In a little over a month since the Fiat 500 Abarth’s launch, the entire 2012 production run allocated for the United States has been sold out. Earlier this week, Chrysler Full Article »
The all-new 2012 Fiat 500C is an economical and fun-to-drive vehicle that is positioned to compete against the Mini Cooper cabriolet. With its short exterior dimensions it works great getting Full Article »
If you can get around the interviewer in this video, there’s a decent amount of good information about the upcoming Fiat 500 Abarth in it. For instance, Dan Fry, lead Full Article »
The name Abarth isn’t exactly a household name in the United States, but the brand is renown among enthusiasts in Europe. Abarth never built cars to challenge Ferrari or Maserati Full Article »
Small light-weight compact cars are attempting to make a big impact on the American car culture. Many brands are injecting what they consider to be “the best offering” when it Full Article »
Affordable Italian sports cars used to be a staple of the American motoring diet. In the 1970s and 1980s, we had Lancias, Fiat Spyders and Fiat X/19s aplenty, and stepping Full Article »
In the original gospel according to domestic automakers, one rule was clear above all others: entry level compact cars were built to a price point, with little emphasis on content Full Article »
The 2012 Fiat 500 Abarth will soon begin to trickle into Fiat dealerships, so Fiat chief engineer Joe Grace thought it would be an ideal time to bring one to Full Article »
When the Smart brand debuted in the United States, the timing couldn’t have been better to launch a small, fuel efficient brand. Gas pricing had spiked to record levels and Full Article »
The purpose of a car advertisement is to stir emotion, and to get the watcher aware of a particular product. The best ads convince you that you’re missing something, and Full Article »
Okay, I get that most of us relate Fiat vehicles and the new Fiat 500 with the words “slow”, “small” and maybe even “insignificant”. Although those terms may be accurate Full Article »
As Karl Abarth’s tuned Fiats grew in popularity during the 1960’s, fans began to refer to them as “small but wicked.” That same design philosophy carries over to the new-to-the-U.S. Full Article »
Living on this side of the Atlantic, the name Abarth isn’t exactly well known. In Europe, however, Abarth is widely recognized as the in-house tuner for Fiat, similar to what Full Article »
To introduce the US market to FIAT, Chrysler leaves the traditional Italian brand’s design somewhat untouched while adding many features and safety improvements over the European version. The all-new Fiat Full Article »
Americans, it seems, are genetically conditioned to equate size with safety. Thanks to advances in automotive design and materials, the physical size of a car or truck is no longer Full Article »
