Fiat 500 S Review | Driver's Seat

The reincarnation of Fiat’s dinky 500 began in 2007 when the classic three-door city car from the 1950s was reimagined, retaining the original’s classic looks.

In 2015, the 500 received a facelift, giving it a new lease of life and featured new technology and improved efficiency.

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However, Fiat has been looking to make the Abarth brand a standalone proposition rather than a tuned version of a standard Fiat. That meant the revised Fiat 500 lost a sporty proposition. Enter the 500S.

Available with a choice of four engines (1.2-litre petrol, two 0.9-litre petrol and a 1.3-litre diesel), it gets a more menacing look with 15in alloy wheels, a sporty bodykit, including front bumper, side skirts and a rear spoiler, a honeycomb grille, chrome exhaust pipe and front fog lamps. There're exterior features finished in Satin Graphite such as the door handles and wing mirror housings.

On the inside, the 500S gets sports seats with contrasting trim, sports steering wheel, contracting door finishes (finished in blue, yellow or white) and there’s a Satin Graphite finish to the dashboard trim.

Standard equipment includes seven airbags, ABS with electronic brake distribution, electronic stability control and hill holder.

We’re testing the 500S with the 1.2-litre engine which comes fitted with 3D TomTom sat-nav (£250), leather interior (£850), 16in matt black diamond cut alloy wheels (£200), and Beats 440W sound system (£300).

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