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		27/10/2008 - It's An Environmentally Friendly Car, Jim, But Not As We Know It... Most cars designed to protect the environment look, at best, well-meaning, at worst, plan dull, but as might be expected when a group of Brazilians and Italians, two countries not renowned for their wall-flower tendencies, 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.   Read more...

		27/09/2008 - Fiat's Blue&Me Hits Half A Million! 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 installation.   Read more...

		26/09/2008 - Fiat Launches Its Environmental Range In Paris Although Fiat can already lay claim to the lowest range-wide average carbon dioxide figure from its total production and that it offer's Australian buyers the most economical car on the market with the Fiat 500 JTD, 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.   Read more...

		25/09/2008 - Fiat 500 Named The Greenest Car In Australia The Fiat 500 has been named the 'Greenest Car for Women' in Australia in the Women's Car of the Awards, presented jointly by AutoChic, the web site dedicated to women car buyers, and BP Renewables, the division of the energy giant dedicated new energy solutions.    Read more...

		14/09/2008 - Castagna Has A Jolly Good Idea For The Fiat 500! 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.   Read more...

		13/09/2008 - Fiat Goes Totally Qubo! Fiat has released the first pictures of Qubo, which will make its world debut at the Paris Motor Show in October offering a people mover capable of using as little as 3.8 l/100 km and targeting the market sector that is seen as the next big thing in Europe.   Read more...

		23/08/2008 - FIAT 500: The Awards Keep Coming! 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.   Read more...

		20/08/2008 - Fiat Collects Yet Another Prize For The 500! Fiat is celebrating again, having scooped yet another highly important industry award for its iconic 500.   Read more...

		22/07/2008 - Fiat Makes A Dynamic Move With Ritmo Fiat has launched two new versions of its family size hatchback, the Ritmo, based around a new trim and equipment package named 'Dynamic'.   Read more...

		21/07/2008 - Fiat's Entire Range In The Top Five Greenest Cars In Australia Fiat has become the first car maker in Australia to have its entire range represented in the top five greenest cars available in Australia.   Read more...

		21/07/2008 - Fiat Collects Another Prize For The 500! The Fiat 500 has collected yet another prize to pop into its stylish boot.   Read more...

		28/06/2008 - Fiat 500: Number One For Fuel Economy As fuel prices rise and fears about global warming increase, all sorts of claims have been made for the abilities of different cars to save fuel or reduce emissions, but there is one, undisputed fact: When it comes to fuel economy, the Fiat 500 1.3 JTD has the lowest fuel consumption of any car sold in Australia.   Read more...

		10/06/2008 - Fiat 500 Now Available For Rent In Australia! There may be a waiting list if you want to buy one, but if you just can't wait to get behind the wheel of the chic, cute Fiat 500, then Europe's Car of the Year is now available for rent from Sixt Car Rental at selected sites in Australia.   Read more...

		9/06/2008 - Fiat 500: Now Available For Just $420,000! There may be more than 100,000 people keenly awaiting the arrival of their new Fiat 500, with waiting lists in Australia and New Zealand for the chic European Car of the Year, but even allowing for the intense demand, the news that a new Fiat 500 has sold for $420,000 in the UK is nothing short of remarkable.   Read more...

		4/05/2008 - Fiat 500 Drives Fiat To A Sales Record Despite doom and gloom about the economy, Fiat has recorded a record sales month in April with the Italian marque scoring its largest sales month since its Australian return in 2006 thanks to the new Fiat 500.   Read more...

		21/04/2008 - Fiat: Green Right Across The Range It is one thing to have one environmentally friendly car in a range, but the real measure of a car maker's commitment to the environment is its average carbon dioxide emissions across its range.   Read more...

		14/04/2008 - Fiat 500: Best Small Diesel! The Fiat 500 has just picked up another award to join the bulging trophy cabinet. As well as getting the European Car of the Year award, the chic little Italian has been named Best Small Diesel Car by the UK's "What Diesel Car?" magazine.   Read more...

