The Atomik 500 will definitely be the star from Top Marques Monaco Show which will open its doors on April 15th. What you see in the photos is actually an Abarth 500 transformed into an electric car with four wheels drive, 5.6s for the 0-60 mph...
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found about 1 hour ago by Matt Hardigree on
Jalopnik
Fiat heir/playboy Lapo Elkann was sitting court-side at Tuesday's Lakers-Raptors game when he touched an errant pass before Toronto could save it, giving possession to the Lakers and Kobe Bryant,...
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found about 8 hours ago by Jonathon Ramsey on
Autoblog
Soaves' official title as Head of the Fiat Brand for North America not only installs her at the top of the pyramid, it puts her name on the profit-and-loss bottom line and has her answering directly to Sergio Marchionne. You can read Fiat's press...
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found about 5 hours ago by Jonathon Ramsey on
Autoblog
Lapo Elkann is the grandson of Fiat founder Gianni Agnelli and is said to be heir to several Fiat thrones. While courtside at the Staples Center in Los Angeles watching the Lakers play the Toronto Raptors, Yahoo Sports reports that Elkann interfered...
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found about 6 hours ago by Jonathon Ramsey on
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Automobile reports that the 4C will be a "a compact, lightweight sports car concept," shorn of high-zoot and high-dollar goods like carbon fiber and a Ferrari engine. Instead, it will use a 250-horsepower four-cylinder and could be...
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Fiat's is back! Well, not just yet, but come this time next year the Fiat 500 minicar will be in U.S. dealerships. Which dealerships? Well, that hasn't been determined yet, but Fiat has taken one big step toward figuring that...
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Hamann Motorsport has cared a new performance version of the Abarth 500, and 500 esseesse. The upgrades will boost the power to 202kW and 380Nm of torque. These figures are almost double, if not double, on the normal 500 Abarth model. The mods...
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The 500C show car is a two-tone model with half painted white and the other half in black. The 138-horsepower 1.4-liter turbocharged engine produces up to 206 Nm (152 lb-ft) of torque, capable of getting the car from 0 to 100 km/h in 8.1 seconds....
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The 500C show car is a two-tone model with half painted white and the other half in black. The 138-horsepower 1.4-liter turbocharged engine produces up to 206 Nm (152 lb-ft) of torque, capable of getting the car from 0 to 100 km/h in 8.1 seconds....
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found 7 days ago by Noah Joseph on
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Getting a lot from a little. That might as well be Abarth's official slogan, translated into Italian, of course, for that added dose of Mediterranean flair. Fiat's performance division manages, first of all, to construct an entire line-up of hot...
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Chrysler fan site Allpar.com got its paws on a list that it says depicts Chrysler’s upcoming production plans. If true, this list confirms that many of Chrysler’s refreshed products won’t be hitting the streets until 2010 is nearly over, and...
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Fiat’s powertrain division FPT will be introducing its two-cylinder engine at Geneva early next month. At first I thought FPT was the first to bring back the two-cylinder engine back to cars in this modern times but then I remembered that Tata did...
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Chrysler, Jeep, Dodge and Ram production start dates have found their way onto the Internet far ahead of their planned releases. Among the tidbits of information leaked are confirmations of name changes, and contradictions to past information...
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found 7 days ago by Noah Joseph on
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For every car, there's a prospective customer. And for a car like the Fiat 500C, a cutesy retro mini with a pseudo-cabrio sliding canvas roof, we hardly need to point out who that target demographic is. But as if to highlight what a difference the...
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By Chris Haak 03.01.2010 As long-suffering Chrysler dealers do their best to hang on for the next 12-18 months until new products from the automaker’s partnership with Fiat come to fruition, there is a bit of good news on the product front for...
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Abarth will have on display an upgraded Fiat 500C at the Geneva Motor Show, along with its own version of Punto Evo. The 500C, the first convertible to be launched by the renewed Abarth brand, will go on sale later this year in both Europe and...
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In what's probably the least-shocking news of the day, Chrysler is working hard to bring its product line up date. Specifically, fifteen vehicles are being "reworked", eight of those "being redesigned or re-engineered". Automotive News indicates...
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Fiat Powertrain Technologies will introduce its next-generation engine — the TWIN-AIR engine — at the upcoming Geneva Motor Show. The engine features Fiat’s electro-hydraulic valve management MultiAir system, which when coupled with special...
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The Chrysler Group's Italian daddy plans to use next week's Geneva Motor Show to unveil the 2010 Fiat 500 by Diesel, a special edition model done in partnership with the Italian clothing company. The new model year introduces Fiat's...
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German tuner Hamann has given the Fiat 500 Abarth a remodeling like no other. From 133 HP (160 HP in the Esseesse), the Abarth’s 1.4 liter engine can now generate 271 HP and 380 Nm of torque. Hamann offers four power levels for the Abarth 500....
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Thanks to all who entered the Friday Caption Contest, especially given its shorter duration this week. We'll get back on the normal schedule next week. That's not to say there was any shortage of amusing, lol-worthy entries about the...
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No, no, of course we didn't forget. Please to caption the giant Fiat Cinquecento. Then, visit the Long-Term Road Test blog caption contest and try your wit...
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Abarth, the legendary scorpion badged tuner, will bring two new models to Geneva, based on Fiat’s latest products. The 500C is the open-top version of Fiat’s successful retro car. It isn’t a real convertible per se, as its retractable roof...
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Abarth at the 80th International Motor Show in GenevaAbarth is presenting a number of important new products at Geneva in response to intense public interest, and to confirm the Fiat Group's investment in Abarth. In particular, at this year's Geneva...
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The new two-cylinder engine family made by FPT - Fiat Powertrain Technologies called TWIN-AIR will be making its debut at the Geneva Motor Show. This is a brand-new concept on the worldwide auto scene and confirms the leadership of the Fiat Group in...
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A few months after the premiere of the (facelifted) Punto EVO, and Abarth has announced that it has prepared its own version of the three-door supermini packing a 1.4 liter turbocharged Multiair four-banger that will debut alongside the 500C that we...
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Abarth announced today that it will unveil the new Abarth Punto Evo and the Abarth 500C at the 2010 Geneva Motor Show next month, the two latest performance models based on the popular Fiat models. The Abarth 500C is the first convertible to be...
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found 15 days ago by Noah Joseph on
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Fiat's plucky Abarth performance division manages to do a whole lot with very little. The in-house tuning garage has based their entire lineup on two Fiat hatchbacks: the Punto and the 500. So when Fiat rolled out new versions of both, it was only a...
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I’ve never really been one for sport compacts as they’re just not my thing. Last night however I had the pleasure of meeting a few buddies for dinner in lower Manhattan and as it usually happens we started talking about automobiles. If you...
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Abarth versions of Fiat’s 500C and Punto Evo will be launched at the upcoming Geneva Motor Show. The Abarth 500C will be powered by a 138bhp, 152lb ft 1.4-litre T-Jet engine. A six-speed automated manual gearbox with paddle shifters is fitted as...
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