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Italian company Aznom have released details of three levels of personalisation on offer to the Fiat 500 owner looking for something a little extra, perhaps a little more luxurious, for their new baby Fiat.

Aznom offer three levels of personalisation for your 500, starting with the “Amabile” version, which will mean being without your Fiat for around a month, and will set you back €4500. Still, you could go even further and splash out on the €6500 “Intrigante” version, or really treat yourself and opt for the “Seducente”, costing €8500 and taking around six weeks for the work to be completed. If you do opt for the full works, your money and patience will be rewarded with a complete interior and exterior make over, including full leather interior, an exclusive paint job, and designer wooden dash panel and trim, it even includes matching hand luggage.

Aznom have decked out their demonstration vehicle with the full monty, including striking two tone exterior and interior work, it’s certainly a site to behold. More photos follow below. You can get full specifications and further information from the Fiat 500 section of the Aznom website.

Reuters is reporting that workers in Poland, where Fiat is building the new version of the Cinquecento model, plan to call a global strike if they do not get a pay raise, according to a report in Polish newspaper Rzeczpospolita on Friday. Workers at the Tychy plant have asked Fiat to raise their minimum monthly wage to 2,800 zlotys ($1,008) from 1,435 zlotys, saying they had the support of workers in Italy and Brazil for a one-day global strike if needed.

If we work so well and are able to work even better and raise our productivity, then we have to get more money,

said Rajmund Pollak, vice president of the Solidarity union in Tychy.

The union has given Fiat until July 13 to respond.

At a news conference on Thursday, Fiat Chief Executive Sergio Marchionne responded to a question on wages from a Polish reporter by saying workers’ demands would be a issue that the auto industry as a whole would have to confront.

At 1335 GMT, Fiat shares were up 3 percent at 23.26 euros, after earlier reaching their highest level since September 2001 at 23.41 euros.