Fiat
'Big Car' on Bertone’s Baby: The Fiat X1/9 Story
One of my favourite cars
Fiat Abarth
Bye Bye Fiat Abarth
For now, forever?
Tribute to Bertone Design
A nice article about Bertone design (photo is mine) Nuccio Bertone: Discovering the Maestro Of Automotive Design | magazine.derivaz-ives.com In the summer of 1977, those wishing to immerse themselves in the panorama of the world's artistic trends went to Kassel, Germany, to visit the sixth edition
The best GBU mention ever!
Last night I posted this comment (without the image) on a 'The Intercooler' article by Mel Nichols about the history of the iconic Car Magazine Good, Bad, Ugly (GBU) pages: My favourite* GBU line was the 1983 (still have the August issue) 'Sum up' for a
The Lancia Delta, Big Car YouTube and me!
Big Car recently released his comprehensive video on the history of the Lancia Delta and I was happy to give a small hand to the production. As a Patreon supporter, I saw an early cut of it and recognised some concept design images he'd used. Back in the
A Fiat 132!
A rare, even when new, survivor
Cycling to look at the new electric and hybrid Italians
The Fiat 500e, but not yet the Abarth 500e, is just being launched in NZ. I got an email invite from Andrew Sims who had the 500e press preview car for test drives today (Sat Feb 11) & tomorrow prior to the Autumn public release. Decided not to waste their
The Bravo Brochure meets a Bravo
I have a weekly search running on TradeMe (NZ's local on-line trading site) for "Bravo HGT". Because they are rare here, anywhere, it usually returns only parts common to other Fiat models. Recently something different popped up: Fiat Bravo Brochure 1996 40 pages + gatefolds, superbly
A history of the first Fiat I drove: The 132
Cool to read the history of the Fiat 132; our family car when I was a kid and the first Fiat I ever drove. Under the Knife – Don’t mention the War | Driventowrite.com During its thirteen-year lifespan, Fiat’s D-segment saloon went under the knife on four
Ridelabelz laundering instructions for an Abarth
When AHBART was detailed by Final Touch it included ceramic paint protection. That came with very specific hand wash instructions so, although I never use car washes, when I saw this amusing accessory on an Abarth Group had to get one. Seems appropriate for the car and summarises those car
The evolution of the Fiat 500
While Frank Stephenson did design the production new generation Fiat 500 it is a pity he did not mention, credit, Roberto Giollito and his Fiat Trepiùno concept car (below) which served as the inspiration. It was named for a unique 1+2 seat configuration where the front passenger seat could
My Fiat Bravo 155 HGT the HubNut star!
Ian 'Hubnut' takes the Bravo for a spin