The journey of the Fiat 500 has been 60 years in the making. The Fiat brand’s ‘great little car’ has travelled from Dante Giacosa’s design desk to the gates of the Mirafiori factory, from the long avenues of Torino to the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York, after ...
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Read More »Mercedes-Benz posts strongest half-year with sales of more than 1.1 million cars
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Read More »Volvo Cars to go all-electric from 2019 – Official
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Read More »Celebrating Fiat’s ‘great little car’ at 60, joins MoMA’s permanent collections in New York
The best-loved car in Fiat’s history is the iconic Fiat 500. Popularly described as Fiat’s “great little car”, it is the icon that enabled Italians to become car-owners, and later became a global ambassador for the country. The Fiat 500 celebrated its 60th birthday Tuesday with a special event ...
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Read More »Kia Motors posts global sales of 232,370 vehicles in June
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