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W hileits roomier efforts can justifiably be described as a mixed bag, if there’s one thing Fiat knows how to do well, it’s city cars. Having brought four-wheeled motoring to the masses with its 4 million-selling ‘Nuova’ 500, the Italian giant’s 126 replacement sold in even greater numbers and the modern-day 500 has now racked up over 2.5 million units. Throw the increasingly collectable Panda into the mix and you’ve got another success story, but there’s one Fiat The Cinquecento's cabin is not as austere as you might expect.

“IT WOULD FINALLY ARRIVE IN BRITAIN IN 1993, MEANING THE EARLIEST UK CARS ARE NOW CELEBRATING THEIR 30TH BIRTHDAYS"

city car that still tends to go under the radar these days – the diminutive Cinquecento.

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