January
One in the eye for the Fiat 500!
Friday, 4 January 2008
The London Eye, the 135 metre high giant Ferris Wheel that dominates the London skyline, has been chosen by Fiat as the ideal venue for the UK launch of the Fiat 500 with Car of Year 2008 taking a ride inside the passenger compartments!... More»
Fiat and Alfa on display in the USA
Tuesday, 8 January 2008
The new Fiat 500 and the Alfa Romeo Spider make their USA debut this week (7-10 January 2008) at one of the world’s largest and most important exhibitions... More»
Fiat 500 Goes Underground!
Tuesday, 15 January 2008
The Fiat 500 is going by train to collect the 2008 European Car of the Year Award with the two display cars for the award ceremony in Berlin spending the two weeks prior to the event going around and around a 145 km route on the underground railway... More»
Fiat 500 takes on Bathurst!
Monday, 21 January 2008
The new Fiat 500 has visited the Bathurst race track as part of its preparation for its role in the Celebrity Challenge at the 2008 FORMULA 1™ ING Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne on 16 March 2008.... More»
Fastest Fiat 500 for Felipe!
Tuesday, 22 January 2008
Should you come across Ferrari Formula One Driver, Felipe Massa, driving his new Fiat 500 don’t be tempted to take him on because not only is the talented Brazilian one of the fastest drivers around but also because his 500 is rather special... More»
Fiat 500 flies into the UK market
Wednesday, 23 January 2008
The Fiat 500 flew into the UK market aboard the London Eye last night (21 January 2008), bathed in laser light show, surrounded by celebrities and serenaded by pop stars Mika, The Feeling and The Vibrants.... More»
Punto Gains Turbo Performance
Wednesday, 23 January 2008
The fastest version of the Fiat Punto has arrived in New Zealand with the launch of the turbocharged T-Jet version of Fiat’s top-selling small car, boasting a 0-100 kmh time of just 8.9 seconds... More»
Order now if you want the cutest car in 2008
Thursday, 24 January 2008
In an unprecedented move, Fiat New Zealand has released the full pricing and specifications of the new Fiat 500, nearly three months ahead of the first cars arriving in New Zealand... More»
Fiat Bravo Beats Sales Targets
Thursday, 24 January 2008
New Zealand is sharing in the world-wide success of the Fiat Bravo, which has broken all its sales targets following its launch in Europe and New Zealand last year.... More»
Fiat 500 collects Car of the Year 2008
Tuesday, 29 January 2008
Fiat was officially presented with the European Car of the Year 2008 award last night (28 January 2008) at a special ceremony in Berlin after 57 of the 58 judges placed it in their shortlist and now fewer than 33 judges gave the Fiat 500 the top spot... More»
February
Small but Wicked: The New Fiat 500 Abarth Arrives
Tuesday, 19 February 2008
Fiat has released the first official picture of the Fiat 500 Abarth, the hot version of the cutest car to be launched in New Zealand in 2008, which will make its world debut at the Geneva Motor Show in March.... More»
March
Fiat 500 Abarth breaks free in Geneva
Wednesday, 12 March 2008
The Fiat 500 Abarth, the hot version of Fiat’s new small car that is breaking sales records in all its markets, has made its debut at the Geneva International Motor Show (4 March 2008)... More»
Fiat 500 voted Best Small Car 2008
Sunday, 16 March 2008
The new Fiat 500, already European Car of the Year 2008, has just taken top honours in the Small and Compact Vehicle category at this year’s glittering Auto 1 Awards, held in Geneva last week.... More»
Fiat 500 Rolls Out Its Safety Standards
Sunday, 16 March 2008
Former AFL star Luke Darcy has proven just how safe the new Fiat 500 is, walking away from the ‘accident’ that all but stopped the second Vodafone Celebrity Challenge race at the 2008 Formula 1™ ING Australian Grand Prix at the weekend... More»
April
Fiat 500: Best Small Diesel!
Wednesday, 16 April 2008
The Fiat 500’s bulging trophy cabinet has just picked up another award to join, amongst others, the European Car of the Year award, with the chic little Italian being named as Best Small Diesel Car by the UK’s “What Diesel Car?” magazine.... More»
May
147 kW Fiat 500 Breaks Cover
Monday, 19 May 2008
Abarth, Fiat’s performance car division, has released the first details of the 147 kW Fiat 500 that it will campaign on race tracks across Europe in 2009.... More»
June
Fiat 500: Now available for just $420,000!
Wednesday, 11 June 2008
It may be a mechanically standard and equipped Fiat 500, but the $420,000 Fiat 500 does have one exceptional addition, artwork on its body designed and painted by acclaimed English artist Tracey Emin.... More»
July
Fiat releases Scudo details ahead of Spring launch
Friday, 4 July 2008
Customer interest in the new Fiat Scudo has forced Fiat to release New Zealand market details and pricing, even though it will not arrive until the Spring, so that potential customers can start planning business purchases and placing orders... More»
Fiat and BMW look to join forces
Wednesday, 9 July 2008
The BMW Group and Fiat Group Automobiles (FGA) are considering the possibility of co-operation in the areas of components and architectures for their Mini and Alfa Romeo vehicles.... More»
Fiat 500 Abarth Gets Even More Power!
