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For the upcoming Sao Paolo Motor Show in Brazil, Fiat will pull the cloth off their newest toy-to-never-be-made, the Bugster, a concept car designed to excite the imagination of the nine people still interested in dedicated soft-roaders. It is, of course, an all-electric car — as all concepts these days appear to be — with Earth-friendly and therefore non-scalable technologies like natural fibers serving as the basis for the body panels. Basically it's got a resume as green as it's paint. We were under the impression concepts designed for "x-treme lifestylz" with open air designs and t-tops had gone by the wayside when everyone got violently tired of the marketing meme "x-treme." Wonder how that will turn out for "green?" galleryPost('fiatbugster', 3, 'LOOK HOW GREEN AND UNIQUE I AM'); [ CarScoop ]
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Described as a "free space" vehicle, the Fiat Fiorino Qubo has broken cover ahead of its stage debut at the Paris Motor Show next month. Marketing spin aside, the little Fiat is a five-passenger MPV aimed at young city-dwellers, with features geared more toward practicality and activity than comfort and luxury — think Honda Element or Scion xB. Priced at the equivalent of $18,200, the Qubo is offered with either a 75 HP "Multijet" engine or a 73 HP "Petrol Driven" engine, and you can shift via 5-speed stick or "robotised" 6-speed...which we assume means it's a slushbox. Look for the Qubo to be launched in France this month, after which it will invade Poland, Austria and Hungary. Press release after the jump. galleryPost('fiatfiorinoquboparis', 9, 'Fiat Fiorino Qubo Exterior'); galleryPost('fiatquboparisint', 6, 'Fiat Fiorino Qubo Interior'); Fiorino Qubo, the new ‘free space’ vehicle from Fiat Fiorino Qubo...
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We're already tired of all the "green" concepts from makers from Audi to Zap — mostly because we'd like some real alternatives rather than just pie-in-the-sky concepts — but with the one-two combo of gas prices and "the green marketing movement" it's not likely to end any time soon. Then there's Fiat — an automaker breaking the mold of creating new concepts and just recycling concepts first rolled out in 2002, almost down to the system. Back then it was called the GM Autonomy . This time it's named the Fiat Phylla , and it boasts a "split-frame" design ( not a skateboard), roof mounted photovoltaics, motors at each wheel and a flexible design capable of supporting power sources like batteries, super capacitors, fuel cells and the like. galleryPost('fiatphylla', 6, 'Oh Look Another Green Concept'); On top of the energy usage side, the Phylla is completely recyclable and made with a mix of aluminum, biodegradable...
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