		8/04/2008 - Fiat 500 Bids To Repeat Historic Rally Win One of the largest groups of race and rally versions of the original Fiat 500 will gather in Belgium in July in a bid to repeat one of the great motorsport victories.   Read more...

		5/04/2008 - Driveaway A Deal With The Fiat Punto In April All versions of the Fiat Punto, including the newly-launched turbocharged Punto T-Jet, are available at 'driveaway', no more to pay prices in April.   Read more...

		4/04/2008 - Fiat Ritmo Now In Australian Showrooms Following its Australian unveiling at the Brisbane International Motor Show earlier this year, the all-new Fiat Ritmo is now in Australia's Fiat dealerships, providing a new level of performance, style and Italian flair in the small car market.   Read more...

		1/04/2008 - Fiat Adds Luxury To Market Leading Economy! Just months after its Australian launch, Fiat is adding a new variant to the award-winning 500 range with arrival of the Fiat 500 1.3 JTD Lounge.   Read more...

		15/03/2008 - Fiat 500 Rolls Out Its Safety Standards At Albert Park! 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(TM) ING Australian Grand Prix.   Read more...

		14/03/2008 - Fiat 500 Voted Best Small Car In 2008 Auto 1 Awards 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.   Read more...

		9/03/2008 - Car Safety in Pole Position at 2008 Grand Prix The Vodafone Celebrity Challenge drivers will experience top safety standards at the 2008 FORMULA 1(TM) ING Australian Grand Prix, as they race in one of the world's safest cars.   Read more...

		23/02/2008 - Elgin Steps Forward For Grand Prix Celebrity Challenge Paralympic champion Don Elgin is the latest Australian sporting legend invited to drive in the Celebrity Challenge race at the 2008 FORMULA 1(TM) ING Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne.   Read more...

		22/02/2008 - Flip Lobs Into PGP Celebrity Challenge Australian tennis champion Mark Philippoussis is the latest sporting hero to be announced in the Celebrity Chellenge at the 2008 FORMULA 1(TM) ING Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne.   Read more...

		18/02/2008 - Green Rows Into Grand Prix Celebrity Challenge Olympic rower Nick Green is the latest sporting champion to be named in the Celebrity Challenge race at the 2008 FORMULA 1(TM) ING Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne.   Read more...

		9/02/2008 - Slats Hits Grand Prix Celebrity Challenge For Six Australian cricket legend, Michael Slater, is the latest sporting hero to sign on for the Celebrity Challenge race at the 2008 FORMULA 1(TM) ING Australian Grand Prix.   Read more...

		5/02/2008 - Fiat Hands Over A Chic, New Recruit To Leichhardt Police Sydney's Leichhardt Police have recruited their latest member of the force - a chic and sporty Fiat Punto as a brand new addition to the fleet to work in the streets of one of Australia's largest Italian communities.   Read more...

		4/02/2008 - Happy Gilmore surfs in to GP Celebrity Challenge Women's Surfing World Champion, Stephanie Gilmore, will swap her surfboard for the all new Fiat 500 in the Celebrity Challenge race at the 2008 FORMULA 1(TM) ING Australian Grand Prix.   Read more...

		4/02/2008 - Fiat Provides Smallest, Cutest Star Car At Melbourne. There will be cars at the Melbourne International Motor Show claiming to be faster, some bigger, some more important, but none will be as cute, as small or wearing the 2008 European Car of the Year badge like the Fiat 500 which, after months of fevered anticipation, will make its Australian debut on 29 February 2008.   Read more...

		30/01/2008 - Ritmo Brings A New Rhythm To Fiat In Australia! The all-new Fiat Ritmo arrives in Australia 1 March 2008 providing a new level of style, performance and excitement that only a car infused with Italian soul can deliver.   Read more...

		27/01/2008 - Fiat 500 Collects Car Of The Year 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.   Read more...

		26/01/2008 - Nicole Pratt And Glenn Archer Join Australian Grand Prix Celebrity Challenge Nicole Pratt, an institution of Australian women's tennis and Aussie Rules champion Glenn Archer are the latest recruits for the Celebrity Challenge race at the 2008 FORMULA 1(TM) ING Australian Grand Prix.   Read more...

