Someone Cut The Roof Off This Fiat 500 And It’s Spectacularly Cute
Crazed Abarth versions aside, the Fiat 500 isn’t a car we usually get excited about. But how good does this version look?
It’s the work of Garage Italia and Pininfarina, and it pays tribute to the beach buggy-like 500 Jolly or ‘Spiaggina’, which came out 60 years ago.
The ‘Spiaggina by Garage Italia’ - as should be rather clear - is missing its roof. What’s more, it’s missing its rear seats too, replaced by a slatted wooden deck with its own built-in shower. No, we’re not joking.
Other neat details include a lowered windscreen, a front bench seat and white/chrome wheels. To make sure it’s not a floppy mess the moment it sees even the hint of a corner, Pininfarina pitched in to aid Garage Italia in strengthening the car underneath, and develop the rollover hoop.
The best part? While the car you see here is a one-off showpiece, Garage Italia will actually be offering elements of it to paying customers.
We can’t see that being particularly cheap, but Fiat itself has created the slightly less extreme Spiaggina ’58, limited to 1958 units (see what they did there?). It’s finished in exclusive ‘Volare Blue’ paint, and also awash with cool white and chrome details. The ivory folding roof is a nice touch, too.
On the inside, you’ll find more Volare Blue, two-tone seats and an old-school Fiat badge on the steering wheel. It’s not all old-fashioned though, as it’s fitted with FCA’s Uconnect infotainment system, climate control and rear parking sensors as standard.
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Some company attemped something like this in the past… and it didn’t turn out well.
To be precise, no french car from the mid 2000s worked out well
Apart from some Renaults
Where’s Ken and Barbie though?
So extraordinarily Italian
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Pity they’ll all be bought be Love Island viewers
It reminds me if the roofless smart car.
You mean the Smart Crossblade
The garage Italia car is probably the only Fiat 500 I’d ever drive, as long as the engine was swapped out too…
But not an abarth…?
Ay Matt, any chance of an article on this. I would have written it myself, but I can’t post into News community
How the hell did they manage to make a car look like a picnic basket
Lmao
“Amarth”… never heard of that brand
I think he mispelled Abarth