The Fiat 500 Awarded Best City Car
Published: 6th August 2009
The Fiat 500
Fiat has just picked up another important industry award for its iconic Fiat 500 hatchback, adding to its tally of 30 international awards received to date.
For the second year in succession, the stylish Italian supermini has just been crowned Best City Car in the 2009 Auto Express New Car Awards. In doing so, Fiat has maintained its remarkable dominance of this rapidly expanding category, as the Panda took the magazine's City Car title for four consecutive years prior to the funky Fiat 500's intervention in 2008, and now 2009.
Auto Express, Britain's biggest weekly car magazine and website, has long recognised the Fiat Panda's talents, and was equally quick to hail the new Fiat 500 when it was launched in the UK early in 2008. The magazine describes the Fiat 500's second successive City Car title thus: "Its appeal now is stronger than ever. It has an incredible record in our road tests, and the range has now grown to include feisty hot hatches as well as a convertible model.
"Our definition of a top class urban runabout is a model that fits in perfectly with a daily commute, is designed to slot into the tightest city spots and doesn't make too many demands on your budget. The Fiat 500 scores on all counts. Only a truly special car will be able to take the title from Fiat's retro masterpiece."
Available with a choice of three different trim levels, and three frugal, ultra-low emissions Euro 5 engines, (69 bhp 1.2-litre and 100 bhp 1.4-litre petrol, or 75 bhp 1.3-litre MultiJet turbodiesel), and as a 500C convertible version, the Fiat 500 represents outstanding value at a starting price of just £8,500 OTR.
Fiat 500
Our Fiat 500 Guide lists the full specification of the current UK 500 range, including car prices, fuel consumption, dimensions and other vital data.
Price Range: £9,300 - £13,605
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Models in the range: 10
We have road tested the Fiat 500, to read our in-depth car review:
Fiat 500 Review - Feb 2008
Our Car Buyer’s Guide covers all of the UK’s major new cars and includes CO2 ratings and car insurance groups. Data updated on the 30th Jan 2010