		22/01/2008 - Fiat Ritmo Beats Sales Targets The new Fiat Ritmo, which makes its Australian debut at the Brisbane International Motor Show next week (Friday 1 February 2008), has broken all its European sales targets following its launch last year.   Read more...

		21/01/2008 - Fiat 500 Flies Into The UK Market! 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.   Read more...

		20/01/2008 - Fastest Fiat 500 For Felipe! 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 - it's the most powerful 500 that Fiat have ever made.   Read more...

		19/01/2008 - Fiat 500 Takes On Bathurst! The new Fiat 500 has visited the Bathurst race track, the spiritual home of Australian motorsport, as part of its preparation for its role in the Celebrity Challenge at the 2008 FORMULA 1(TM) ING Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne on 16 March 2008.   Read more...

		16/01/2008 - Order Now If You Want The Cutest Car In 2008! Fiat issues pricing and specifications for the new Fiat 500 three months ahead of first cars to meet unprecedented demand and so owners can tailor their cars to their own specifications.   Read more...

		12/01/2008 - Fiat 500 Goes Underground! 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.   Read more...

		6/01/2008 - Punto Gains Turbo Performance! The fastest version of the Fiat Punto has arrived in Australia 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; yet, at the same time the highly efficient new engine also endows the Punto with a combined fuel figure of a modest 6.6 litres per 100 kmh.   Read more...

		2/01/2008 - Fiat Doubles Its Range In Brisbane! Fiat will double its Australian range at the Brisbane International Motor Show (1 February 2008) with the national launch of the Fiat Ritmo, the all new model that will sit above the Fiat Punto range providing the Italian car maker with a stylish and advanced model in the increasingly important premium small car sector.   Read more...

		1/01/2008 - One In The Eye For The Fiat 500! 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!   Read more...

		11/12/2007 - Fiat 500 For Grand Prix Celebrity Challenge The car that's taking the world by storm - the Fiat 500 - is to be driven in the Celebrity Challenge race at the 2008 FORMULA 1(TM) ING Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne.   Read more...

		20/11/2007 - The Fiat 500 Is "Auto Europa 2008" The Fiat 500 has been voted winner of "Auto Europa 2008", the most important motoring accolade awarded by the Italian media, and its the second major award collected by the 500 in a week.   Read more...

		19/11/2007 - The Fiat 500 is "Car of the Year 2008" The international jury presiding over the "Car of the Year" award, made up of 58 specialist journalists from 22 European countries, has elected the Fiat 500 "Car of the Year 2008" with 385 votes, ahead of the Mazda 2 (325 votes) and the Ford Mondeo (202).   Read more...

		27/10/2007 - Fiat 500 Wins The Prestigious Eurocarbody 2007 Award The new Fiat 500, which is due to arrive in Australia in March next year, has won the EuroCarBody 2007 award, the world's most prestigious design and technology prize for car bodies.   Read more...

		23/10/2007 - Fiat 500 Scoops TV Show's Best Small Car Award It's attracted widespread critical acclaim, created an astonishing degree of interest and stoked up colossal passion... and now the new Fiat 500 is starting to bring in the awards.   Read more...

		22/10/2007 - New Fiat 500 Sells For $96,000 The first Fiat 500 has been sold in the UK for a staggering $96,000, but it's not a case of the Italian car maker capitalizing on intense worldwide demand for its cute new small car, as the car in question was the first of four Fiat 500s illustrated by renowned English artist, Tracey Emin.   Read more...

		17/09/2007 - Fiat 500 Appears at London Design Festival The style icon of the moment - the stunning Fiat 500 - is all set for its first appearance at the London Design Festival in the UK's capital.   Read more...

		11/09/2007 - Five Fold Fiat 500 Frankfurt Fun Ride! So you think the new Fiat 500 is a small car? Not at the Frankfurt International Motor Show. Fiat have created a 'tunnel of love' ride in which normal-sized Fiat 500s prowl through the inside of a massive Fiat 500.   Read more...

