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Fiat wants to sell 50,000 500s in the U.S.

Posted on September 1, 2010 | No Comments
Chrysler is set to debut its American-spec Fiat 500 at this year’s Los Angeles Auto Show with the first examples being sold near the end of 2010. During the 2011 calendar year, Chrysler hopes to sell 50,000 of the Mini Cooper fighters, including the 500...
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Abarth 695 Tributo Ferrari: Is it worth $47,000?

Posted on August 5, 2010 | No Comments
How much would you be willing to pay for a Fiat 500? Fifteen grand? Twenty? Thirty? How about nearly $50,000. That’s how much the crème-de-la-crème Abarth 695 Tributo Ferrari is going for now that it’s reaching the market. For a quick refresher, the special-edition 500...
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Fiat debuts two-cylinder, 85 hp TwinAir engine in Fiat 500

Posted on July 10, 2010 | No Comments
Drop a couple of cylinders, add start-stop technology, slap a turbo on, drop it in the Fiat 500 and call it a day. That’s exactly what Fiat Powertrain Technologies has done with its newly-introduced two-cylinder TwinAir 85-horsepower engine. The engine has found its first home...
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Pogea Racing develops Fiat 500 Ferrari Dealers Edition with 264 HP

Posted on July 1, 2010 | 1 Comment
The Pogea team starts with a 500 Abarth, which in standard form produces 160 horsepower and 169 pound-feet of torque. From there, a new turbocharger, exhaust system, downpipe and catalytic converter have been added, meaning that the tiny Fiat now cranks out a whopping 264...
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Fiat’s Abarth brand to create its own sports car

Posted on June 24, 2010 | No Comments
We’ve heard this rumor a number of times, with the most recent reports indicating Abarth has been working with Lotus, perhaps using the next-generation Elise chassis as a base. Apparently, that idea has been nixed. However, the specs being discussed are quite Elise-like: two-seater, mid-engine,...
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Fiat 500 to get 0.9-liter Turbocharged Two-Cylinder Engine in 2010

Posted on December 26, 2009 | No Comments
Next year will see the arrival of Fiat’s long anticipated New Small Gasoline Engine that will make its premiere on the 500 mini. The innovative 0.9-liter twin-cylinder gasoline engine features turbocharging and Fiat’s Multiair technology that controls the intake valves, depending on the horsepower needed....
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Frankfurt 2009: Fiat Punto Evo gets re-hatched

Posted on September 17, 2009 | No Comments
Ah, the Fiat Punto: never quite what it pretends to be. Supposedly designed to look like a Maserati in hatchback form, the existing model was called the Grande Punto when it was anything but. And now the Italian automaker has launched an updated version and...
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