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Fiat 500X – fun and funky small SUV
Grown up/blown up version of Fiat’s funky 500 city car and designed to take advantage of the current trend and demand for small SUVs.
Fiat Tipo 1.6 Multijet II Turbo diesel review: Fiat Tipo badge returns for frugal business choice
Fiat Tipo 1.6 Multijet II Turbo diesel 120 bhp What is it? Bid welcome to the new Fiat Tipo. Yes, the Fiat Tipo badge returns for this new 5-door hatchback that will be landing in the UK this September. This new shape Tipo (also coming as a station wagon) sees Fiat re-enter the C-segment to do battle with the likes of [...]
Fiat 500 0.9 TwinAir 105hp Lounge review: iconic baby Fiat updated
Fiat 500 0.9 TwinAir 105hp Lounge review THE new Fiat 500. Believe it or not (as you’ll have to look closely to spot the differences!), after eight-years on sale, Fiat has updated its chic MINI-rivalling 500 hatch and convertible range. We’re not sure it deserves the ‘new’ tag - why would you fiddle with a successful formula? - but in Fiat’s [...]
Fiat 500x 1.6 Multijet 120 Pop Star review: Chic new member of the crossover class
Fiat 500x 1.6 Multijet 120 Pop Star review What is it? THE latest compact crossover extension of the MINI-rivalling 500 range, designed to take on both the MINI Countryman and Skoda Yeti. The 500x shares its underpinnings and is built in the same factory as the Jeep Renegade, plus the Fiat is available in two different versions – a smoother [...]
Fiat 500X 1.6 Multijet II Lounge 120 bhp: The 500 as crossover
Fiat 500X - looks like a 500, but takes Fiat into one of the hottest segments - the B-segment crossover Company Car Review of the Fiat 500X 1.6 Multijet II Lounge 120 bhp What is it? IMAGINE Fiat’s 500 built up into a curvaceous new compact crossover and you have this new 500X. Just launched in Italy and with [...]
Fiat 500L car review – get in, belt up, and make the coffee
The Fiat 500L is for when you need a 'sensible' car, but don't really want one. Cost efficient and practical, but with a built-in coffee maker sums it up nicely.
Italians love CNG – is the UK missing out on a cheap, clean fuel?
Filling up with compressed natural gas (CNG), or 'metano' as the pumps say in Italy, is cheap and easy GOING to fill up with fuel is never pleasant. And with the seemingly incessant rise in fuel prices, keeping a car filled up sometimes feels like you need a second mortgage. But what about alternative fuels, the 'green' fuels? [...]
Until March 18 only – £500 savings on Fiats, Alfas, Jeeps and Chryslers
The Chrysler Ypsilon - one of several models from Fiat, Alfa, Chrysler and Jeep to benefit from special deals this week FIAT and its sister brands Alfa Romeo, Jeep and Chrysler have announced some interesting new special deals on selected models. But business users who want to grab a bargain will have to get a move on - [...]
Fiat Panda 4×4 road test: real off-road ability meets low cost fun and city chic
Fancy real offroad ability when you need it, but with none of the eye-watering company car costs? Take a look at the Fiat Panda 4x4.
Fiat’s new big small car – the 500L
Fiat has enjoyed great success with the retro styled Fiat 500. Now it wants to extend that appeal to drivers who need something bigger. Enter the Fiat 500L.
New Fiat Panda 4×4 arrives
The 4x4 Panda has been around for a while, and now it's being brought to the UK. The Trekking version retains the rugged look, without the (modest) company car tax penalties imposed by 4WD.
Ford has the lowest repair costs
Ford cars are the cheapest for accident repair according to Warranty Direct claims Story: DAVID WILKINS IF you want to keep repair costs down on your company cars, buy a Ford. That's the message of a survey carried out by MoneySupermarket.com and Warranty Direct. The survey, based on claims made Warranty Direct policy-holders, showed average repair costs on [...]
Fiat taps into Stateside know-how with ex-Chrysler man as managing director
Story: MATT MORTON Fiat in the UK is turning American. The Italian company has appointed Steve Zanlunghi to the role of Managing Director of Fiat Group Automobiles UK. Steve Zanlunghi (39) was most recently Director, Chrysler Group Mid-Atlantic Regional Business Center, responsible for all sales, marketing, network development, service and parts operations. Of course, Chrysler, along with Jeep, [...]
Punto makes a point if you want a greener supermini
Author: ROBIN ROBERTS The Punto has reached a significant new point in its life, and dropped its maker Fiat from its title. The three and five door new Punto gets a wider range of greener engines, more equipment and improved specification and options than ever before. This enables it to meet buyers' more demanding requirements for smaller, [...]
Chrysler’s re-incarnation gathers momentum
Chrysler's back with a vengeance, and keen to attract UK business buyers.
The big US brand has come a long way since it's rescue by Fiat. Lancia inspired fuel-efficient cars have sold well in the US, and now Chrysler is stepping up to the mark in the UK.
Story: John Griffiths
News bulletin 138 – Fiat grows Professional range with New Punto Van
APRIL 2012: Fiat grows Professional range with New Punto Van
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Fiat show-offs will highlight business links at CV Show
Author: Robin Roberts Fiat is putting on a show within a show at the NEC next month. It will be heavily promoting its new Fiat Professional range of models inside and outside the CV Show from 24-26 April. Some of the vehicles on the stand will be liveried in the design of the major companies with which Fiat [...]
Fiat 500 Twin Air: cut your tax, increase your fun
Fiat 500 TwinAir Pop business car road test report Fiat 500 TwinAir Pop What is it? THE world's most eco-friendly engine - so claims Fiat. Just like the original Fifties 500, the latest version of the Fiat 500 is now available with a two-cylinder unit, called TwinAir. Packing 875cc and promising 95g/km and 68.9mpg economy, is it the ideal city [...]
485 – My dad’s new Panda
MY old man came over at the weekend with my mum and proudly showed me his new car: a Fiat Panda Eleganza.This is my dad's second Panda – and while the colour is identical, he's moved up a trim. Eleganza now adds all sorts of niceties such as roof rails, remote central locking, air conditioning, and alloy wheels.The overall effect [...]
416 – Fiat 500 first service
Alison (left) took time to look out for the new Fiat 500C, assisted by sales exec Kim Faircloth (right) Business Car Manager: Editor's Blog ONE year on already - and time for our Fiat 500 to go in for its first service. My wife and co-director, Alison, runs the car and is absolutely delighted with it. The little [...]