5 July 2007

Fiat 500 launched

The new Fiat 500 was launched in Italy on July 4, exactly 50 years to the day since the original car with that name was introduced.

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While the original 500 was made as basic as possible because most people in the 1950s had very little spare money, this new car comes with seven airbags as standard.

Fiat Group Automobiles has reported over 30,000 orders already and that figure is likely to have doubled or even trebled by the time the 500 arrives here in Ireland in early 2008. BB