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The chic new 2012 Fiat 500c will be accessible this spring, starting at $19,500.
This, according to Fiat, makes the 500c the alone cabrio with a starting amount of beneath than $20,000. Optional actualization bang the amount for anniversary of two accessible trim levels.
The Pop trim comes accepted with the ability bolt top, a chiral chiral and all-season tires. A chrome bankrupt tip, ability acrimonious mirrors and a leather-wrapped council caster additionally are included.
The Lounge adaptation of the four-seater uses the six-speed automated and offers exceptional amenities in accession to Pop features, including front- and rear-fascia chrome accents, chrome mirror caps and fog lights. The autogenous has exceptional bolt seats, automated altitude control, a six-speaker Bose complete arrangement complete with subwoofer, and a aegis alarm.
Buyers can accept from three colors for the bendable top and 14 colors for the exterior. There are a dozen choices for bench colors and absolute combinations. The autogenous is accessible in atramentous or ivory.
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Just In Time for Spring, New Fiat 500 Cabrio Introduces American Barter to Amphitheater Active Action with True Italian Style
FIAT Brand North America reveals new 2012 Fiat 500 Cabrio at the New York All-embracing Auto Show
Italian by design: admirable craftsmanship, assured administration and city-friendly accommodation accumulated with a able open-top architecture provides Fiat 500c cartage with quietest autogenous complete quality, best autogenous space, rear-seat legroom and accept allowance amid key competitors
New 1.4-liter agent with avant-garde MultiAir® technology, invented and patented by Fiat Group, delivers power, ammunition ability and refinement
Two models, 14 exoteric colors, 12 different bench blush and absolute combinations, added a best of two autogenous environments and three exoteric soft-top colors acquiesce barter to personalize "their own" Fiat 500c at www.fiatusa.com
The new 2012 Fiat 500c arrives in U.S. FIAT Studios alpha in backward bounce 2011 with a starting U.S. Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Amount (MSRP) of $19,500
The Fiat 500c Pop archetypal is the alone four-seat cabrio in the bazaar priced beneath $20,000
April 21, 2011 , Auburn Hills, Mich. - Expanding on the iconic qualities that accept fabricated the aboriginal Fiat 500 (Cinquecento) a around-the-clock icon, the new 2012 Fiat 500 Cabrio combines amphitheater abandon and active amusement with admirable Italian styling, around-the-clock functionality, able architecture and avant-garde technology for an absolutely new bearing of drivers.
"Perfectly timed with the balmy acclimate and action of spring, the new 2012 Fiat 500 Cabrio expands our artefact calendar while advantageous admiration to the brand's affluent ancestry of amphitheater cabrios that bear style, amount and active enjoyment," said Laura Soave, Arch of FIAT Brand North America. "The new Fiat 500c has been intelligently tailored for our bazaar – now with an added dosage of sunshine and across-the-board angle at the advance of a button."
More than 50 years of FIAT brand's acknowledged small-car formula
The Nuova Cinquecento debuted in the summer of 1957 as a cabrio and offered a characteristic canvas roof that opened appropriate to the rear of the vehicle. Added than 50 years later, the new 2012 Fiat 500c showcases the brand's adeptness to anatomy world-class baby cars that burn a spirit of the times through simple design, admirable adroitness and around-the-clock value. As a result, the Fiat 500 models accept affiliated to abruptness and contentment barter worldwide.
The new Fiat 500c builds on the Italian styling, all-season performance, fuel-efficient powertrain options, autogenous abundance for four cartage and added than 35 assurance and aegis actualization that accept fabricated the Fiat 500 auto archetypal an all-embracing success.
Cleverly advised with a multi-position power-retractable bolt top, absolutely formed body-side contour and 70 percent beneath attack agitate afresh key competitors – the new Fiat 500c delivers arch autogenous complete affection (quietest at 45 mph, 70 mph and everyman powertrain noise). In addition, its best windshield and minimized attack architecture aerate rear-seated passengers' apparent visibility, while aspersing berth turbulence. And for accessible admission to the cabrio's trunk, exceptional "parallelogram" liftgate hinges calmly position the liftgate out of the way, while the power-operated bolt top accompanying retracts.
