Fiat News

It has to be the most expensive Fiat 500 in the world – and at £200,000, it turned out to be one of the star lots at an amazing fund-raising charity auction in London last week.

Three new additions to Fiat’s 5-door mid-size Bravo range – two 1.6 MultiJet versions and an Eco option – went on sale here earlier this month.

Small Medium sized Enterprises (SMEs) are a key focus for Fiat Group’s sales growth in the corporate sector during 2008 according to fleet and remarketing director Adam Pumfrey.

Fiat Group revenues rose nearly 10% to €15 billion, with all businesses contributing to the increase, despite the uneven trading conditions in some key regions.

Just 10 successful months since the Fiat Bravo was first launched in the UK, the range is being enhanced and improved with new engines featuring high performance, very low environmental impact and ultra-low maintenance costs; together with a raft of exciting and innovative ideas.

Among the 10 best-selling automotive manufacturers in Europe, Fiat Automobiles recorded the lowest average CO2 emissions value for vehicles sold in 2007, according to a recent analysis by JATO Dynamics, world leader for consultancy and research in the automotive field.

The stunning new Fiat 500 – Car of the Year 2008 – has just been crowned Best Small Car in the annual What Diesel Car Of The Year awards.

Exactly 50 years after Fiat emphatically demonstrated that it makes the best small cars in the world, a group of Fiat 500s will once again return to historic Liege in Belgium – leading a 10-day celebration of one of the greatest endurance rallies ever run.

With a starting price of just £13,595 OTR for the Active 1.6 16v MultiJet 105 model, the newly-extended range saves even more money, with fuel economy of up to 62.7mpg on the combined cycle, and low CO2 emissions, starting at an impressive 119g/km.

The message keeps getting clearer: businesses which run low-CO2 car fleets will benefit from reduced fuel bills, lower general costs and a more generous treatment on capital allowances, while their drivers will benefit from decreased Benefit in Kind tax bills.