Fiat 500 previewed

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Details of the revival of the Fiat 500 has been officially released by Fiat Automobiles SpA. The new Fiat 500 is 355cm long, 165 cm wide, 149 cm tall and has a wheelbase of 230 cm. Despite rumours of a two-cylinder turbocharged engine, we now know that the Fiat 500 will be conventionally powered by Fiat’s 69hp 1.2 litre 8 valve petrol and 100hp 1.4 litre 16 valve petrol engine, as well as a 75hp 1.3 litre 16 valve MultiJet turbodiesel.

More photos and videos after the jump.

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Video: Fiat 500 – 1

Video: Fiat 500 – 2

Video: Fiat 500 – 3

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Comments

  • tHe CuLpRit (Member) on Mar 22, 2007 at 1:11 pm

    cute! but abit too cute, no?

    Its kinda sleek, but abit too small and d rear space is abit suspect, though must read sum reviews first..

    will suit a gurl more me think.. i'd take d Mini Cooper S Works, thank you very much.

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  • muflis (Member) on Mar 22, 2007 at 1:36 pm

    this is nice..front kinda like chevy spark, with back like daihatsu mira gino and dashboard of daihatsu trevis..

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  • e-nabilll (Member) on Mar 22, 2007 at 2:12 pm

    so funky , this is an iconic car in europe…those rims look nice !

    i really like it , looks classy

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  • NiceCar (Member) on Mar 22, 2007 at 3:35 pm

    Fashion sense is a cycle.. nowadays, ppl start to prefer the 80's fashion.

    And this car may aim for those ppl..

    Back to topic, this car look cute and it quite suitable to female driver.

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  • BrakeFader (Member) on Mar 22, 2007 at 4:40 pm

    This is nice! Very cute and charming little car. Like muflis said, it looks a bit like the Gino with some classic rivival touch.

    But I doubt its gonna be cheap, most likely on the same premium price tag as mini.

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  • 707 (Member) on Mar 22, 2007 at 4:42 pm

    Im a big fan of the classic 500. I love this car!

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  • silverfish (Member) on Mar 22, 2007 at 5:30 pm

    Top Gear magazine once voted the original Fiat 500 as the sexiest car ever. Debatable yes, but they do have a point. The Fiat 500 is an icon and I like this new one.

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  • Hikaru (Member) on Mar 22, 2007 at 7:35 pm

    Another Mini in the making? What's with retro cars these days? Not that i am against reviving icons so that the younger generations (like myself) can taste the glory again. But somehow is feel more like money making scheme (what isn't) and it leaves me to wonder for example like BMW how long more can they reinvent the mini, when the first mini they came out with is already so good? Surely they won't just let it die whilst sacrificing a huge chunk of sales?

    Anyway the Fiat 500 reminds me of a Cherry QQ. Fiat is producing very interesting products these days. This maybe another one of them. I am not holding my breath as to whether it will come to Malaysia.

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  • aesthari (Member) on Mar 22, 2007 at 7:40 pm

    I'm in love! I've always like the old one, and this one is so much cuter! Judging by the lack of a front grille, it'll probably be a RR like the old one. Acceleration's gonna be good on the turbodiesel since Fiat don't need fuel pumps, and the suspensions gonna be very good too! I want one!

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  • nmh (Member) on Mar 22, 2007 at 10:31 pm

    wow…its truly adorable. Rear engine?

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  • osh_kosh (Member) on Mar 22, 2007 at 10:55 pm

    i like this car.. very cute :) love the interior… hmmm

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  • osh_kosh (Member) on Mar 22, 2007 at 11:02 pm

    love it

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  • kei9 (Member) on Mar 22, 2007 at 11:10 pm

    i have seen this new fiat design 2 years back in the new strait times CBT.the interior in the CBT is more futuristic .with lights that glow everywhere.it does not use buttons .it uses a light touch to turn on things suchas headunit n much more.

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  • proton GL (Member) on Mar 23, 2007 at 2:02 am

    steel wheel look alike design will give batter feel of retro i guess, since side view looks nothing but modern,

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  • normal_user (Member) on Mar 23, 2007 at 6:59 am

    lovely..

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  • seancheaw (Member) on Apr 03, 2007 at 5:50 am

    As a proud owner of a Fiat 600D, I would like to say that Fiat is best known for making incredible small cars. As associated with other older Fiat products, mine have problems too like RUST, brake failure and the driveshafts broken down for unknown reasons, but for those have driven old Fiats before, they will know the experience of driving a Fiat is something you can't find anywhere. It seems like they have moved the ignition switch away from the middle of the dashboard and Fiat also seems to forget to include a canvas top in the new 500 lol

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  • Paul Tan on Apr 03, 2007 at 7:54 am

    A 500 cabriolet is probably in the works.

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  • affanddy (Member) on Jul 23, 2009 at 3:39 pm

    Door to door Test drive available for Fiat 500 please ring 0132908556 for appointmnet.Tq

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