The Fiat 500C has arrived

The Fiat 500C, the original cabriolet version made by the Fiat Style Centre, can now be yours: from 9 June 2009 you can go into any Fiat dealership and order it.With the Fiat 500C you get the freedom, emotions and pleasure of travelling that only an open-top car can give you, combined with Italian style, top of the category safety, the comfort of 4 comfortable seats and the spacious luggage compartment of the basic model.Feelings you can experience whenever you want because with its innovative sliding soft top, together with the stylish concept which maintains the sides of the car, the Fiat 500C can be enjoyed in any season of the year.A real design feature, the electric soft top of the Fiat 500 C employs technical solutions of a great finish, from the glass rear windscreen to the third stop built in the soft top, and ensures a real window on the sky.Available in 3 colours - ivory, red and black – it can be combined with several bodywork colours, among them the splendid Pearl Red and the special Hot Grey typical of the sporty supercar, created ad hoc. The new 500C has the same dimensions as the basic model – it is 355 cm long, 165 cm wide and 149 cm tall - and shares all three generous, brilliant and environmentally-friendly engines: the turbo diesel 75 HP 1.3 Multijet with a manual 5 speed gearbox and the two petrol 69 HP 1.2 and 100 HP 1.4 engines, both available with manual or robotised Dualogic gearboxes.Environmentally aware, the Fiat 500C also has the innovative Start & Stop system, an innovative device that manages the temporary shutdown of the engine and its subsequent restarting. When the vehicle stops, by putting the car in neutral and releasing the clutch, the engine goes off; to restart it just put it in gear again.Creating and personalising the 500C, making it unique, is easy with the new 500C Video Configurator: just choose the right combination from the 11 differentbodywork colours matched with the 3 colours available for the soft top, the 23 new stickers, the 20 badges, the 9 types of rims, the 2 alloy wheel kits, the 18 key covers and lots of other accessories.