Metro-friendly proportions, now with an alike greater across-the-board view
The new 2012 Fiat 500c combines city-friendly proportions, iconic Cinquecento cues and a absolutely power-operated bolt top - all captivated in avant-garde Italian administration that conveys artlessness and joy.
At the front, the new Fiat 500c model's signature "whiskers and logo" face actualization annular projector headlamps and lower esplanade lamps that resemble the latest Fiat models while advantageous admiration to the characteristic elements of the aboriginal Cinquecento in stylistic harmony. To actualization its road-holding stance, the cabrio's avant-garde fascia actualization chromed trim and tapers apparent against its ample caster arches, while a accumbent cooling aqueduct adds architecture actualization and added agent cooling.
Differentiating the Fiat 500c from the auto archetypal is a hardly best windshield that is advised to accommodate cartage with a maximized apparent view. In addition, the windshield alluringly conceals the able upper-cross affiliate that ensures the cabrio's adamant anatomy anatomy during active driving.
From the side, the Fiat 500c's pillars angle out and present able arches, while the actualization of the bendable top provides a added attenuate contour compared with the auto version. Below, the atramentous or accessible chromed belt molding, the signature body-side A-line slopes avant-garde for a activating look, while its crabbed breadth actualization apple-pie surfaces and flared caster arches to bear a avant-garde estimation of the celebrated Cinquecento. To accumulate its architecture simple and modern, the hood-to-fender bond is alluringly cut at the A-line. Filling the caster wells are four different caster designs, all with the "500" logo on the centermost caps. For added architecture character, bi-halogen projector headlamps and clear-lens taillamps are arresting from the ancillary contour acknowledgment to the way the cabrio's angled abandon articulation up to the avant-garde and rear. Accouterment added durability, new lower-sill spats assure the body-side from bean chips.
At the rear of the new Fiat 500c, a roof-mounted and color-matched addle-brain improves aerodynamics, while alluringly amalgam the centermost high-mounted stop lamp that cleverly functions with the roof up or down. Separating the exceptional bolt top from the liftgate is a chrome trim emphasis that additionally highlights the cabrio's width. To accumulate the rear architecture clean, the lighting functions are disconnected angular afterward the liftgate's cutline. Finishing off the iconic administration of the Fiat 500c is a chromed authorization bowl brow, a burden from the aboriginal Cinquecento that was aggressive by a bike saddle.
Intelligent power-cloth top stylistically reinterprets the past
As a abreast band-aid to the acclaimed canvas roof on the aboriginal Cinquecento, the new 2012 Fiat 500c actualization a exceptional dual-layer power-operated bolt top that is advised to bear all-season active amusement with the top up or down. Directly aggressive from the celebrated Cinquecento, the Fiat 500c actualization a avant-garde bottle backlight to absorb the aforementioned afterimage as the hatchback, while its angled corners are a absolute afflatus from the celebrated model.
With aloof the advance of a button, the Fiat 500c's power-operated bolt top retracts up to the rear addle-brain during speeds up to 60 mph (a amid point can be called by acute the button anytime between). Columnist the roof button again, and the roof will neatly bend all the way accessible and constrict neatly abaft the rear arch restraints (up to 50 mph).
The power-cloth top is additionally intelligent. Back the liftgate is opened for block access, the power-operated bolt top automatically retracts aback to the rear-spoiler position to abstain any obstruction.
Modern breeding aggressive by around-the-clock architecture features
Even with the top up, the autogenous of the new 2012 Fiat 500c is aerial and roomy, and an ambiance advised to be adequate and agreeable for any destination.
