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CLASSIC CARS | The Fiat X1/9 Vs. the MR2 MK1
Two-seater Toss Off For as long as time has begun, from the ’70s to be exact, the Fiat X1/9 has always been compared to the TR7. And this is true of the classic press too. Wedge-shaped with pop-up headlights, that is where the similarities end. The X1/9 comes out well in these tests but I […]
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CAR REVIEW | Fiat Tipo S-Design
★★★ | S-Design Tipo In Need Of An Architect. What Do We Have A couple of years ago, we took delivery of the then-new Fiat Tipo. A new Fiat with a reused name. No hardship there because the original Tipo was a very good car. We liked the new Tipo when we last had it […]
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CAR REVIEW | Fiat Doblo Maxi Cargo Sportivo
★★★★ | Fiat Doblo Maxi Cargo Sportivo, Sports Delivery What Do We Have Here we have Fiat’s Doblo Maxi Cargo Sportivo van. Maxi Cargo because it has been built on a lengthened chassis and Sportivo because it has some fancy go faster stripes along the side. To me, it’s a sort of throwback to the […]
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CAR REVIEW | Fiat’s 500X For The Bigger City
CAR REVIEW | FIAT 500x What Have We Got Fiat’s big 500 crossover SUV has been with us now for over 5 years. 2019 saw some changes to the line-up along with some updates. The 4WD model is no longer offered and power comes from a choice of 3 and 4 cylinder petrol engines. THEGAYUK […]
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The Good, The Bad and The Ugly. Fiat Cinquecento 1991 -1998
The Good, The bad and the Ugly. An irrelevant look at a certain car. Fiat Cinquecento 1991 – 1998 Fiat has always been good at making small cars. Big cars, not so much so. Think of a large successful Fiat and you won’t. Think small and you have plenty to choose from. Fiats smallest offering […]
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CAR REVIEW | Abarth 595 Competizione 1.4 T-Jet 180HP
★★★★☆ | The Bad Boy Abarth.
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The Good, The Bad and the Ugly: Fiat Doblo
What’s boxy, rather wild on the limit, has to be driven enthusiastically and comes from Italy?
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CAR REVIEW | Abarth 695C Rivale
Abarth has been giving us magical Fiat 500’s for over 10 years now and you wonder how, a car that is over a decade old, can still be relevant in the ever-changing A-segment city car section.
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MOTORING | Happy Birthday Bambino
A Little Gem Celebrates Who would have thought it, the Fiat 500 turned 60. The little city friend of the Italians that kick started Italy’s motoring for many has become a pensioner. OK, a little time lapsing magic has happened in that time of Dr Who proportions in Time And Relative Dimension In Space. From 1957 […]
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VINTAGE CAR REVIEW | Fiat X1/9
A Champagne Lifestyle for Fiat Money Picture the scene. America sometime in the in the mid 60s. Following many fatal crashes with people being decapitated or thrown out of their cars, the land of the free was talking about banning convertible cars. European companies that imported to the States went into meltdown. Open top cars […]
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CAR REVIEW | Abarth 695 Biposto Record
★★★★★ | Abarth 695 Biposto Record THEGAYUK were quite privileged to have tested the Abarth 695 Biposto Record. This was number 118 of 133 made for the globe. It’s quite a rare machine. Why 133? It’s to mark 133 records Abarth hold. Is this then the reconstruction of Abarth instead of it being badges stuck to […]