First and foremost, N3 GSE is part of the FireFly engine family. Displacing just under 1 liter, the three-pot mill is a naturally aspirated lump that started production back in 2016. The BSG version of the N3 GSE adds 12-volt assistance in the form…
If the only thing holding you back from ordering a Fiat Topolino was the pesky solid roof, we have good news – the new Topolino Dolcevita solves this problem for an extra £500 on top of the standard version’s price. Much like…
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Expect to see a stylish new microcar tooting around gated communities and resort towns. The 2027 Fiat Topolino is officially street legal on roads with posted speed limits of 35 mph or less, Fiat announced yesterday, and it now can be had…
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Published on 10/29/2026 at 11:36 am EDT Fiat introduced the 2027 Fiat Topolino, featuring two new vehicle colors, Corallo Orange and Luna Greige, and a new full-color digital cluster, in addition to a new body style, the Topolino Open Air, for the US.
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It is from there that news of a new version of a vehicle called the Spiaggina reached us. Named, simply, M, it reinterprets the already reinterpreted Fiat 500 by adding an extra 6.7 inches (17 cm) of real estate, in a bid to make…
The Tributo Autobianchi is the nicest Pandina money can buy, but nostalgia is not the only reason behind its existence. Fiat has introduced a new flagship trim for the aging Pandina, celebrating 30 years since the final Autobianchi rolled off the…
Few cars are as instantly recognizable as the Fiat 500. The 1957 Nuova 500, designed by Dante Giacosa, was a rear-engined, two-cylinder runabout small enough to slip through medieval streets and cheap enough to put postwar Italy on wheels. It stayed in production until 1975 and became a national symbol, appearing in films, on postcards and in every account of la dolce vita. Its earlier namesake, the 1936 Topolino, had already proven that Fiat understood small cars better than anyone.
The modern 500 arrived in 2007, exactly fifty years after the original, as a front-drive retro hatchback that charmed buyers across Europe and led Fiat's return to the United States. It spawned an Abarth hot version, a convertible and the larger 500L and 500X, and stayed on sale for well over a decade. In 2020 Fiat launched a new-generation 500e on a dedicated electric platform, built at the Mirafiori plant in Turin. It was praised for its looks and city manners, but sales in Europe fell short, and production pauses followed.
Stellantis responded by engineering a mild-hybrid version of the new car for Mirafiori, bringing combustion power back to the 500 and offering a cheaper way in. The 500e is also sold in the United States, where it competes with the Mini Cooper SE and a shrinking field of small EVs; in Europe its rivals include the Renault 5, Twingo, Citroen e-C3 and Hyundai Inster. Coverage follows the hybrid's rollout, special editions, Abarth versions, recalls, sales reports and coachbuilt specials, from beach-car homages to stretched four-seaters.
Italy's tiny icon, reborn in 2007 and again as the electric 500e, now joined by a hybrid built in Turin: the car that made small cars desirable.
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