Yes please! http://www.motorauthority.com/news/h...aded-to-geneva

 

Very nice!!!

 

Almost bought a 124 new in '79. Seems to me it had rust bubbles on the showroom floor.

That Abarth is a cool lookin' car.

 

Not my personal fav but not bad
Fiat just leaves a sour taste in my mouth

 

If that was for sale here right now id buy one...but ill have to wait a while and i need a car now.

 

Only 150hp, and I hear $30K..........

 

Europe sure makes some sexy small cars. Thinking of picking this one up maybe in a year or two for the wife. Would be nice to see some rivalry between this and the mini on the track. Always wondered what that other unique looking small car was in the original Italian Job movie that I saw stuck in traffic.

 

I like the look !

 

Looks like someone's been breeding an R5 Turbo and a New Beetle.

 

Well, that someone would be Frank Stephenson (designer of the MINI).

 

I see R5 Turbo:
http://www.motorauthority.com/wp-con...76&idg=1&idi=2

I see New Beetle:
http://www.motorauthority.com/wp-con...76&idg=1&idi=1

Kind of a quirky looking car, but I like it.

 

It's inspired by the original Fiat 500, much as Stephenson did with the new MINI. Seems to be type of work he's best at (his other work such as at Ferrari and Maserati hasn't had much attention).

Check out the Fiat 500 website: http://www.fiat500.com/eng/
It is in the position of being the new "cool" car, like where the new MINI was after it was introduced.

 

i like this version http://www.motorauthority.com/news/c...th-ss-concept/

 

I'd hit it

Aside from general looks I was impressed with the interior options/details when I checked them out in Paris last fall. Also they did well in safety wise, actually scored better then the R56 Mini in the European NCAP crash tests.

 

Some more pics:

http://autoplay.blogi.ru/blog/post/382972/

I like the checkered roof.

 

I like that! Except how the stripe breaks up into a strobe-stripe toward the rear. If you're going to stripe it, then stripe it.

 

pretty good interpretation of the original

but looks also like a squashed new bug or swollen smart fortwo. the abarth name is cool tho. any prospect of these coming to the us?

 

It's kind of growing on me.

One of my first cars was a Fiat 124 Spyder - loved it - my first rag top. A few years later I had a 124 Sedan - both bit the dust but were fun to drive...

 

Possibly coming to the US by 2010?

 

Put me on the list of wanting one. Especially with gas costs.

 

Just rumors, but it would be sweet....

http://www.leftlanenews.com/fiat-500...o-america.html

http://www.autoblog.com/2007/04/24/f...n-u-s-by-2010/

 

The latest - would love the higher hp one, but I'll bet that Abarth is a lot of fun as it is

http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/05/g...ve-its-weight/