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Driving the Fiat 500 Abarth Automatic
What is it like to be an automotive journalist? The video below gives a glimpse. Sometimes you are given a car, a route to drive and told to have fun! The car was a 2016 Fiat 5…

Fiat 500 Abarth Automatic Up Close
Allison Singer, Vehicle Integration Engineer for the Fiat 500 Abarth platform talks about what makes the Fiat 500 Abarth Automatic different than a traditional automatic trans…

Fiat 500 Abarth Automatic Video
In this video, Matt Davis, Head of Product Marketing and Jason Stoicevich, Head of Fiat Brand for North America, give an overview on some of the features and rational behind th…

Fiat 500 Abarth Automatic Hits Production!
*6/26 - now updated with EPA mpg figures! Production of the 2015 Fiat 500 Abarth equipped with an automnatic transmission has just started today at the Toluca Assembly Plant …

Fiat 500 Abarth To Get Automatic Trans
Jason Stoicevich, Head of Fiat Brand North America has confirmed the Fiat 500 Abarth will receive an automatic transmission option for the 2015 model year. The transmission us…

Fiat Dual Dry Clutch Transmission Making Its Way to the US
Here is an overview of how the dual dry clutch transmission works and what it does for the driving experience. When the 2012 Fiat 500 Abarth was unveiled last November, conspic…

Inside Fiat's Dual Dry Clutch Transmission
Alfa Romeo MiTo DDCT shifter In April, I reported the Fiat 500 will be getting a version of the new Dual Dry Clutch Transmission (DDCT). Here is more about this transmission.…

Fiat 500 coming with 7 speed Dual Dry Clutch Transmission
Fiat announced yesterday during its Investor Day Five Year Plan presentation, the Fiat 500 will be equipped with the DDCT Dual Dry Clutch Transmission. This will be a new variat…