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New Fiat 500C with sliding soft roof

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Fiat 500C

Fiat will be showing the new Fiat 500C at the Geneva Motorshow next month but has released this preview of its now topless cute little number ahead of the show. Unlike the MINI Convertible which is a full-blown cabriolet, the Fiat 500C instead uses a sliding soft top design, which means only the canvas roof slides down, while other roof structures such as the top rail and B and C pillars remain.

This ensures the 500C retains all-round protection even with the top down. Unfortunately from the shot above it looks like rear visibility for the 500C is pretty bad when the top is down as the folded roof is in the way, but there is a rear glass window for when the roof is up.

The Fiat 500C has the exact same dimensions as the base model – 3550mm x 1650mm x 1490 mm and uses the same trio of powerplants. First up is a 1.3 litre 75 hp MultiJet Turbodiesel mated to a 5-speed manual while the petrol units are a 1.2 liter and a 1.4 liter with 69hp and 100hp respectively. The Fiat 500C also gets the recently announced Start & Stop system which shuts down the engine and reignites it automatically according to usage in slow speed traffic.

Look after the jump for a few more photos of the 500C.

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15 Comments »

  1. alamak said,

    February 17, 2009 @ 6:28 pm

    i really like the new Fiat 500, especially the Abarth edition. Anyone selling it here in Kuala Lumpur?

  2. FrozenHeart said,

    February 17, 2009 @ 6:49 pm

    Classic~Cute~Nice~~

    Just Love It, suit those yong lady~~

  3. nabill said,

    February 17, 2009 @ 7:46 pm

    too cute to be on the road !

  4. a18 said,

    February 17, 2009 @ 8:00 pm

    alamak said,

    February 17, 2009 @ 6:28 pm

    i really like the new Fiat 500, especially the Abarth edition. Anyone selling it here in Kuala Lumpur?
    ___________________________________”_____________________________________

    Please contact local agent, Turino @ Jln Ampang.

  5. mystvearn said,

    February 17, 2009 @ 8:06 pm

    With the roof down, I don’t think the driver can see what is going on at the back just using the rear view mirror

  6. Gajen said,

    February 17, 2009 @ 9:54 pm

    This is my Favourite Small Car…i rather have 500 than mini cooper…fiat shud sell it here since they sell it in vietnam…surely sell like hot cakes

  7. moongrey said,

    February 18, 2009 @ 7:40 am

    the normal version of the 500 is here in malaysia…will be launch at the curve but not sure when is the date..price around 125k

  8. Autobahn said,

    February 18, 2009 @ 2:06 pm

    this is fucking cool

  9. AlfaRomeo=Ferrari’sCousin said,

    February 18, 2009 @ 3:09 pm

    When it comes to design, Alfa is still the best . . . .

  10. nonengko said,

    February 18, 2009 @ 6:20 pm

    so cute….reminds me of my dad’s fiat 600 in the 70’s

  11. lambov12 said,

    February 18, 2009 @ 6:56 pm

    wad is the price of fiat 500 when it land on bolehland ?? Rm70k ?? or RM700K ?

  12. Sex is wonderful, but it’s like champagne.If you’re forced to have four glasses at every meal you start to fantasize about water. said,

    February 18, 2009 @ 10:10 pm

    malaysia sucks man, we don’t even have the normal 1.2 pop

  13. brutal_driverz said,

    February 19, 2009 @ 1:37 am

    i think this car is not safe la,but for the rich guy okayla.

  14. AlfaRomeo=Ferrari’sCousin said,

    February 19, 2009 @ 4:28 pm

    This car is for you to cruise along boulevard . . err Gurney Drive. Looks cool babeh!

  15. affanddy said,

    July 23, 2009 @ 7:36 am

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

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