Live from the IAA International Motor Show, Frankfurt
September 10th, 2007We will be live on the scene at the International Motor Show in Frankfurt on September 11th 2007, where the new Fiat 500 will make its first public appearance since the official launch event held in Italy earlier this year.
We will be uploading photographs as soon as possible via Flickr, they will show up in the Flash presentation below. We will also report on any new Fiat 500 news and gossip we pick up at the show.
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September 11th, 2007 at 11:43 am
Unfortunately due to the very slow broadband connection here, we think our ‘live’ broadcasting of images has been canned.
However, we can report that the Fiat stand, and the 500 section in particular is pretty impressive. The whole thing is set up in a very playful way, you can ride a Fiat 500 train through a giant Fiat 500 model, complete with car-wash (photos will explain better) and lights full of flashing tunnels.
There seems to be a good deal of interest in the Fiat 500, but not exceptionally so, however one small bone of contention for us has to be the lack of variety of cars on static display. The ride features different spec and colours, but on show it all appears a little white. Well, very white.
September 11th, 2007 at 1:10 pm
That would be the White section of the stand then:
(as opposed to the Green section or the Red section)
Italian flag colours you see. How very original.
September 12th, 2007 at 9:24 am
Cool pictures! Now the gossip please…
September 12th, 2007 at 9:26 am
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September 12th, 2007 at 11:11 am
Serious lack of news and gossip I’m afraid.
It was interesting to see the Grand Punto Abarth, SS Concept and S2000, which I think provide a hint at the updates the 500 will have made to it in terms of appearance.
I picked up a copy (and only a single copy, I did try to blag an extra, but couldn’t get away with it) of the ring bound brochure featured here in the downloads section, it’s very nice.
The stand was interesting, but didn’t really show much that hasn’t been shown before in relation to the 500, and I thought actually not very well laid out.
That said, the huge Fiat 500 ride was grabbing a fair amount of attention.
The leather seats in the display cars were good, the colour choices and options on the display cars was good to see, much better than the silver car we drove at Motorvogue last month. The metallic white “Funk White” looked really good, especially under the show lights.
September 12th, 2007 at 12:54 pm
Thanks for your report so far! Was there the production GP Abarth as well or only the SS concept? I’m interested in the interiour styling. Hope to be at the IAA myself next week.
September 13th, 2007 at 8:20 am
Similar question from me:
Was the Punto Abarth there and did it look like a ‘production ready’ version?
Was there a 500 Abarth on display and did you learn anything new about the Abarth vehicles we might get in the UK?
September 13th, 2007 at 9:02 am
They had the S2000 Punto and the SS concept.
No 500 Abarth on show, that’s not expected until Tokyo. If you check my Flickr page at http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulmullett/ you can see the Punto S2000 I managed to get some decent photos of. Looked very cool actually, but those women kept wanting to get in the way of the photographers, such a chore.