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Enter the rumormill: New diesel engine for the Fiat 500 in the works

The Fiat 500 is currently offered in Europe with two gasoline engines and just one diesel. Since the concept of "small sport diesel" exists in the European market, it doesn't come as a real surprise that Fiat seems to be working on a sportier version of the 1.3 Multijet diesel engine that's used in the 500. According to Cinquecentisti, the new powerplant has been announced for the convertible version, and will produce 95 hp and 200 Nm of torque. This engine would be fitted to a 5-speed manual box, and use a Start & Stop alternator. This is ... Read more →

Eco estate agents use Fiat 500 as official vehicle Xavier Navarro

London Residential, an estate agency in Candem, London, has bought five Fiat 500 1.2 cars, as well as four electric scooters as transports for its agents. This isn't, of course, the first time the ...

Ferrari 500? Not really a Ferrari... Xavier Navarro

There has been quite a lot of speculation about a low-consumption Ferrari, or well, just one that uses less fuel (maybe not that little) but some prayers might have been answered by this: Because ...

Fiat 500 is not only cute, but a good long-term deal Sebastian Blanco

When Fiat unveiled the revamped 500 almost a year ago, the company said it hoped the car would be considered the "iPod of cars." There's one aspect of the iPod, though, that Fiat is probably glad ...

Fiat 500 sells for �200,000 Xavier Navarro

You must think that the buyer was crazy, as the Fiat 500 can be bought in the dealer for about £10,000. Why would someone pay £200,000 for one? The car was sold at an auction last week ...

This can't get more Italian: the Fiat 500 Giovanni Rana pastamobile 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Although the Fiat 500 is made in Poland, Fiat is an Italian brand. What's something else that we associate with Italy? Pasta! Naturally, it was high time to put these two together. With headrests that look like ravioli and a gear stick that finishes in a giant "agniolotto," the Fiat 500 Giovanni ...

Fiat 500 gets one more award 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

It seems that the retro-cool style of the Fiat 500, aside from getting a lot of praise, is also winning a lot of prizes. Besides the Car of the Year 2008 – the little Italian that?s made in Poland has just been crowned Best Small Car in the annual What Diesel Car Of The Year awards. The 500 ...

ZapRoot interviews King Corn director Aaron Woolf 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

I still haven't seen the documentary King Corn, which digs into all the ways that corn is used (and abused) in our society. Our friends over at ZapRoot, though, got a chance to sit down with Aaron Woolf, the film's director, for their latest episode. This brief video also a segment on those manmade ...

Top Gear takes the new Fiat 500 diesel out for a spin 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The new Fiat 500 is proving to be quite popular in Europe where the crew from the Top Gear web site had a chance to try out the 1.3L diesel model. The cute little 500 draws plenty of attention on the streets of London, but it's what's under the skin that counts. The handling and steering are far ...

Fiat's new flagship store in London had a reason to party 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Fiat, maker of the cutesiest bit of neo-retro ever (the 500, pictured above) threw a party to mark the opening of their new flagship store in London's West End. The car company went all out with real celebrities (No, I wasn't there. Sigh.) and an art exhibition which featured, according to the ...

Popular Fiat 500 not likely to make it to America, Fiat boss says 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Even though the Fiat 500 is swimming in praise in Europe, the chance that this popular little car will make it to the U.S. is small and not getting any bigger. According to Just Auto, Fiat brand CEO Lorenzo Sistino "side-stepped" the question during a speech at the IESE Business School's Automotive ...

Fiat 500 voted car of the year 2008 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Fifty-eight journalist from twenty-two countries around Europe have voted the Fiat 500 as "European Car of the Year 2008" with 385 votes, ahead of the Mazda 2 (325 votes) and the Ford Mondeo (202). The cute subcompact was also in 57 of the 58 short lists and was voted first by jury members. Fiat ...

Fiat launches the 500 for under �8,000 in the UK 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Fiat has announced the pricing for the Fiat 500 in the UK, which will be on sale in January. Britons will be able to buy it for between £7,900 and £10,900 (that roughly translates to $15,500-21,900). The array of Euro 5-ready engines available start with a 69 bhp 1.2-liter and 100 bhp ...

Fiat 500 wins Eurocarbody 2007 award 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Fiat has just shown that you don't have to be huge to win a car body award. The company just won the Eurocarbody award, which is defined as "the annual Innovation Prize and the worldwide highest accolade of Automotive Circle International awarded for trailblazing engineering contributions to series ...

Rendered speculation: Fiat 500 Giardinera (SW) 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

The original Fiat 500 from the 1950s was available in a Station Wagon version, the Giardinera, which we might consider to be the minivan's grandparent and placed the engine under the car floor. This is not the case for a possible version of the nuova 500, which is speculated in an article by ...

VIDEO: Fifth Gear tries out the new Fiat 500 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

The blokes who host that other British car show Fifth Gear got a chance to sample the new Fiat 500 a few months ahead of its UK launch next January. The new 500 competes in the same premium mini-car market as the MINI. Host Tom Ford describes the looks as chic rather than girly as some observers ...

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