The autogenous architecture affair of the new Fiat 500c is an aesthetic alloy of apple-pie curve and calmly amid actualization aggressive by the celebrated model. Through the accessible leather-wrapped council wheel, the cabrio's audible concentric apparatus array actualization the speedometer, tachometer and cruise computer in a audible and able manner. Amalgam the latest in carriageable agent aeronautics for bigger avenue guidance, the apparatus array actualization a axial LCD adviser that shows pictograms from the TomTom® aeronautics with BLUE&ME™ Handsfree Communication. These elements, calm with a awful chip centermost assemblage and a abnormally advised radio and altitude ascendancy system, can be ordered in Ivory or Atramentous for an added akin of personalization while additionally influencing the autogenous affair to be added adventurous or vintage.
The apparatus animate of the new Fiat 500c continues the absolute alloy of avant-garde artlessness with iconic Italian styling. The high apparatus animate is advised to back a faculty of clarification and breeding and actualization color-matched exoteric accents for added detail. Frequently acclimated agent buttons are accent with chromed annular rings and are centrally amid on the exterior-matched apparatus animate trim for a exceptional appearance. The lower apparatus animate and centermost animate highlight the new cabrio's amplitude appliance with large- and small-sized accumulator spaces to accumulate adaptable accessories at a acceptable reach.
A new commuter cuff box food admired items, while concealing the BLUE&ME Handsfree Advice system's USB anchorage for burning affiliation of adaptable accessories including an iPod. For an chip look, the new automatic- or manual-transmission shifter and bezel are ergonomically amid into the lower apparatus animate and affection a mechanically styled about-face bulge absolute in atramentous or covering depending on the model.
The new Fiat 500c's autogenous actualization awful abundant disciplinarian and commuter seats accessible in 12 blush and absolute combinations for best personality with an added blow of personalization. Aggressive by the celebrated Cinquecento of the 1960s, the new seats action the aforementioned different split-color effect: banausic bolt at the basal and the high seatback, while the arch abstemiousness is akin to the Ivory or Atramentous autogenous environment. On the Fiat 500c Lounge model, abnormally advised bolt seats accommodate an flush attending and feel, while exceptional covering seats are accessible in acceptable Nero (black), a Marrone (brown) adumbrate or ultra-sporty Rosso (red) and bear a developed look.
Continuing the apple-pie autogenous architecture theme, the aperture panels of the new Fiat 500c affection a adverse amid the high trim adipose to bout the seats, while the surrounding breadth alluringly incorporates ample map pockets and a distinctively advised space- and weight-saving BOSE® Energy Able Alternation exceptional audio system. Advantageous admiration to the past, the chromed "hook" door-handle actualization recalls one of the best remembered actualization on the aboriginal archetypal while amalgam modern-day ability aperture locks.
A baby cabrio that lives big
Thanks to accurate assay of the autogenous cabin, the new 2012 Fiat 500c actualization the best autogenous amplitude (76.2 cubic feet) amid key competitors, while abundant congenital accumulator locations bound and calmly abundance adaptable accessories and biking gear. Alike the Fiat 500c's rear seats bear the best rear-seat legroom and accept allowance amid key competitors, accouterment abundance for two adults, while carrying the aforementioned high-quality abundance and adroitness as the disciplinarian and front-passenger seats. To highlight the actuality that the cabrio is roomy, the rear passengers' aloft and bolstered bench backs are identical to the auto model, while alike added allowance is present with the dual-layer roof up.
In addition, the baggage alcove is spacious, all-around 5.4 cubic anxiety of accessory with the seats up and a best of 23.4 cubic anxiety of accessory with the 50/50 split-fold rear seats bankrupt down. To added calmly amount all of the gear, designers maximized the liftgate amplitude and kept the block lift-over acme low.
Fiat 500c embodies a new eyes of technology's role in the accomplishment of acceptable mobility
Adapted for U.S. customers, the new 2012 Fiat 500c actualization an all-new 1.4-liter 16-valve agent with avant-garde MultiAir® fuel-saving and emissions-reducing technology – the quietest powertrain against its competitors. Invented and patented by Fiat Powertrain Technologies (FPT), MultiAir provides world-class levels of power, best-in-class 30 mpg burghal (manual transmission) ammunition efficiency, affection and refinement.
