F430 in the shop? Fiat providing limited-edition 500 rental
 

<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/ferrari/" rel="tag">Ferrari</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/alfa-romeo/" rel="tag">Alfa Romeo</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/fiat/" rel="tag">FIAT</a></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/fiat-500-ferrari-edition/923415/"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/07/01_fiat_500_ferrari_450op .jpg" alt="" /></a><br /><em>Click above for a high-res gallery of the Fiat 500 Ferrari Edition.</em><br /><br />If you own an Italian masterpiece adorned with a prancing horse, your good fortune is likely tempered with a few mechanical or electrical maladies. If and when that happens, most of us would expect an expensive loaner to take our minds off of our troubles, but team Ferrari has a "better idea." Fiat has created 200 special edition 500s that are done up to Ferrari standards, including red paint, a top notch sound system, electric sunroof, automatic climate control, a black steering wheel with red stitching and 16-inch aluminum wheels, although the stock, 100 hp 1.4-liter engine remains, although the exhaust has been tweaked to provide a bit more growl. Since Fiat is keeping its run of limited edition 500s to a minimum, the automaker will also provide a numbered kick plate to show off where each model falls in the production run.<br />
<p>While the "Ferrari Edition" 500 is a sweet limited edition model in its own right, we're not sure if we would dig getting one as a temporary replacement for our <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2007/10/09/pics-galore-ferrari-430-scuderia-inside-and-out-and-upside-dow/">Scuderia</a>. Call us snobs, but the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2008/07/09/video-2009-maserati-quattroporte-inside-out-and-upside-down/">Quattroporte</a> or a <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2007/08/04/video-alfa-romeo-8c-competizione/">Alfa 8C Competizione</a> is as low as we're willing to go.</p>
<p><div class="postgallery"><p><s trong>Gallery: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/fiat-500-ferrari-edition/">Fiat 500 Ferrari Edition</a></strong></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/fiat-500-ferrari-edition/923415/"><img src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/07/01_fiat_500_ferrari_thumb nail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/fiat-500-ferrari-edition/923416/"><img src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/07/02_fiat_500_ferrari_thumb nail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/fiat-500-ferrari-edition/923418/"><img src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/07/03_fiat_500_ferrari_thumb nail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/fiat-500-ferrari-edition/923417/"><img src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/07/04_fiat_500_ferrari_thumb nail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a></div> <br /></p>
<p>[Source: <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2008/07/fiat-creates-special-edition-500-for.html">Carscoop</a>]</p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href=http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2008/07/fiat-creates-special-edition-500-for.html>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2008/07/15/f430-in-the-shop-fiat-providing-limited-edition-500-rental/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/1256540/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2008/07/15/f430-in-the-shop-fiat-providing-limited-edition-500-rental/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p><hr />

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