Fiat Sentiero
You don’t know what is this? This is a Fiat Sentiero, a new Italian concept. The new concept was created as part of Prodan’s final year project, is a conceptual proposal for a compact-sized pickup truck for the European market. The designer states that the vehicle’s styling is based on Fiat’s current design language and Italian design in general – whatever that means.
The concept study features several storage compartments that include those behind the doors, the rear bed and even once incorporated in the tailgate. The Romanian designer says that the proposed engine for the Sentiero is a 3.0-liter V6 diesel with an output of around 250 HP driving all-four wheels.
1,500,000th Panda
Good news for Fiat fans: the small Panda car has reached a 1,500,000th example of the model on the Poland plant in Tychy. The vehicle is a left hand drive car in magnetic blue with a 1.3 MultiJet engine that is destined for an Italian customer. The today generation Panda was unveiled in 2003 and winning many awards including the European Car of the Year 2004 title.
The Panda, which formed that base for Fiat’s 500 retro city car, has been exported to 74 countries including Japan, South Africa and Mexico.
FIAT 500 Abarth Competizione Special-edition
Fiat’s tuning division has unveiled its special-edition 500 Abarth Competizione model. Abarth Competizione Special-edition will be priced nearly $35k and only ten will be made available for exclusive consumption in Holland. The €3,000 premium over the stock 500 Abarth gets enthusiastic buyers a special little hot hatch with a black roof, black 17-inch alloys and matching black graphics, along with special bucket seats inside. The FIAT 500 Abarth Competizione also will be equipped with sattelite-navigation, air-condition and a premium audio system. Although the Competizione edition packs the 135hp turbo four, buyers can always upgrade with the 160hp EsseEsse kit.
Fiat Sapor
Look at the new FIAT’s concept. Its a Sapor Roadster which was conceived by diseno-art studio as a concept proposal for a small entry level sports car.
The Sapor was designed to feature a front-mounted engine that sends power to the rear wheels. The designers claim that one possible option could be Fiat’s 1.4-liter turbocharged four that makes 180HP in the Abarth Grande Punto Esseesse hatch.
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Video: Fiat 500C
Good news for Fiat’s minicar fans: the new video of Fiat’s brand-new 500C convertible minicar was shared on the net. Fiat 500C was revealed at the 2009 Geneva Motor Show. The cabrio variant of the 500 that features an electric-sliding fabric top enters the European market two years after the launch of the fixed-roof model. Today Fiat offers the 500C with 1.2-liter and 1.4-liter petrol and 1.3-liter diesel engines.
Seats Abarth Corse by Sabelt
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New seats “Abarth Corse by Sabelt”
The new seat “Abarth Corse by Sabelt” is born: a technologically evolved product which is the result of the cooperation between two Italian brands, sharing the same sportsmanship and technological values. In fact, Abarth once more found the ideal partner in Sabelt in order to develop this new product, which confirms the goal of the Scorpion brand to transfer to all its customers the functionality, in terms of performance and safety, of the racing world.
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2009 Fiat Sedici
FIAT released the first official images of facelifted Sedici crossover. The most important change concerns the introduction of new engines, a 120 horsepower 1.6-liter gasoline unit that replaces the 107HP 1.6-liter engine and a 135 hp 2.0-liter Multijet 16v turbo diesel that takes the place of the 1.9-liter JTD producing 120HP.
Both new engines will be combined with either a front-wheel drive layout or a four-wheel drive system. Euro sales of the Sedici facelift will begin by the end of May.
Fiat Prices 500 Convertible
Hot news for fiat’s fans: the UK will be the first country in Europe to receive the new 500 Convertible even before it goes to dealerships in Italy. The all-new Fiat 500C cabrio will arrive in UK show-rooms this summer. The prices ranging from £11,300 for the entry-level 1.2-liter gasoline model to £14,100 for the highly specified Lounge version with a 1.3-litre turbodiesel. The rag-topped 500 will be available in 11 colors and buyers being able to choose from three different engines, the 69HP 1.2-litre and 100HP 1.4-litre petrol units, and the 75HP 1.3-liter MultiJet turbodiesel.
There are two trim options available, Pop and Lounge. An electrically operated hood, air conditioning, remote central locking, radio/CD/MP3 player, seven airbags and electric door mirrors are standard on all cars, while climate control, ESP stability control, foglights and rear parking sensors are among the principal features incorporated in Lounge models.
1.2 Pop £11,300
1.4 Pop £12,500
1.3 Mjet Pop £12,700
1.2 Lounge £12,700
1.4 Lounge £13,900
1.3 Mjet Lounge £14,100
FIAT 500 C cabriolet
Fiat plans to unveil its 500 cabriolet at the Geneva Motor Show in March. The new cabrio, called 500C, C will go on sale in summer.
FIAT 500 C is a four-seater, but rear seats will be small and a bit of boot space will be lost.
The 500 C will have a folding canvas roof, which stows away neatly into the rear compartment; it keeps its door pillars and roof structure intact, however, so will not give a full roadster experience.
Expect the same 70bhp 1.2 and 100bhp 1.4-litre petrol engines as the 500 hatch; a turbocharged Abarth version is likely to follow, though the 75bhp 1.3 diesel may not be offered.
Fiat to launch an Elise named Dino
Fiat is planning a re-launch the evocative Dino badge on a Lotus-derived sports car. Not to be confused with the Dino of Ferrari fame, Fiat’s version was all about affordable, stylish transport.
The new Fiat sports car will arrive to dealerships in 2011. It had been thought it would use the newly resurrected Abarth badge. However the Italian firm’s CEO Lorenzo Sistino told us: ‘I think it would be great to go into the small two-seater roadster market again – and it would be brilliant if we could bring back the Dino badge, too.’
Fiat launched its first car with the Dino badge in 1966. Echoing modern platform sharing techniques, it was a convertible built around the same basic chassis as the firm’s 124 Spider.