Delivering active active and adapted for the Fiat 500c's failing architecture and city-friendly size, the able and acknowledging 1.4-liter MultiAir in-line four-cylinder agent provides 101 application (75 kW) at 6,500 rpm and 98 lb.-ft. (133 N•m) of torque at 4,000 rpm. Back commutual with the five-speed chiral transmission, the Fiat 500 delivers up to 38 artery mpg.
Helping to accomplish 10 percent greater ammunition ability and ability while abbreviating CO2 emissions up to 10 percent compared to engines after the system, the new Fiat 500c actualization the world's aboriginal Absolutely Variable Valve Actuation (FVVA) arrangement on a assembly engine. Additionally accepted as MultiAir, this avant-garde intake-valve arrangement replaces a acceptable aerial cam with hydraulic actuation controlled by four, fast-responding, cyberbanking solenoids – carrying absolute air-fuel acclimation at any time in the agent aeon for best ability and power.
eco:Drive™ Application helps to advance active efficiency
The new 2012 Fiat 500c with avant-garde eco:Drive™ Application demonstrates that an automaker's ecology albatross should not stop back the car leaves the assembly band but rather extend into the absolute way barter drive their cars.
Fiat's eco:Drive Application collects all all-important abstracts apropos to agent ability and, through the BLUE&ME™ USB port, transmits it on to any USB anamnesis stick. Once the disciplinarian plugs the anamnesis stick into his or her claimed computer, the arrangement presents the disciplinarian with the Fiat 500c's abundant ecology performance, including the CO2 discharge akin for anniversary trip. In addition, FIAT's eco:Drive Application analyzes the driver's actualization and provides recommendations on how to adapt his or her active actualization to advice abate ammunition burning and CO2 emissions.
Originated in Europe, Fiat's eco:Drive Application has encouraged drivers to set challenges – CO2 abridgement targets for specific journeys or over a set aeon of time. And as allotment of a all-around "eco:Ville" community, the arrangement encourages all drivers to appear calm and basin their ammunition and emissions accumulation to allegorize how abounding drivers' alone contributions advice the greater good.
All-new six-speed automated delivers added accomplishment and ammunition efficiency
The new 2012 Fiat 500c offers two reliable, able-bodied and developed transmissions abnormally advised for bigger ability and active fun.
An all-new six-speed automated chiral with driver-selectable accessory changes provides the new Fiat 500c with bland alive and accomplished ammunition economy. For added agreeable driving, the disciplinarian can baddest the "Sport" mode.
Should the disciplinarian baddest 'Sport' approach on the apparatus panel, the all-new six-speed automated chiral provides greater active enjoyment. Through avant-garde powertrain management, 'Sport' approach enables quicker accessory changes, a different burke map for bigger agent admiration and allows anniversary accessory to be captivated for best periods abreast the redline.
An upgraded five-speed chiral chiral actualization new accessory ratios for the U.S. market, acceptance the new Fiat 500c to bear bigger ammunition ability and quicker off-the-line acceleration. For bigger backbone and pedal feel, a new self-adjusting hydraulic-clutch arrangement is accepted on the manual-transmission-equipped Fiat 500c.
Two new well-equipped Fiat 500c models
The new 2012 Fiat 500c offers two agitative models alloyed with style, technology and accessibility actualization to accomplish activity beneath the accessible sky added alone and fun.
Fiat 500c Pop
Designed for the alone who wants Italian style, ability and personalization options, the new 2012 Fiat 500c Pop archetypal includes a exceptional dual-layer power-cloth top, chiral transmission, 15-inch animate auto with chrome-accented caster covers and all-season tires, seven accepted air bags, air conditioning, AM/FM/CD/MP3 radio with abetting audio input, chromed bankrupt tip, ability windows, ability aperture locks, ability acrimonious mirrors, acceleration control, BLUE&ME Handsfree Advice technology with USB port, eco:Drive Application and iPod ascendancy capability, leather-wrapped council caster with audio controls, reconfigurable Cyberbanking Agent Information Centermost (EVIC) with cruise computer, miles-to-empty, boilerplate ammunition abridgement and tire-pressure ecology affectation (TPM).
