Fiat Australia will import just 30 units of the cute little 500C Spiaggina ’58 Edition for we folks Downunder. The Edition pays homage to the 500 Jolly Spiaggina, the first special series of the Fiat 500 in 1958.
Only 1958 of the new Edition are being built for worldwide sale.
The original Fiat 500 Jolly was a great looking beach buggy.
Sold only in Volare Blue complemented by a beige soft top, the Fiat 500C ’58 Spiaggina Edition is available in both manual and automated -manual (Dualogic) transmission and has $3000 of additional features over and above the Fiat 500C Lounge on which it is based:
Ewan Kennedy, a long-time car enthusiast, was Technical Research Librarian with the NRMA from 1970 until 1985. He worked part-time as a freelance motoring journalist from 1977 until 1985, when he took a full-time position as Technical Editor with Modern Motor magazine. Late in 1987 he left to set up a full-time business as a freelance motoring journalist. Ewan is an associate member of the Society of Automotive Engineers - International. An economy driving expert, he set the Guinness World Record for the greatest distance travelled in a standard road vehicle on a single fuel fill. He lists his hobbies as stage acting, travelling, boating and reading.
