Here's an interesting fact about the Cinquecento you were testing, that car is an ex Hertz rental car, if you look at the passenger side rear window there is a purple and white sticker on the glass, this was the cars unique unit number sticker, I used to work for Hertz many years ago and we had to put these stickers on every hire car, that and no smoking stickers and insurance excess stickers. I'm amazed its lasted on there all these years ☺️
My first car was a 1997 Cinquecento S. Nothing on it to go wrong. I even managed to get five of us in it once. Underrated and you don't see many of them anymore.
@@ClassicsWorldUK It wasn't very fast at the best of times - never mind with five 17-year-olds in it! Wish I still had it - like Joe - in many ways. Installed the sporting centre console, and found a parcel shelf with speaker holes cut in, to fir the obligatory 6x9s every 17 year-old needs.
I have a 1994 fiat cinquecento sx ,had it 17 years and just love it and is totally rust free , never part with it , only done 54k miles , it's such a pleasure to drive , loved this video
My Dad bought a black Chinky Sporting in '97. Red piping = extra 10HP. We went on holiday to the Dales (3 of us plus luggage, and I'm 6'4" in the passenger seat, no problem fitting in). Great little runner.
Being one of those who came to this channel from a certain other channel run by a nice chap who drives a 53 reg Seicento with a stripe in the bonnet, i just knew who would be standing by the Cinq when the video started
Great video guys, I'd like to see a comparison video between the original fiat 500 and an original mini maybe with a vw bettle and a citroen 2cv in a future video
My first car was a Cinquecento Sporting. ‘95 reg, Postman Pat red. It was lovely, but after the rad blocked up for the umpteenth time and the calipers seized on yet again, with the result that I was almost harpooned by a bus in Bristol, it had to go. Was four years old when I sold it. Edit, oh and spot on. Mine would do 45mpg everywhere. Town, country, loaded up with two big blokes doing 100mph down the M4. Which is saying something, because if memory serves they wouldn’t actually do that speed… I cannot honestly say I miss it, but as a first motor it was fab.
Back in the early 70s a friend's mother had a Fiat 500 nicknamed 'Bombo' which my friend was allowed to use. One Saturday night my friend rolled it on a roundabout and onto it's roof. He and his passenger righted it and he limped it home leaving it on the drive. Sunday morning he was awakened by his mother bursting into his bedroom demanding to know what he had done to her beloved Bombo. Unsurprisingly he never got to drive it again.
Great video gents - lovely to see you reviewing the 500 (and the Cinq!) The 500 and 126 are my favorite cars of all time....so simple, but so well thought-out and capable for what they are :)
I could be tempting with a sporting. Of my first 5 cars, 3 were Fiat. An Uno, a Tipo and a Punto. The Punto was the best. 90ELX with a 1.6 8v engine and full sporting body kit. Loved that car! Put 80k on it and only think it ever had was a wheel bearing beyond normal servicing!
I had a Cinquecento and a Seicento, and although the Seicento outlasted the Cinquecento(thanks to Italian electrics) they were both fun, fizzy cars, loved them both.
The 500 is cute and an icon - its only when you see it alongside a modern 500 you can appreciate how small it was and how good the reincarnation was - however the Cinquecento all the way for me - more modern - safer ( respectively ) and still usable and was made in Poland !!!
Yep, gears were grinding because you should double clutch to downshift and do a “false double clutch” to upshift, basically putting in neutral between each upshift, and blipping a bit!
Well done lads on a brilliant super minis video! 🚗 I was lucky to potter about in a 1998 FIAT Punto SX. It was boxy, roomy, spacious, yet very revvy in the same way as the Cinquecento. Remove the air filter and you'd have a tiny Ferrari F355 (sort of). Frugal on fuel and easy to work on. I still fancy FIAT since the recipe never really changed, be it practicality and being cheerful little cars to drive. However, I think that the new FIAT disappoints with very little choice in their model line-up. Video request: could you please review a '63 Beetle and pit it against a 2003 New Beetle for the Dubbers.
Thanks Franceso, we do like a small Fiat! We're still on the hunt for a Beetle to test, hopefully we can make that happen next year in the 20th year of the New Beetle!
Italian small engines were fun. Growing up had Punto 1.2 convertible with a 1.2 16 valve 85bhp engine which loved to rev. It was so much more fun to do so than the mini (new one) convertible that replaced it despite that being a 1.6 and the 1.4 mark 3 polo I had at the time.
Nice little cars, as well as building them to “mobilise the masses” it was also to tempt Vespa and Lambretta riders off their scoots and into a car. Italians love their scooters.
Fiats are great cars, but sadly they're criminally underrated here in the UK. I've been old enough to drive for nearly 15 and a half years now, and for more than 12 and a half of those years, I've been a Fiat owner... My 1st car was a Daewoo Matiz, perhaps you could feature 1 of those, so people know that the few survivors are worth saving?
