Romeo Fiat 500 Abarth Endurance Racer

Lets just get this out of the way first, Romeo Ferraris is not a car club with playboy members who drive Ferrari’s but rather its an Italian tuning firm and race car builder and it has announced its participation in the 6 Hours of Vallelunga endurance race in Italy on November 22. And their weapon of choice is a Fiat 500 Abarth.

This is not just any Fiat 500 Abarth but it’s a hardcore competition model with a full carbon-fiber body and a heavily modified 1.4-liter turbocharged four-cylinder engine
that produces a stonking 360 horsepower. Now we have seen some pretty hardcore 500’s but not even the 695 Tributo Ferrari and R3T rally machine comes close to this.

Obviously the tiny 1.4-liter turbocharged engine has been heavily worked on to produce such massive power, in fact, the racer boasts 257hp per-liter and that’s not to mention the super lightweight diet program that the car has been subjected to. The gigantic rear wing looks big enough to help a jumbo jet get up to its flight path but it really is to help the 500 stick to its race route.

Drivers Aldo Cerruti, Michela Cerruti and Mario Ferraris will be taking turns behind the wheel at the upcoming 6 Hours of Vallelunga endurance race on November 22 and we’ll be bringing you more of the race and how the car performed.

Fiat 500 Abarth Competizione limited edition

Abarth firm has released a special edition version of the Abarth 500 bearing the Competizione moniker. The model is special in the sense that only 10 will be built with a price tag of €24,995 - that's about $34,800 ahem, ahem... So what will those lucky Dutch buyers get for €3,000 over the price of a standard Abarth 500?

For the exterior, the Competizione's features include a black roof top, unique 17-inch alloy wheels finished in black and graphics above the side skirts. Inside, the package adds a set of leather sport seats embossed with the Competizione logo while the standard equipment list now includes a navigation system, climate control, and an upgraded audio system.

In standard form, the 500 Abarth is powered by a 135HP 1.4-liter turbocharged four while Fiat also offers the Essesse kit which boosts output to 160HP.

Chick Flick: Barbie gets her own special Fiat 500 for her 50th Birthday

You knew it was coming - a pinked out Barbie version of Fiat's 500 mini. Created by a partnership between the Fiat Centro Stile and Mattel, the customized Barbie 500 is a show car dedicated to famous doll for her 50th birthday and it will appear in public for the first time on Monday 9 March, when it will race through the streets of Milan's fashion district with 'Barbie' on the passenger seat and Ken behind the steering wheel.

Aside from the bright pink paintwork, Barbie's 500 also gets pink seats, an LED-decked vanity mirror, glitzy crystals on interior bezels, hubcaps, outer window moldings and antenna, as well as a glossy cover featuring the distinctive Sixties version of the Fiat 500 and a Barbie autograph.

Fiat 500C: Convertible version

Here are the first official photos of the new Fiat 500C, a rag-top convertible version of Fiat's highly successful retro-mini that will make if world debut at the at the Geneva Motor Show. The 500C is said to pay homage to the open-top 1957 model, which translates to a sliding back canvas rooftop that stretches out to the rear hatch window. The car is available in three colors (ivory, red and black), the soft top will be matched with several body colors, two of which have been designed specifically for the 500C in a Pearl Red and a Warm Grey.

The new 500C is exactly the same size as the basic model (3.55 m x 1.65 m x 1.49 m).The car will be offered with the the same three powerplants: 1.3-litre 75HP MultiJet Turbodiesel coupled to a 5-speed manual transmission, and the two 1.2-litre 69HP and 1.4-litre 100HP petrol engines, available with either manual or robotised Dualogic transmission.

Fiat 500 with DIESEL design

Fiat has work with DIESEL to have a new face for their Fiat 500. We know that the car already offered with a diesel engine but what we talking over here is not referring to the MultiJet engine. This is a two-year special run done in partnership with the Italian clothing company. This style exercise is supposed to transform the 500 into an 'Urban Survival Vehicle." Apparently, all that's required for "urban survival" are some DIESEL logos, new trim on the bumpers and bodywork, exclusive wheels, three paint colors, and a dressed-up interior. 100-horsepower cars also get yellow brake calipers. There are 10000 cars are planned to be "DIESEL" soon.