Monday 1st November 2010

Fiat Uno Soft-Top Revealed In Sao Paolo

It's the cutesy cab for the age of austerity...

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This is the new Fiat Uno concept, revealed at the Sao Paolo motor show in Brazil.

If PistonHeads is your sole source for news of matters automotive, then the new Fiat Uno may have passed you by - we don't as a rule focus to sharply on budget city cars aimed at the Brazilian market - but this new cabrio concept is a little more interesting.

It's powered by Fiat's 1.4-litre turbocharged petrol four, giving it a healthy 152hp and 124mph potential.

Cosmetic tweaks include 17-in wheels, twin central exhaust pipes, chunkily modified bodywork and a moulded hood cover, making what sounds like a fun and fairly fast open-top two-seater.

Sadly it's only a concept for now, but we could see this as a fun runaround for the French Riviera, or as a hire car for a Mediterranean island holiday. Or maybe not...

 

[Lead]

Guess who`s been to Halfords!

[Rawwr]

That's a bold piece of design work.

[chunkymonkey71]

Pig. Absolute Pig.

[soad]

Eyesore!
I mean- just look at it...

[Proxy]

Those photos offend my eyes.
I demand they be taken down immediately.

[Garlick]

Can someone cleanse the PH homepage please?

What is this

[giarc]

Is it really as small as it looks in those pictures?

[AndrewW-G]

Why have FIAT used Kahn to design this, instead of the usual PF or Bertone?

[boycie1]

Ha ha ha it's a badly drawn Renault Wind.

[Rog B]

Well I like it, I seem to be in the minority, but atleast this being an internet forum I can remain semi-anonymous!
Sure if it was badged something other than Fiat it'd be alot more popular.

Edited by Rog B on Friday 29th October 16:01

[Twincam16]

I like it. It's deliberately, defiantly utilitarian and the offset grille harks back to the original Panda. I admire its defiance of the blandness of conformity evident in all manner of Korean rivals. Why can't we have properly cheap, utilitarian cars in this country though? I just don't buy the 'no-one wants them' line - truth is, we're just not offered the chance to buy them. Enough people out there buy new Korean bargain-boxes, so I see no reason why people wouldn't want cars that offered even more metal for even less money.

[Deluded]

I acutally really like it. Few tweeks here and there and I don't see why this couldn't sell well here. A hard top convertible would be a better be though.

[Twincam16]

Deluded said:

I acutally really like it. Few tweeks here and there and I don't see why this couldn't sell well here. A hard top convertible would be a better be though.

I can't understand why they never offered a soft-top version of the Grande Punto. Especially with the old grille style, it'd look like a Maserati Spyder.

[5potTurbo]

Mind bleach - NOW!

Fugly motor. Truly fugly!

[Kong]

Looks like a washing machine!

[Luke.]

Saw a few new UNOs in Brazil a few weeks ago. Not too bad at all. This thing though, er, no.

[900T-R]

Erm, well, alongside that the Renault Wind would seem a bit of a looker, wouldn't it?

[Riggers]

boycie1 said:

Ha ha ha it's a badly drawn Renault Wind.

Has anybody else noticed that the Wind's badge makes it look like it's called the Renault Wino?

[PascalBuyens]

Ieeeeuwwwww !!!!

[BBS-LM]

hahahahahahha, hahahahahahahah, hahahahahaha