Fiat Road Tests
Honest John's experiences of his FIAT 500 1.2 Lounge over 34 months and 12,000 miles.
Mon, 24 Jan 2011
This is a bit different from a normal road test. For a start, it's a very important car: 'European Car of the Year' 2008. And I'm thinking of...
Wed, 23 Jan 2008
Offering 85PS, yet just 95g/km CO2, FIAT's 500 TwinAir is the first of a new generation of cars that proves eco consciousness can be combined with fun.
Tue, 26 Oct 2010
Last January, as 360,000 have done since, I liked the FIAT 500 so much I bought one.
And my little car has been a stylish standby. It didn't...
Tue, 30 Jun 2009
The FIAT Bravo has the kind of stunning styling that Italians somehow seen to do almost effortlessly. In the right colour it's probably the best...
Tue, 25 Mar 2008
Tax, the price of oil and particularly the UK price of diesel mean that ECO is becoming increasingly important. Every manufacturer now has an...
Sat, 07 Jun 2008
Wednesday 31st January 2007
Updated 30-6-2007
Gianna Nannini.
That's a name you probably haven't ever heard of.
If so, I strongly...
Wed, 31 Jan 2007
The Croma is back. And, knowing full well there was no way it could sell an ordinary car in a market stuffed to the gills with Mondeos, Vectras,...
Tue, 02 Aug 2005
Peculiar looking contraption, the Doblo. Deliberately styled to look utilitarian, almost like a pastiche of a 1930's hotel bus. The kind of car...
Tue, 07 Dec 2004
Back in the 1970s, FIAT's advertising strategy was summed up in one word: "brio".
Every advertisment, every poster and every commercial told...
Sun, 05 Feb 2006
FIAT's Idea is a very interesting little car. It's cutely good looking. It isn't gimmicky. It's all about packing as much versatility as possible...
Mon, 11 Oct 2004
Even Fiat make no bones about it with a sign on the back window that reads, "Wait until you see the front". The Fiat Multipla is the weirdest...
Tue, 17 Oct 2000
It's cheap. It's cheerful. And it's European Car of the Year 2004.
The first thing that strikes you is its cuteness. It's smaller and sweeter...
Sat, 06 Mar 2004
Thursday 8th February 2007
I'm a Panda fan.
I like the Panda 1.1 Active. I like the Panda diesel. I like the Panda 4x4.
So why did the...
Thu, 08 Feb 2007
It's hard not to love the FIAT Panda. Chic, cheerful, small and cute. European Car of the Year 2004, it's comfortable, fun to drive, has the...
Sat, 12 Feb 2005
By Martin Gurdon
The ongoing fuss about Fiat's cute 500 baby car has rather obscured some of its other products, like the Grande Punto hatchback,...
Sat, 23 Jan 2010
A lot of journalistic flak has been flung at the latest incarnation of the Punto. Accusations that FIAT has robbed it of its character, ruined...
Sun, 21 Mar 2004
Happily, FIAT has now decided to stick with what it's good at: small cars. And the decision could not have come at a better time.
So as well...
Wed, 14 Jan 2009
