute is the Fiat 500 60th anniversary special series, premiered at the Geneva Motor [...]
Fiat 500 and Abarth: 60’s Chic with Modern Style Yes yes yes oh yes: cute, relatively comfy, stylish Oh dear me no: horrible auto, only 5 speeds in manual, too expensive in anything but the base model. The Bambino, a classic of the late 50’s, was built for nearly 20 years with scarcely a change. It’s cute-as-a-button face made [...]
YES YES YES oh YES: cute, fashionable, stocked with gadgets Oh dear me no: a bit plasticy inside, Ride choppy in places, 2cyl engine runs out of legs fast City cars, two of the most depressing words in the English language. I have a recurring nightmare where I’m trapped in a bucket of cheap plastic which exploded in a [...]
Above: Fiat 500 ABARTH ABOVE: Fiat 500 “Bambino” Above: Fiat 130 SPORT Coupe Above: Fiat 130 SPORT Saloon Above:124 SPORT A fortnight spent in the company of the impossibly cute Fiat 500 Esseesse was as enlightening as it was enjoyable. It harkened back to the halcyon days of sun, sand and passion pop. The dying embers of the 70’s [...]
