Fiat 500

The new Fiat 500 is an almost retro reproduction of the Cinquecento Nuova designed by Dante Giacosa in 1957. Fiat announced the 500 on May 5, 2006 but pictures where not released until March 20, 2007. On July 4, 2007, at the official release, 250,000 people came to see the new 500. It was the biggest launch party by Fiat in the last 10 years. Enough of that. Let's talk about the good stuff. The 500 has six engine options.  Five of those are gas engines, TwinAir 0.9L turbo, Fire 1.2L, Fire 1.4L, 1.4L Turbojet, and 1.4L Multiair. The 500 also has one diesel engine, a 1.3L Multiair. There are also four transmission options: 5-speed manual, 6-speed manual, 5-speed semi-auto Dualogic, 6-speed automatic Aisin. It's only 139.6 in. long but it still has three doors, four seats and a curb weight of 1,910-2,200 lbs. In the best conditions the 500 can go 0-60 mph in 10.5 seconds and has a top speed of 131 mph, but don't count on it in a race to get you first place.

Toyota FT-86 and Subaru BRZ

In this years Tokyo Auto Show, Toyota and Subaru released a sporty RWD car. Both company's are going to be making the same car but with different badges on the front and a little differences here and there. The Toyota FT-86 was taking for a lap at the Fuji speed way driving by the CEO of Toyota Mr. Toyoda him self.  Both the cars are going to have a flat four but the BRZ is going to have 200bhp instead of 197bhp. Subaru boast that the BRZ center of gravity is lower then a Ferrari 458 and weights in at 2770 lbs. Both the cars can seat four but there is only three doors on both the cars. Both cars a a manual and automatic transmission available and will be starting between $20,000 and $25,000. The BRZ will be available around May and the FT-86 will be sold as the Scion FR-S in the US sometime next year.

Toyota FT-86

Subaru BRZ

Scion FR-S