Wednesday, 9 July 2008
Fiat has celebrated the European debut of the Fiat 500 Abarth by launching a limited edition with even more power than the standard car, boosting power from an already pretty tidy 99 kW for the standard Fiat 500 Abarth to 118 kW... More»
Fiat collects another prize for 500!
Wednesday, 23 July 2008
The Fiat 500 has collected yet another prize to pop into its stylish boot, with the hot-selling 500 taking the prize for the greenest supermini on the UK market in the 2008 ‘What Car?’ Green Car of the Year Awards.... More»
Fiat and Sixt Target Inbound Sydney
Wednesday, 23 July 2008
Fiat and Sixt Car Rental have joined forces to target inbound visitors to Sydney looking for stylish and chic way to travel around Australia’s biggest city without breaking the bank.... More»
August
Fiat Collects Yet Another Prize for the 500!
Friday, 22 August 2008
Fiat is celebrating again, having scooped yet another highly important industry award for its iconic 500. The hugely successful 500, which was launched by Fiat earlier this year, has just been crowned ‘Best City Car’... More»
Fiat 500: The Awards Keep Coming!
Saturday, 23 August 2008
Just days after the Fiat 500 won the best city car trophy from the UK’s leading motoring magazine, Auto Express, it has now been anointed as the winner of the Supermini and City category winner in the evecars.com Car of the Year Awards 2008... More»
September
Fiat 500 & Alfa MiTo
Sunday, 7 September 2008
The Fiat 500 is the sexiest car on the market, but most women want an Alfa Romeo mito for Christmas. There's some competition for Fiat 500 on the horizon, in the shape of the stylish
Alfa Romeo MiTo, which goes on sale in mid-2009... More»
Jolly Good Idea For The Fiat 500!
Sunday, 14 September 2008
Just as the new Fiat 500 was inspired the original Fiat 500, one of Italy’s oldest coachbuilders has used a version of the original Fiat 500 favoured by the rich and famous, the Fiat 500 Jolly, to produce a modern version, the Fiat 500 TenderTwo... More»
Fiat Vans Go Electric and Natural Gas
Tuesday, 16 September 2008
Fiat will launch three new environmental friendly versions of its biggest and smallest vans at the Hanover International Commercial Vehicle Show next week (25 September 2008) with the Ducato making its debut in natural gas form and the Fiorino, the F... More»
Fiat Fiorino Scoops International Van of the Year
Thursday, 25 September 2008
Fiat’s new Fiorino, which is set to arrive in New Zealand next year, has been named the International Van of the Year 2009 – with 112 points out of a possible 140 – by a jury consisting of journalists from 20 European countries... More»
Extra Heat For The Hot Fiat 500!
Saturday, 27 September 2008
If the idea of the diminutive Fiat 500 packing a 99 kW from its turbo-charged engine isn’t enough, then Fiat performance division, Abarth, has turned up the heat with the 120 kW Fiat 500 Abarth ‘esseesse’, which will make its debut at the Paris Inter... More»
Fiat's Blue&Me Hits Half A Million!
Saturday, 27 September 2008
Blue&Me, Fiat’s ground-break voice activated hands-free entertainment, information and communications system has been fitted to more than half a million Fiat Group cars and commercial vehicles with a Fiat 500 marking the 500,000th Blue&Me installatio... More»
Top Award for Fiat Marketing Boss
Saturday, 27 September 2008
Luca De Meo, Chief Marketing Officer of the Fiat Group and CEO of the Alfa Romeo and Abarth, has received the 2008 Chief Marketing Officer of the Year Award at a ceremony in Frankfurt, Germany... More»
Fiat Launches Its Environmental Range
Sunday, 28 September 2008
Fiat will launch a range of specific low emission cars at this week’s (2 October 2008) Paris International Motor Show to further enhance its green credentials... More»
October
Fiat Bugster - Enviromentally Friendly Car
Thursday, 30 October 2008
when a group of Brazilians and Italians got together to produce a car under the “Environment and Fun” banner they came up with the Fiat Bugster – an off-road car designed to make saving the planet outrageous fun... More»
November
Punto Passes a Million!
Tuesday, 25 November 2008
The Punto has passed the million sales mark with the production of a right hand drive Punto Sport T-Jet in Passionate Red this week (24 November 2008). The sales landmark puts the latest Punto well on its way... More»
December
Fiat Eco:Drive Proves It's a Christmas Cracker!
Wednesday, 24 December 2008
It’s official: Fiat’s eco:Drive is no turkey. Figures just released by Fiat show that the thousands of European motorists who have been using the fuel-saving advice device since its launch in October, have already saved... More»