The Fiat 500c Pop archetypal is the alone four-seat cabrio in the bazaar priced beneath $20,000. The U.S. Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Amount (MSRP) of the 2012 Fiat 500c Pop is $19,500 and arrives at FIAT Studios in late-Spring.
Fiat 500c Lounge
Tailored for the alone who wants their cabrio to reflect their fashion-oriented lifestyle, the new 2012 Fiat 500c Lounge archetypal actualization exceptional amenities (in accession to the Fiat 500c Pop features) including the all-new six-speed automated chiral with driver-selectable accessory changes, front- and rear-fascia chromed accents, chromed mirror caps, fog lamps, 15-inch aluminum auto with all-season tires, exceptional bolt seats, SIRIUS Satellite Radio, automated altitude control, and BOSE® Energy Able Alternation audio arrangement with six exceptional speakers and subwoofer and aegis alarm.
The MSRP of the 2012 Fiat 500c Lounge is $23,500 and arrives at FIAT Studios in late-Spring.
More than 500,000 means to stylize and personalize the new Fiat 500c
With 14 acrylic colors accessible in metallic, non-metallic and exceptional tri-coat fair finishes, and three accessible bolt top colors, every new 2012 Fiat 500c will be distinct. In addition, the autogenous is accessible in two autogenous environments, Nero (Black) or Avorio (Ivory), with 12 different bench blush and absolute combinations for an abundant look.
A abounding band of accurate Fiat 500c accessories by Mopar® will action barter alike added personalization possibilities at their bounded FIAT Studio, including different striping packages, exoteric and autogenous administration accessories and accurate FIAT-styled merchandise.
Customers are now able to configure their own Fiat 500c on-line at http://www.fiatusa.com.
More than 35 assurance and aegis features
State-of-the-art connectivity accumulated with a ancestry of top all-embracing assurance ratings and added than 35 assurance and aegis actualization accumulate cartage of the new 2012 Fiat 500c connected, adequate and secure.
In Europe, the Fiat 500 was the aboriginal A-segment agent to accomplish a best Euro NCAP (New Car Assessment Program) developed addressee aegis rating.
The new 2012 Fiat 500c actualization seven accepted air accoutrements including: disciplinarian and front-passenger avant-garde multi-stage air bags, driver's knee air bag, feature side-curtain air accoutrements and accepted seat-mounted ancillary pelvic-thorax air bags, all to action added aegis to all occupants in the accident of a collision. Reactive arch restraints, which actuate during a rear impact, are addition addition allowance to abbreviate injuries by abbreviation the gap amid the arch abstemiousness and the passenger's head.
Innovative TomTom® Aeronautics with BLUE&ME™ Handsfree Advice technology
Developed as a accord amid Fiat and Microsoft, BLUE&ME™ Handsfree Advice technology is an in-vehicle, voice-activated advice arrangement that allows the disciplinarian to accomplish a Bluetooth®-compatible buzz while befitting his or her easily on the caster and eyes on the road. Using a alternation of articulation commands, the disciplinarian can abode buzz calls, admission the phone's abode book or accept to MP3s. BLUE&ME Handsfree Advice technology supports best adaptable phones with Bluetooth technology.
With the accessible TomTom Aeronautics with BLUE&ME Handsfree Advice technology, the arrangement integrates an avant-garde 4.3-inch (10.9 cm) TomTom hand-held aeronautics assemblage that docks on top of the new 2012 Fiat 500c's apparatus panel. With its ample touchscreen display, simple map displays with accessible real-time traffic, acclimate and added than 7 actor credibility of interests, TomTom aeronautics with BLUE&ME Handsfree Advice technology is automatic for the disciplinarian to use. And with its absolute affiliation into the Fiat 500c's autogenous system, the disciplinarian is able to use steering-wheel-mounted controls to accomplish operation alike easier.
