Spy Shots: Fiat 500 getting AWD variant?
 

<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/spyphotos/" rel="tag">Spy Photos</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/hatchbacks/" rel="tag">Hatchback</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/fiat/" rel="tag">Fiat</a></p><a href="http://www.alvolante.it/news/fiat_500_4x4-318346"><img vspace="4" hspace="0" border="0" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/09/fiat5004wdspy.jpg" alt="Fiat 500 all-wheel drive prototype" /></a><br />
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An alert enthusiast in Sicily caught sight of a jacked up <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/fiat+500">Fiat 500</a> and crawled underneath to investigate. What he found was a driveshaft and rear differential, leading one to deduce that <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/fiat">Fiat</a> is working on an all-wheel drive version of it's popular little hatch. <br />
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This update would be a natural evolution: the Fiat Panda, on which the 500 is based, is already available with AWD as the Panda Cross. According to alVolante.com, a business plan Fiat submitted to the Italian government during recent union talks says that just such a 500 will come in 2012. Perhaps the Americanized 500 will benefit from AWD in the not-too-distant future, as well. Click the link below to see more photos of this four-season-friendly 500. <em>Hat tip to Marco!</em><br />
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[Source: <a href="http://www.alvolante.it/news/fiat_500_4x4-318346">alVolante</a> (<a href="http://translate.google.com/translate?js=n&prev=_t&hl =en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&sl=it&t l=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.a lvolante.it%2Fnews%2Ffiat _500_4x4-318346">translated</a>)]<p style="padding:5px;backgr ound:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/09/09/spy-shots-fiat-500-getting-awd-variant/">Spy Shots: Fiat 500 getting AWD variant?</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblo g</a> on Thu, 09 Sep 2010 14:01:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.alvolante.it/news/fiat_500_4x4-318346>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/09/09/spy-shots-fiat-500-getting-awd-variant/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/19625888/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/09/09/spy-shots-fiat-500-getting-awd-variant/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>

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