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Filed under: Aftermarket , Concept Cars , Wagons/Estates , Geneva Motor Show , Euro , Hatchbacks , MINI , FIAT Click on the images to view in high resolution Carrozzeria Castagna loves tinkering with little retro hatches. The Milanese design house has brought us wave after wave of unique creations - including MINI pickups and custom 500s - and is looking to continue its grand tradition of peculiarity at the Geneva Motor Show this week. The MINI Woody Passion Kit (try saying that three times fast) is fairly straightforward because MINI already makes a wagon, so Castagna has put together a package of trim pieces for the Clubman in contrasting dark and light woodgrain effects. For the 500 WoodyWagon, however, Castagna had to take things a step further. About 50-60mm further, actually, as the coachbuilder has stretched the Cinquecento - only the rear overhang, it seems, with the wheelbase left intact) to create its interpretation of how a 500 wagon would look. The reports suggest that the 500...
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Filed under: Concept Cars , Economy , Hybrids/Alternative , Euro , Green , Hatchbacks , FIAT Click above to view more high-res images of the Fiat 500 Aria Concept At the upcoming Geneva auto show, Fiat will take the 500 minicar in two directions: red and green. The red we already know about: that's the 500 Abarth with a 135-hp 1.4-liter turbo four and beefed-up bodywork. But Fiat will also be showcasing the 500 Aria concept, a rolling demonstration of the green technologies that the company is developing. The concept draws on the theme laid out by the previous Fiat Panda Aria concept , which the company showed in Frankfurt. The 500 Aria, however, uses Fiat's 1.3-liter 16v Multijet diesel, a particulate filter and robotic Dualogic gearbox with start-stop technology that reduces fuel economy by 10% in the city and cuts carbon emissions down to 98g/km. The 500 Aria also employs recycled materials for the interior, low-power auxiliary systems, reduced-weight components and low-drag...
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Filed under: Concept Cars , Spy Photos , Geneva Motor Show , Euro , Hatchbacks , FIAT If you get e-newsletters from Fiat, you'll have noticed an ambiguous email in your inbox this Saturday. The email contained an advisory to mark the dates February 18 and 19 on your calendar, next to the Abarth logo for Fiat's performance division. Given that the email was the 500 newsletter, that can only mean one thing: the Fiat 500 Abarth is coming to Geneva. Before you go lamenting another stylish European hot hatch we can't get in America, remember that the 500 Abarth could make it to our shores . We've been seeing spy shots of the thing running rings around everywhere for a while now, and appetites around the world have been whetted. The sketch you see above appears, in negative and alongside a second sketch, on the Abarth website after a link from the newsletter, and while it's clearly a caricature, it gives a hint at what we can expect from the Cooper-eating little Italian. Expect...
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