Going green: Electric, Hybrid or...?
Are EV's a FAD?
Wellington To Auckland | Time Out 2021-22 Drive
Home in one, via the new/old Transmission Gully motorway and National Park
Happy 50th Birthday Fiat 500
Original Nuova 500 July 4th 1957… the New 500 July 4th 2007… Happy 62nd Birthday Fiat 500 My Abarth 500 Esseesse got a set of new Bridgestone RE003 tyres and a Warrant of Fitness for another years fun.
Northland Twin Coast Trail Cycle 6 | Abarth, Packards, lunch, home
A nice drive, a catch-up, and unexpected treasures in an old dairy factory
Northland Twin Coast Trail Cycle 1 | A plan, to Kaikohe and beyond!
Four days to ride a two day trail
Is that a Bambina? 500? No it’s an Abarth 500 esseesse
Answers to questions about the rare, but not exotic, car I drive Yes its a 500, no its not a Fiat 500 About 1000kg, about 120 KW/160 BHP Fiat 500 Abarth Esseesse technical specifications https://www.myabarth.co.uk/2008/09/fiat-500-abarth-esseesse-technical-specifications/ In line with the philosophy which has
Fiat 500s, new and old
The ‘new’ (not by the time I posted this) Fiat 500 TwinAir meets its older sibling. While the new one would be fine as an everyday car the old 500, or Bambina as it was known in NZ, is one for my “When I win Lotto garage”.
Fiat Abarth 695 "Tributo Ferrari"
The Fiat 500 is a pretty little car, both pretty and little. This is a special 500 with its little 1.4 Turbo pumping out 134kw/180hp to make it go, big Brembo brakes to make it stop, upgraded suspension & wheels to make it corner and a variable exhaust
Fiat 500 Ferrari Edition
Sixty special editions of Fiat’s 500 were created for Ferrari U.K. Dealers to use as courtesy cars. Maybe they should offer for sale as city cars for Ferrari owners! 💡Updated 2025-10-06: They did, and then some, the Ferrari 695 Based on the 500 Sport version and painted in
Fiat shows new fuel-saving technology - MultiAir
MultiAir brings hydraulic control of valve timing to improve internal combustion engine efficiency. Improved power and torque enables smaller engines, less weight, which leads to improved economy. Interesting that an improvement in fun is also claimed thanks to more responsive engines. This is "hybrid killing technology"? "Hybrids
QotD: New Car
If you were forced to buy a new car today, what kind of car would you get? Not sure I'd need to be forced (assuming the funds were supplied) and would have to wait a while but think the Fiat Punto Abarth is about the right mix of
Inside Microsoft Automotive
This video on the MSDN Channel 9 Site is a great introduction to the Windows Automotive Operating system as installed in the demo Hummer H2. FIAT and Microsoft have recently formed an alliance to use this technology in the FIAT Auto group cars. MSDN Channel 9 ~ Peter Wengert - Inside