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Italian car tuning studio, Fiat’s official tuning brand, has unveiled its latest work based on the FIAT 500C before of the italian convertible’s world debut at upcoming Geneva Motor Show. The FIAT Abarth 500C benefits from a more powerful turbocharged engine as well as chassis upgrades and a full suite of aero tweaks to reduce [...]

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Coolest crash test from german ADAC: tiny Fiat 500 vs. massive Audi Q7.

It seems a couple of bad things happened to the Fiat 500. Firstly the door deformed, which means in an accident it’s going to be difficult to get the driver & passengers out for medical treatment.
The second thing was that the airbag seemed [...]

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Fiat 500 has been elected Car of the Year 2008. The award ceremony for Car of the Year 2008, organised by the German magazine Stern, will take place in Berlin on 28 January 2008.
This is the second time – the first was the Fiat Panda in 2004 – that an A-segment model has won the [...]

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Meet Fiat??™s Abarth Grande Punto. Spyshooters caught the new Fiat’s super mini Punto testing without camo on public roads in Turin. Fiat plan to unveil Grande Punto’s production-ready concept at March??™s Geneva Motor Show.
The new Grande Punto will use the turbocharged 1.4-litre engine from the Bravo family hatch.

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Fiat and PSA have anounced their new compact vans. The new Peugeot Expert, Citroen Dispatch and Fiat Scudo will be officially unveiled in January.
The Peugeot Expert, Citroen Dispatch and Fiat Scudo are essentially identical, with only a slightly different nose to make them identifiable as belonging to their respective brands. The lightweight vans are available [...]

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2007 Fiat Bravo will be presented to the international media show in Rome this January and will going on the Euro market in the following weeks. Fiat says the five-door hatchback represents “another step forward in the development of the brand’s new stylistic identity.”
Bad news: 2007 Fiat Bravo won’t be sold in North America. [...]

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Lancia has revealed its latest design exercise - the next-generation Delta concept. The Lancia’s new Delta HPE Concept will be revealed at the Venice International Film Festival and in Paris later this month. The Delta HPE Concept’s design look like for fans of Italian cars the next-generation Delta.

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Fiat plans to release a three-box version of its new Grand Punto, sold early as a three- and five-door hatchback only.
Guys from worldcarfans.com has posted spy shots of a new 2007 Punto, caught on the public roads in Italy. There was speculation that the petrol engines will be available between 65 [...]

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Italian FIAT anounced the first official images of a new powerful version of its tiny Panda city car.
There was speculation that the car will receive the legendary Abarth badge or simply be named “Sport”, power will definitely come from the Grand Punto’s 1.4-litre 16-valve Starjet engine, developing 100 bhp.
Expected price of around 14 [...]

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Fiat introduces its first Panda SUVs at Bologna Motor Show. It’s the Panda Cross, SUV based on the Panda B-car, designed Giugiaro.
1.6L 4-cyl. gasoline engine or a 1.9L 4-cyl. diesel, the FIAT Panda will make its on-road debut in February 2006. The car measures 141 ins. (358 cm) in length and is [...]

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