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<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/wagons/" rel="tag">Wagons/Estates</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/euro/" rel="tag">Euro</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/fiat/" rel="tag">FIAT</a></p><p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/geneva-08-castagna-woodywagon/671668/"><img src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/03/castagna-web1.jpg" alt="" /></a><br /><em>Click above to view Castagna's Fiat 500 wagon in hi-res</em></p>
<p>Unrelenting. That's the only way we could describe the Fiat group's assault on the MINI with more models than a Victoria's Secret photoshoot. While its sister brands <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/14/alfa-romeo-releases-the-new-mi-to/">Alfa Romeo</a> and <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/31/lancia-to-target-mini-with-all-new-2009-ypsilon/">Lancia</a> prepare their new retro-hatches to out-flank their Anglo-Saxon opponent, the Fiat division itself is <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2007/07/09/fiat-500-the-derivatives-are-coming-including-possible-mini-ut/">branching out the 500</a> like a willow. Following the original hatch came the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/05/geneva-2008-fiat-500-abarth-punches-above-its-weight/">Abarth sport model</a>, which will be followed by the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/27/distinct-abarth-models-to-follow-500-cabrio/">cabrio</a>, and then, as sources indicate, a longer wagon variant. The latter will target the new <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/11/frankfurt-2007-mini-clubman-debuts-in-a-club-man/">MINI Clubman</a>, but without all the weird doors.</p>
<p>We got our first look at a Fiat 500 wagon in the ramp-up to this year's <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/Geneva-Motor-Show/">Geneva Motor Show</a>, where carrozzeria Castagna showed off its <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/02/geneva-08-preview-castagna-gives-fiat-500-and-mini-clubman-a-b/">wood-sided Cinquocente estate</a>. Like its MINI wagons, which the coachbuilder crafted ahead of the factory's Clubman, Castagna's woodie wagon previewed the vehicle that may revive the classic Giardiniera nameplate used on the original 500 estate. Rather than stretching the wheelbase, the overhang will simply be extended, reducing costs and retaining the same front end as its more compact counterpart. Aluminum roof-rails are also tipped to join the more utile package, which could hit the market as early as 2010.</p>
<div class="postgallery"><p><s trong>Gallery: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/fiat-500-4/">Fiat 500</a></strong></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/fiat-500-4/300578/"><img src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2007/07/070321_f_500_06a_thumbnai l.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/fiat-500-4/300577/"><img src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2007/07/070321_f_500_05a_thumbnai l.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/fiat-500-4/300466/"><img src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2007/07/070705_f_fiat500_01_thumb nail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/fiat-500-4/300442/"><img src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2007/07/070705_f_fiat500_02_thumb nail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/fiat-500-4/300449/"><img src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2007/07/070705_f_fiat500_04_thumb nail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a></div><br />[Source: <a href="http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/news/autoexpressnews/219780/fiat_500.html">Auto Express</a>]<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://www.autoexpress.co.uk/news/autoexpressnews/219780/fiat_500.html>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2008/04/02/im-looking-at-you-clubman-fiat-preparing-500-wagon/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/1155577/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2008/04/02/im-looking-at-you-clubman-fiat-preparing-500-wagon/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p><hr />

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