R60 [TTAC] More Details On The Fiat Ellezero aka “Grande 500″
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[TTAC] More Details On The Fiat Ellezero aka “Grande 500″
Really Fiat? Could you possibly copy the Countryman any more blatantly...? Hopefully this really is a fake... 
Our European Best and Brightest dropped some knowledge on us, informing TTAC that the Fiat Panda, was not going to be Fiat’s new 5-door vehicle coming to the U.S.
Instead, the vehicle we’ll be receiving is a new car codenamed the “Ellezero”, which will be based on a modified Panda platform but look a lot like the Mini Countryman. Prototype pictures have leaked out of Fiat’s Serbian plant (which once built the Yugo) – the image above appears to show the car outside the factory gates, while wearing Belgrade license plates. Engine choices are said to be the 900cc TwinAir powerplant, a diesel and the 1.4L turbocharged MultiAir engine. Guess which choices won’t be coming Stateside? Seven seats are said to be an option, though we can’t imagine anyone other than pygmies being comfortable back there. AWD will also be offered.
No more article, but external linkage and a few snide comments at The Truth About Cars...
Our European Best and Brightest dropped some knowledge on us, informing TTAC that the Fiat Panda, was not going to be Fiat’s new 5-door vehicle coming to the U.S.
Instead, the vehicle we’ll be receiving is a new car codenamed the “Ellezero”, which will be based on a modified Panda platform but look a lot like the Mini Countryman. Prototype pictures have leaked out of Fiat’s Serbian plant (which once built the Yugo) – the image above appears to show the car outside the factory gates, while wearing Belgrade license plates. Engine choices are said to be the 900cc TwinAir powerplant, a diesel and the 1.4L turbocharged MultiAir engine. Guess which choices won’t be coming Stateside? Seven seats are said to be an option, though we can’t imagine anyone other than pygmies being comfortable back there. AWD will also be offered.
No more article, but external linkage and a few snide comments at The Truth About Cars...
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Well seeing as the Fiat and the Cooper were designed by the same guy, Frank Stephenson Im not surprised they look alike. My hubby has a Fiat and I have a Countryman. I like mine much better, but his is pretty nifty too.
Last edited by HollyVilla; Jan 23, 2012 at 07:36 PM.
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Official pics are out now... Man they did steal the roofline!
http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/02...-and-more.html
http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/02...-and-more.html
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