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Fiat 500 Abarth (2008): first official pictures

By Tim Pollard First Official Pictures 20 February 2008 10:00 Watch out Mini, the Fiat 500 – CAR’s car of the year 2007 – is getting the high-performance treatment. The Abarth version unveiled today is pitched as a new interpretation of the Sixties road racer, but can they make a bigger, heavier hatch as exciting as that?The 500 Abarth 2008-style uses the Fiat group’s 16-valve 1.4-litre Fire engine breathing with the assistance of an IHI variable-geometry turbocharger to deliver a warm 135bhp at 5500rpm. So this car won’t challenge the upper echelons of hot-hatchdom that now have to pump out closer to 200bhp to be in contention.

Geneva motor show 2009 reader reports

Geneva motor show reader reports By CAR readers Motor Shows 10 March 2009 09:30 CAR sent five lucky readers and forum users passes to give them access to the international media day on Tuesday 3 March 2009. We tasked them with blogging on the goings-on during press day – and to deliver their verdict on the key cars and themes of the Geneva motor show 2009. So what did the competition winners think?

Top Gear presenters banned from driving in France

Top Gear presenters Jeremy Clarkson and Richard Hammond have been banned from driving in France for three months after they were caught speeding. While filming for the show’s Top Gear Christmas DVD – called ‘The Perfect Road Trip’ – Clarkson and Hammond were allegedly caught travelling at over 87mph in a 56mph limit. Jeremy Clarkson: a life in pictures Jeremy Clarkson’s most infamous quotes That means the duo were more than 50kph over the legal speed, which attracts an instant driving ban in France.