Despite such exalted, not to mention expensive, vehicular company, the 500 is the one that received the crown, Car of the Year 2007 from Britain’s highly esteemed
Car magazine.
The reason British
Car gave for the Fiat 500 winning yet another coveted title (it is already Europe’s Car of the Year), is because it’s a “car perfectly in tune with modern planet Earth”. They went on to say that it is fun to drive, frugal and allows buyers to personalise theirs to the ‘nth’ degree. It does not matter that you could have a fleet of 20 Cinquecentos for the same money as the ‘Roller’.
In the words of
Car’'s Chris Chilton: “Here is a car that even the poorest among us could realistically at least aspire to afford, that looks as comfortable in a supermarket car park as it does outside a pretentious London eatery, and that reignites our passion for small, modestly powered cars; the cars every right-thinking enthusiast ought to be encouraging at this time.”
In Poland, where the Fiat 500 is made, the supermini will be officially launched this Thursday, December 6.
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