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QOTD: Did Fiat Just Inadvertently Reveal The 500T?
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Derek Kreindler
(IC: employee)
Published: July 16th, 2012
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While sitting through the new Pitbull-scored Fiat 500 ad, a model at :49 seconds in caught my eye – it looks a lot like the leaked photos of the 500T, which supposedly carries a version of the Abarth’s 1.4L turbo engine.
I’ll let you be the judge and tell me if I’m wrong, but the resemblance is uncanny. The Abarth-style bumper is clearly visible in the shot. So did Fiat goof, or was this intentional?
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Published July 16th, 2012 10:34 AM
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Wouldn't it be more accurate to show Fiat 500s immigrating with coyote escorts, through drug tunnels, or starting wildfires while camping in the wilderness?
I have a real soft spot for FIAT's -- owned a few back in the day, and would absolutely be ecstatic to have the opportunity to purchase a new version of the old 124 Spider / Coupe or X1/9 / 128sl. That said, given their propensity to rust back then, I'm not sure that portraying them as arriving in America after a salt-water bath is such a great idea. ;-)
It could also just have been an Abarth without the "stripes and mirrors" option. Yes, they are available without the contrasting mirrors and stripes along the bottom of the car. Makes for a nice "sleeper," I think. That's why I ordered mine that way.
Ah, but it's still not the Abarth 695 Tributo Ferrari (despite the name, it's still a Fiat 500 underneath) that lists for US$100K at the local Fiat Caffe (where one can have lunch next to one's favourite 500).