Italy · Presented in Turin on 4 July 2007, exactly 50 years after the Nuova 500

Fiat 500 1.4 16V Sport

Fiat wrapped a modern, safety-focused city car in a cheerful shape that remembered the tiny 1957 500.

Retro city cars

Exterior · Photo shows Exact 1.4 100 hp 16V Sport trim, but the car is identified as 2009 rather than the 2007 launch year.. representative-or-limited
Fiat 500 Sport 2009.jpg · Umt963 · CC BY-SA 4.0

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A place in vehicle history

More than a set of wheels.

Fiat deliberately presented the new 500 in Turin on 4 July 2007, fifty years after the Nuova 500. Centro Stile designed the three-door body and Fiat built it in Tychy, Poland. The 1.4-litre Sport was the strongest launch version, pairing 100 bhp with a six-speed manual and standard stability control, while the wider range pushed seven airbags and Euro 5-ready engines into a very small car.

Look a little closer.

Fiat said buyers could mix colours, trims, wheels and accessories into exactly 549,936 combinations at launch.

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Retro did not mean old underneath

The round lamps and compact outline recalled the 1957 car, but the 2007 model used front-wheel drive, modern crash structure, seven airbags and electronic stability control on this 1.4 version. Fiat was selling memory and new engineering together.

Source: Fiat/Stellantis Media · Fiat 500 launch ↗

The quickest normal launch 500

The 1.4 16V produced 100 bhp and 131 Nm, enough for an official 182 km/h and 10.5-second 0–100 km/h figure. It was brisker than the 1.2 petrol and 1.3 diesel without becoming the separate turbocharged Abarth model.

Source: Fiat/Stellantis Media DE · Power in the cleanest way ↗

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