Strictly Come Dancing champion Tom Chambers celebrated the arrival of a brand new Fiat 500 in the run up to the shows dramatic finale last week.
The Fiat enthusiast already owns an original Fiat 500 and will use his new Fiat 500 1.4 16v Lounge to travel around the country when the Strictly Come Dancing live show hits the arenas and halls of the UK during 2009.
In a dazzling final Tom edged out Lisa Snowdon and Rachel Stevens to claim the crown of series champion along side professional dance read more
Italian manufacturer, Fiat told The Times that it would be delaying the launch of its 2009 models, including the Alfa Romeo 149, after announcing work suspensions at its factories this month.
“What is the point of making the most beautiful car in the world if no one is going to buy it?” Luca di Montezemolo, the chairman of Fiat, asked.
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Some of the winners of this year’s prestigious What Van? Awards 2008 ceremony held today in London including;
Overall Van of the Year: Fiat Fiorino
Light Van of the Year: Fiat Fiorino
Small Panel Van of the Year: Fiat Scudo
Best 4×4 Commercial: Mitsubishi Outlander
Best Pick Up: Mitsubishi L200
Small Van of the Year: Vauxhall CorsaVan
Van of the Year: Citroen Nemo
Light Van of the Year: Citroen Nemo
Small Panel Van of the Year:Citroen Dispatch
One Stop Shop Award: Citroen’s read more
Italian car giant, Fiat, has seen it’s two millionth Ducato roll off the production line at Sevel, Italy.
Production began back in 1981 and remains a popular choice for commercial vehicle owners, picking up the prestigious Van of the Year award in 1994.
“The Ducato story proves that a well designed and built vehicle can stay one step ahead of the competition year after year,” says Gerry Clarke, managing director, Fiat Professional in the UK. “And this tradition of innovation will read more
The fiesty Fiat 500 has once again been seen in all the right places after making a splash at the recent DIESEL’s xXx worldwide 30th birthday celebrations.
A limited edition ‘Urban Survival Vehicle’ has been designed in collaboration with Fiat Style Centre and the DIESEL design team. Numbers have been restricted to an exclusive 10,000 and are available from the end of October 2008.
Based on the 500 Sport, the 500byDiesel model has 16″ alloy wheels, with special read more
Fiat is celebrating its best monthly results in the UK for four years, posting 9818 sales and a 3 per cent share of the market.
The news flies in the face of Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) data released yesterday which reported that for the motor industry overall, September sales were 21.2 per cent down on last year.
Much of Fiat’s success can be attributed to the critically-acclaimed and award-winning Fiat 500, with 3624 selling in September alone. Fiat’s success is read more
As fleets of all sizes suffer from the increasing fuel, VED, insurance and finance costs, and legislation applies increasing pressure on lowering emissions, Fiat is advising fleet managers and private leasers alike that now is the time to choose fleet cars based on a whole life cost basis.
Whole life vehicle costs accurately represent all aspects of running a vehicle over the duration of a contract, and help fleets to budget more accurately, but many companies still don’t take focus enough read more
The legendary Scorpion motorsport badge is back and anyone that knows their motorsport will be expecting the Grande Punto Abarth to be a car that really excites. Let’s get this straight from the off, this is not a Fiat, it is an Abarth. The Italian maker claims it wants the Abarth name to stay separate from the Fiat badge. The car starts at a price of £13,500, read on to see how it gets on…
Fiat Grande Punto lease prices
This Grande Punto Abarth is a cracker and it seems a snip as the read more
Fiat is aiming strengthen its relationship with the contract hire industry, both in the UK and across mainland Europe.
Three fleet account managers have been appointed in Turin to develop relationships with pan-European contract hire companies.
Supplier agreements have already been signed with LeasePlan, Arval, GE, ALD, Masterlease, ING and DaimlerChrysler Financial Services.
The Fiat Group are looking to increase their penetration into the contract hire sector and generally educate drivers read more
The award-winning Fiat 500 celebrates its first birthday this weekend.
Although it only arrived in the UK in January this year, the popular supermini was first launched in Italy on 4 July 2007, and the Fiat Group is celebrating its anniversary with a series of bold, elaborate parties across the world, including the UK. An excellent choice for the small to medium sized business, the Fiat 500 offers great residuals recently upgraded from 42 per cent to 46 per cent for some models on the read more