		1/09/2007 - Five Star 500! It may be small, but the latest EuroNCAP results have proven that the new Fiat 500 is strong and safe with the 500 picking up an outstanding five star rating and the organizers of the world's toughest independent safety testing organization have praised Fiat for providing safety features that enable diminutive Fiat to beat bigger cars when it comes to accident protection.   Read more...

		3/07/2007 - Fiat Gives Birth To A New Bambina And Celebrates The 50th Anniversary Of The Original! The new Fiat 500 has arrived in what is probably the largest national celebration ever seen for a new car, with street parties, fireworks, concerts and parades not just in Fiat's home town of Turin, but right across Italy, marking not just the birth of a new car, but also the 50th birthday of an Italian icon, the original Fiat 500.   Read more...

		24/06/2007 - The Fiat 500 Launch Stops Italy! Next week (4-5 July 2007) towns and cities across Italy will come to a standstill to celebrate the launch of the new Fiat 500, exactly 50 years after the launch of the original icon, and the Italian car maker is organising a launch on a truly epic scale.   Read more...

		8/05/2007 - Bravo! Fiat's New Model To Be Named Ritmo! Fiat has announced that its next model set for Australian launch will be named Ritmo and it will make its debut at the 2007 Australian International Motor Show in Sydney on 11 October 2007, providing the Italian car maker with a mid-size five door hatchback to compliment the award-winning Fiat Punto, which returned Fiat to Australia last year.   Read more...

		25/02/2007 - Fiat: Fastest Over The Waves! Fiat, sailed by Michael Coxon, Aaron Links and Nathan Ellis, has taken the JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Championship, retaining their title as the world’s best 18ft skiff crew, with a race to spare at the weekend (24-25 February 2007).   Read more...

		7/01/2007 - Fiat Backs Bathurst Race Meeting! Fiats old and new will put pedal to the metal in the Fiat Australia Hillclimb to be run at the famous Mt Panorama race circuit in Bathurst later this month.   Read more...

		20/11/2006 - Fiat Punto Wins Top European Design Award Hot on the heels of being picked by Cannie Scots as their Small Car of the Year, Fiat's new Punto has been crowned by Autocar, of Europe's leading motoring magazines, with the coveted Autocar Design Award 2006, which was presented to Frank Stephenson, Fiat's head of styling.   Read more...

		5/11/2006 - Will Fiat Take A Punto On An Aussie Race Track? Fiat has been spied testing a Fiat Punto Sport at Sydney's Eastern Creek raceway leading to speculation that the newly launched diesel hot hatch is about to make its motorsport debut in Australia.   Read more...

		17/10/2006 - Calling All 500s! Next year is the 50th anniversary of one of the world's most famous cars, the Fiat 500, the car that set the benchmark for small cars not to mention being voted the sexiest car in the world and local enthusiasts want to start the worldwide, year-long celebrations with a Fiat 500 muster on Australia Day 2007.   Read more...

		13/10/2006 - Sex And Economy In The City! Fiat will have car stars past and present, delivering sex appeal and the highest level of fuel economy in Australia displayed on its stand at the up and coming Australian International Motor, which flings open its doors to the public on 26 November 2006.   Read more...

		10/11/2006 - Better Performance And Economy: It Has To Be A Punto Dualogic! Fiat has already claimed, with the Punto 1.3 JTD, the crown as the most economical conventional car in Australia and at the Australian International Motor Show it will further extend its lead in economy with the Punto 1.3 JTD DualLogic, which is both more economical and offers a self-shifting gearbox.   Read more...

		17/07/2006 - Fiat Punto Is The Most Economical Car In Australia As fuel prices reach record heights in Australia, the official Government figures have revealed that the Fiat Punto is the most economical conventional car in Australia with the Punto 1.3 JTD five door offering an official fuel consumption figure of 4.6 litres per 100 km, or a remarkable 61 mpg.    Read more...