Posted on April 30th, 2012 • by Bill Cawthon
Jonathan Start, of Caledonia, Mich., drove his Fiat 500 to two Touring Car-B race wins on Saturday, April 28 at the 2.2-mile Miller Motorsports Park West Course configuration, winning two out of three of the new series’ races. Saturday’s event featured two 30-minute races separated by just ten minutes. Start completed the inaugural race weekend [...]
Posted on March 15th, 2012 • by Bill Cawthon
Fiat’s a new commercial for the 2012 Fiat 500, “Baby,” is scheduled to run on a TV near you beginning tonight. The buys have been made on local and national broadcast and cable channels. The commercial will be available in both a 30- and 15-second version. By the way, at the end, the baby says [...]
Posted on January 27th, 2012 • by David Zatz
A four-door hatchback car to be called the Fiat 500L (L for Large) will be launched around the world, according to Automotive News. The car, based on the new L-Zero, uses the SCSS platform, as does the Fiat Punto, rather than the B-car platform used by the Fiat 500 itself. Thus, while the Fiat 500L [...]
Posted on January 17th, 2012 • by Bill Cawthon
Bloomberg News is reporting that Fiat will add a five-door model that CEO Olivier Francois says is “related” to the 500 already on sale in the U.S. and Canada. The new model will be introduced at the Geneva Auto Show in March and go on sale in America in 2013. “Related to” the 500 leaves [...]