Fiat News

A new breed of Panda will be making its UK public debut at MPH ’06, which opens at the NEC, Birmingham on Thursday 26 October, and then in London’s Earls Court on Thursday 2 November.

Fiat Auto’s strong resurgence in a ‘flat’ UK market, has just been confirmed by its September sales result, up by a remarkable 66% (11,411 units) compared to the same month last year (6864 units).

Fiat Auto’s Sedici 4x4 compact SUV, (Sport Utility Vehicle), has secured a major award in this year’s Caravan Club Towcar of the Year 2007 Competition.

Fiat Auto UK has just released a limited edition postage stamp to celebrate the sales success of its Grande Punto supermini. In conjunction with the Royal Mail, it has produced a stamp which depicts the dramatic front view of the car on a 1st class stamp.

Fiat is no stranger to the world of fashion, and the Italian car company recently endorsed designer Allegra Hicks’ Catwalk Show, which took place on Tuesday during London Fashion Week (19 September).

As befitting a company whose development has coincided with that of Italy itself, Fiat has a major presence at London’s Viva Italia Show, a celebration of all things Italian, which opens on Friday 22 September at the National Hall, Olympia.

As part of a pan-European initiative, Fiat Auto UK has just announced its new corporate identity plans with the introduction of IKEA furniture into Fiat dealerships nationwide.

A factory-run Fiat Grande Punto Rally, built to Super2000 regulations and driven by Giandomenico Basso and Mitia Dotta, has won the 2006 FIA European Rally Championship with three rounds still remaining.

Fiat sponsored Irish national canoe team member, Helen Barnes, is this weekend competing against 400 contestants at the World Slalom Canoe Championships in Prague.

On Thursday evening this week, (20 July), Pandamonium broke out in southwest London’s Battersea Park, as Fiat Auto UK staged a fun-filled summer party with a difference.