Ever since the launch in 1936 of Dante Giacosa's iconic 500 Topolino, the car which quite literally put Italy on wheels, Fiat has excelled in small ca...

It is very rare indeed these days when a brand new car is unveiled for it to be a complete surprise. We have gone from the era when a small number of ...

The supermini class, or B-Segment as it is now sometimes referred to, is the most competitive of all in Europe, and success here is vital for the fort...

There are many reasons why a manufacturer will show a Concept Car. These days they tend either to be some wild flight of fancy that shows what the des...

When Fiat showed the Trepiùno concept car, which was a modern reinterpretation of the much loved Nuova 500, in 2004, everyone said "Just Build It". To...

Since a group of motoring journalists from across Europe got together in 1964 to declare the first "Car of the Year" (it was the Austin 1800, by the w...

Popular opinion will tell you that all Italian cars simply rust away, at an even faster rate than vehicles from other countries. Whilst in the past th...

With a recent experience, albeit briefer than I intended thanks to discovering that the Hertz Gatwick location would close before my return flight was...

The Croma had a big hurdle to overcome. Probably an unfair hurdle. My day had started badly, with an unexpected arrival in my hotel room, without even...