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FIAT to buy GM RWD Platforms?
There was talk of Fiat doing deals with Jaguar, Tata Jaguar or buying Jaguar to get a RWD platform for Alfa Romeo. If you can believe Autobild they may be turning to GM’s Sigma platform. An independen...
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New Zealand, the Fiat 500 model range & pricing is out!
Fiat New Zealand have released the model range and price details for the Fiat 500 three months ahead of it’s release. Prices start at a recommended retail price of $26,990 for the Fiat 500 Pop 1...
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Felipe Massa joins Schumacher, Alesi in the Ferrari Fiat 500 Club
Felipe Massa has a been presented with very special Fiat 500 Turbo. I remember remember reading Michael Schumacher and Jean Alesi also owned 500’s but theirs were the, slower, 1950’s Nuova 500. I wond...
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Boy racer (?) chases F1 dream
in New Zealand the term “Boy Racer” is associated with jerks that drive high powered road cars on public roads, badly, so I think Stuff have “stuffed up” using it in this context. Brendon Hartley is a...
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Five Star Verdict for the Fiat 500
Verdict on Cars rate the new Fiat 500 Fiat 500 road test, specification - Verdict On Cars Fiat's got the basics of its modern Cinquecento absolutely right - it earns a rare five stars.
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The Truth About; the Fiat Grande Punto and the USA
Do Americans need a Fiat Grande Punto? The Truth About Cars think they might. 2008 Fiat Grande Punto Review | The Truth About Cars Despite the word “Grande,” the Punto is 158 inches long– a litt...
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Tata Nano, it doesn't need power steering or electric windows!
Tata seemed to pulled off a remarkable feat creating a small, efficient, relatively safe (certainly compared to a moped) and cheap ($2500) car - the Tata Nano . So why did New Zealand TV news seem...
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Bertone Sold, Bertone Saved?
I’ve long had a fondness for Bertone : the Italian Design Studio Coachbuilder. I’m not sure when I discovered who designed those brilliant cars from the 70’s like the Lamborghini Urraco , Lancia Strat...
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US-NZ petrol pump price comparison - it's still too cheap
TUMEKE! point out that, in terms of %’age increase, we are better off than the US in regards the increase in petrol costs. That may be true but I think petrol is still very cheap . Every time it go...
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Top Gear Australia?
Strewth, can an Top Gear Aussie match the U.K. original? I never saw the US Top Gear, did it ever happen, but did see one episode of the “sanitised” version that screened in the US. It was not a patch...
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Lucire - Finding "The Car to Be Seen in" 2008...
Lucire waste their time considering other entries for “The car to be seen in” for 2008 when the answer is simple arithmetic: 499 + 1 = “The car to be seen in 2008” Lucire Living - Finding the...
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Bravo, is "good" enough?
I saw a new Bravo in the flesh, metal?, first time while sitting at the lights outside Precision Automobiles the other night. It was wet so I didn’t stop for a closer look but, in the showroom lights,...