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Winding Road (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
The joint venture between Fiat and Tata Motors, Fiat India Automobiles Pricate, revealed that the Fiat 500 is scheduled to hit the Indian market on July 18. The Fiat 'Nuova' 500 is based on the Fiat Panda and has most of its styling cues from the original 1950s Nuova 500. Though new for India, the car had already launched in July, 2007. The addition of the Fiat 500 to India is rather fitting as the...
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Hindu (Free subscription) | yesterday
Online edition of India's National NewspaperSunday, Jul 20, 2008BusinessFiat 500 re-launched — PHOTO: PAUL; NORONHA A MAKEOVER: Bollywood actress, Lara Dutta and Rajeev Kapoor, Chief Executive Officer, Fiat India Automobiles Pvt. Ltd. pose with the new Fiat 500 motorcar during its re-launch in Mumbai on Friday. Stories in this SectionArchivesFeatures: Stories in this SectionArchivesFeatures: The Hindu...
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Motor Authority (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
The Chinese clone cars aren’t faring well of late, with the Shuanghuan CEO getting booted out of Germany and now the Great Wall Motors GWPeri minicar receiving a Europe-wide ban from a Turin court. The news is no doubt welcomed by the major manufacturers that have been prosecuting the copy-cat designs for several years, but [...]
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RevMods (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
Fiat has created 200 units of the special edition Fiat 500 which is based on the Sport version for the Ferrari sales network. The Fiat 500 was chosen as Ferrari’s “courtesy car” or a loaner car for its customers during servicing. automobile, automotive, autos, cars, fiat, fiat 500, fiat 500 ferrari special edition, fiat 500 sport [...]
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SAMAR (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
A Turin court has ruled that a Chinese minicar built by independent automaker Great Wall, the GWPeri, will not be allowed into Europe, because it is too similar to the Fiat Panda, according to Automotive News Europe.
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CARSCOOP (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
As its name suggests, the newest addition in the Fiat Panda family is an eco-friendly model with low CO2 emissions and reduced fuel consumption. Based on the Panda 1.1, the 54Hp strong Eco emits 119 g/km of CO2 and features an average consumption in the combined cycle of 5.0 lt/100 km or 47MPG (US). That’s compared to the standard Panda 1.1’s 132 g/km of CO2 and 5.6 lt/100 km. To achieve these figures,...
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Driive (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
Ferrari to use Fiat 500s as customer courtesy cars Fiat-owned exotic carmaker Ferrari has ordered 200 Fiat 500s for its U.K. dealerships to act as courtesy cars Ferrari owner will take home when their hundred thousand-dollar Italian supercars are being serviced. Exactly 30 percent — 60 cars — will be unique, Ferrari-spec editions not available for purchase by the public. The Fiat 500 is another small...
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Retro To Go (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
There are numerous variations of the Fiat 500 available - but none quite so limited as the Fiat 500 Ferrari Edition. There's just 200 available - and all for current Ferrari owners. Why? Well, the cars have been made for...
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Driive (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
by Andy Goodwin Ferrari owners whose cars need garage work will be offered a special edition Fiat 500 as a courtesy car. The Fiat 500s will have a Ferrari makeover, featuring the traditional red paintwork of its sports cars, supercars and Formula 1 racers. Read the full story now.
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eGMCarTech (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008
Those ultra-rich Ferrari owners also have to make the occasional trip to the dealer to get their stallion services. Instead of giving them another gas-guzzling Ferrari, Fiat has built 200...
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Auto Channel (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008
Based on the Sport version and distinguished by the traditional red colour, the two hundred Fiat 500 specials are fitted with the lively 1.4 6v 100 bhp engine and offer specific tuning and exhaust in perfect harmony with the sporty spirit of the “prancing horse”: these two features are designed and made by Magneti Marelli, a leading components company in the Fiat Group which has supplied high-tech...
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eurocarblog (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008
The little 500 has found a new job after Ferrari has chosen the smaller Fiat as a Courtesy Car for its European customers. And Turin has responded straight away, producing 200 exclusive examples for[...]
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Autoblog (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008
Filed under: Ferrari , Alfa Romeo , FIAT Click above for a high-res gallery of the Fiat 500 Ferrari Edition. If you own an Italian masterpiece adorned with a prancing horse, your good fortune is likely tempered with a few mechanical or electrical maladies. If and when that happens, most of us would expect an expensive loaner to take our minds off of our troubles, but team Ferrari has a "better idea."...
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Top Speed (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008
Posted on 07.15.2008 11:15 by Myles_Kornblatt Filed under: Ferrari Fiat | Europe | economy cars The Fiat 500 is now Ferrari's courtesy car. Ferrari's corporate cousin produced 200 all-red special versions of the little retro car to be used throughout Europe. Although the performance will likely be a step down from whatever the driver had before, the courtesy cars come with Fiat's largest engine for...
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Just Auto (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008
Take your Ferrari to a European dealer for a fix and drive out in a Fiat 500.
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infibeam | 05/06/2008
Not very long ago, the only cars that were available in India were the Ambassador and the Premier Padmini. The Ambassador is a replica of the Morris Oxford – an old British car, while the Premier Padmini was a Fiat 1100 assembled in India. All that was in pre-liberalisation India, which existed before 1991, when the first liberalization measures were announced. Earlier, the production of the Maruti...
