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30th December 2008, 09:11
From the Los Angeles Times
Europe's Car of the Year is fun to own and drive -- not least because of its fuel economy.
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RETRO AND READY: The Fiat 500, reviving the classic look of the postwar Nuova 500, is a car America could really use. (Dan Neil/ Los Angeles Times)
Where are the hot-cool small cars, the drive-all-night cars, the panties-on-the-mirror cars? Where they've always been: In Europe. Here's a look at two of them: The Fiat 500 and the Alfa Romeo MiTo (http://www.latimes.com/classified/automotive/highway1/la-hy-alfa9-2008jul09,0,1320097.story).
Cute? Think a bunny in bib overalls, a box of bright yellow Easter chicks, a cement mixer full of Christmas kittens. Oh, my God. The Fiat 500 -- also known as Cinquecento, which is Italian for coed flypaper -- is about as adorable as it gets.
Europe's Car of the Year is fun to own and drive -- not least because of its fuel economy.
http://www.latimes.com/media/photo/2008-07/40792006.jpg
RETRO AND READY: The Fiat 500, reviving the classic look of the postwar Nuova 500, is a car America could really use. (Dan Neil/ Los Angeles Times)
Where are the hot-cool small cars, the drive-all-night cars, the panties-on-the-mirror cars? Where they've always been: In Europe. Here's a look at two of them: The Fiat 500 and the Alfa Romeo MiTo (http://www.latimes.com/classified/automotive/highway1/la-hy-alfa9-2008jul09,0,1320097.story).
Cute? Think a bunny in bib overalls, a box of bright yellow Easter chicks, a cement mixer full of Christmas kittens. Oh, my God. The Fiat 500 -- also known as Cinquecento, which is Italian for coed flypaper -- is about as adorable as it gets.