Abarth 500C Anniversario Romeo Ferraris, 203ch under the top down

Romeo Ferraris appeared on the scene for some time tuning it and must admit that the Fiat 500 is for them a favorite muse. After 500C Sardinia, after the Abarth 500 Monza, here's Abarth 500C Anniversario revised and updated for 52 years in the house.

Romeo Ferraris is a brand that specializes in the preparation for motor racing and now in the planning of car "civil". As they prepare Superstars Series Mercedes C63 AMG, they also run a 500 to 360hp, have already prepared a 670-hp Corvette Z06, but it's still on the small Fiat group they set their minds to celebrate their 52 years.
The Abarth Anniversario 500C receives an engine upgrade (ECU, turbo, air filter) that allows him to claim now 203 hp (instead of 140). To contain this extra power, the brakes are redesigned with a beefier Brembo kit, suspensions are strengthened while a limited slip differential comes to discipline the flood of horses on the front wheels. Speaking of which, the rims are 17 "specific

Outwardly, you do not need me to describe to you the proposed two-tone color, just know that the inside is like all the 500 matched to the outside. The leather stitching to complete all proposed anniversary by Romeo Ferraris.

The release of the 2011 Fiat 500 Bicolore

Virtually every automaker has its own city car, and each company is trying to make it better than their competitors. Someone adds to their chrome finish body, someone the latest audio, here's Fiat, for example, suggested that the model 500, two-toned performance of the body.

The car was named the Fiat 500 Bicolore and its release will take place at the Turin Motor Show, which will be held from 01 to 12 December.

Fiat 500 Bicolore goes combination of red and white colors, first color the bottom of the compacts, while the second, starting from the bonnet top. The new color scheme Bicolore will be available on all versions of 500 from January next year.

Also in 2011, 1.4-liter engine will be supplemented by technology MultiAir, which make the power unit even more economical, at least by 10%. At the moment, average fuel consumption is 6.1 liters. per 100 km at equipping the manual transmission and 5.8 liter. 100 km., if you add technology Start & Stop.

2011 Fiat 500 1.4i 16v MultiAir Los Angeles 2010 first live photos

In the Auto Show in Los Angeles is presented initial full range, both in hard Prima Edizione, as in more conventional. You can see in different colors and trim levels. The first deliveries will begin before the end of the year, always accompanied MultiAir 1.4i engine with 105 hp and finished in Pop, Lounge and Sport. Attendees also will see some of the optional features to personalize the city, as different alloy wheels, upholstery, etc.

Fiat 500C Review

A huge 70 per cent of the Fiat 500C's customers will be female, and it will be a confident heterosexual male who puts his hand in his wallet for one. It's a dinky, bubbly car, painted in pretty pastel colours, with big plastic buttons inside, a panel on the facia for writing shopping lists in traffic jams (it wipes clean) and the prettiest cream leather steering wheel you've ever seen. It's a kiss-me-quick car, designed full of cheek, verve and zest; the perfect antidote to a serious global recession.

Yes, £11,300-£14,100 is a high price range for a diddy runaround, but it's a much better waste of money than that other retro-based, expensive small car that trades on people's affections, the MINI.

Unlike the German pastiche, Fiat has kept faithfully to the spirit of the 1957 orginal Cinquecento with this car. It makes you want to shout "Ciao!" and "Pronto!" and "Que bella!" at the top of your voice as you zip through narrow cobbled streets, a latte spilling everywhere, small yappy dog in passenger seat, Dean Martin's Volare blaring from the radio.

As the purchasing decision for this car will undoubtedly revolve entirely around its looks, there's little point in mentioning ride, handling or performance. Suffice to say you don't get much of the last with 69bhp from the 1.2 petrol engine, unless you spend a lot of time changing down gears. The handling is a little woolly, the ride bouncy and the throttle pedal oversprung. But who gives a damn when the car looks this good?

Of more interest is the fabric folding roof, modelled so closely on the original, but with one or two clever new touches. It rolls back from the body in the manner of a panoramic sunroof rather than a true convertible, and concertinas electronically behind the rear seats, but it doesn't lower out of sight, so leaves you with an arrow slit of sky in your rear-view mirror. Silly as it sounds for a car of this size, the standard rear parking sensors are welcome.

Cleverly, you can opt to roll it back halfway, which leaves the rear window in place and gives you a large area of sky above your head. Even better, if the roof is fully down and you wish to open the boot, the folded roof automatically rises slightly and tips to give you access.

There are three engines on offer: 1.2- and 1.4-litre petrols and a 1.3-litre MultiJet diesel. The 1.2-litre engine mixed with the higher Lounge trim will be the best-selling model in the UK, which was home to the international launch of the car and is remarkably the first market to get the car, ahead of Italy, such is the importance of Britain to convertible sales.

But the lower Pop specification is generous enough, with body-coloured bumpers, chromed door handles, MP3-compatible CD player, electric door mirrors, Isofix attachments and steering wheel-mounted buttons for audio controls. You also get a choice of colours for the fabric roof: black, red or ivory.

There is no prettier car than a 500C in pale blue with a cream fabric roof and matching interior. Men with girlfriends and wives to please, take note.