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Here's an interesting fact about the Cinquecento you were testing, that car is an ex Hertz rental car, if you look at the passenger side rear window there is a purple and white sticker on the glass, this was the cars unique unit number sticker, I used to work for Hertz many years ago and we had to put these stickers on every hire car, that and no smoking stickers and insurance excess stickers. I'm amazed its lasted on there all these years ☺️
I currently own this Cinquecento 😅
My first car was a 1997 Cinquecento S. Nothing on it to go wrong. I even managed to get five of us in it once. Underrated and you don't see many of them anymore.
Now that's an achievement!
@@ClassicsWorldUK It wasn't very fast at the best of times - never mind with five 17-year-olds in it!
Wish I still had it - like Joe - in many ways.
Installed the sporting centre console, and found a parcel shelf with speaker holes cut in, to fir the obligatory 6x9s every 17 year-old needs.
I have a 1994 fiat cinquecento sx ,had it 17 years and just love it and is totally rust free , never part with it , only done 54k miles , it's such a pleasure to drive , loved this video
My Dad bought a black Chinky Sporting in '97. Red piping = extra 10HP. We went on holiday to the Dales (3 of us plus luggage, and I'm 6'4" in the passenger seat, no problem fitting in). Great little runner.
Well done boys, a fun video - I'd personally take the newer car, but the original is cute, I've seen some here in Christchurch NZ.
Being one of those who came to this channel from a certain other channel run by a nice chap who drives a 53 reg Seicento with a stripe in the bonnet, i just knew who would be standing by the Cinq when the video started
Always happy to see some small FIAT content!
Nice little cars! I didn't live either in this era or part of the world, but the little 90s Suzuki Swift is the mini car that I remember the most.
Great video guys, I'd like to see a comparison video between the original fiat 500 and an original mini maybe with a vw bettle and a citroen 2cv in a future video
My first car was a Cinquecento Sporting. ‘95 reg, Postman Pat red. It was lovely, but after the rad blocked up for the umpteenth time and the calipers seized on yet again, with the result that I was almost harpooned by a bus in Bristol, it had to go. Was four years old when I sold it.
Edit, oh and spot on. Mine would do 45mpg everywhere. Town, country, loaded up with two big blokes doing 100mph down the M4. Which is saying something, because if memory serves they wouldn’t actually do that speed… I cannot honestly say I miss it, but as a first motor it was fab.
The electric Webasto roof model was called the Soliel , meaning sunshine, hence the roof, also metallic paint as standard . A very chic little car
Back in the early 70s a friend's mother had a Fiat 500 nicknamed 'Bombo' which my friend was allowed to use.
One Saturday night my friend rolled it on a roundabout and onto it's roof. He and his passenger righted it and he limped it home leaving it on the drive. Sunday morning he was awakened by his mother bursting into his bedroom demanding to know what he had done to her beloved Bombo.
Unsurprisingly he never got to drive it again.
Great video gents - lovely to see you reviewing the 500 (and the Cinq!) The 500 and 126 are my favorite cars of all time....so simple, but so well thought-out and capable for what they are :)
Our pleasure, glad you enjoyed it!
I could be tempting with a sporting. Of my first 5 cars, 3 were Fiat. An Uno, a Tipo and a Punto. The Punto was the best. 90ELX with a 1.6 8v engine and full sporting body kit. Loved that car! Put 80k on it and only think it ever had was a wheel bearing beyond normal servicing!
Lovely cars 🚗🚙🚘⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️👍👍👍👍👍👍
I had a Cinquecento and a Seicento, and although the Seicento outlasted the Cinquecento(thanks to Italian electrics) they were both fun, fizzy cars, loved them both.
Love the classic 500 and always wanted one. Great video!
Thanks for watching!
The 500 is cute and an icon - its only when you see it alongside a modern 500 you can appreciate how small it was and how good the reincarnation was - however the Cinquecento all the way for me - more modern - safer ( respectively ) and still usable and was made in Poland !!!
Yep, gears were grinding because you should double clutch to downshift and do a “false double clutch” to upshift, basically putting in neutral between each upshift, and blipping a bit!
Somewhere, a millennial’s brain just went pop..
I just have to get another 500 L. My money says no. And my head says no. But my heart says YES!
Well done lads on a brilliant super minis video! 🚗
I was lucky to potter about in a 1998 FIAT Punto SX. It was boxy, roomy, spacious, yet very revvy in the same way as the Cinquecento. Remove the air filter and you'd have a tiny Ferrari F355 (sort of). Frugal on fuel and easy to work on.
I still fancy FIAT since the recipe never really changed, be it practicality and being cheerful little cars to drive. However, I think that the new FIAT disappoints with very little choice in their model line-up.
Video request: could you please review a '63 Beetle and pit it against a 2003 New Beetle for the Dubbers.
Thanks Franceso, we do like a small Fiat! We're still on the hunt for a Beetle to test, hopefully we can make that happen next year in the 20th year of the New Beetle!
Italian small engines were fun. Growing up had Punto 1.2 convertible with a 1.2 16 valve 85bhp engine which loved to rev. It was so much more fun to do so than the mini (new one) convertible that replaced it despite that being a 1.6 and the 1.4 mark 3 polo I had at the time.
I love the Cinquecento! 😍
@0:21 It wasn't meant to be a successor and it is a completely different car. The Cinquecento is the sucessor of the Fiat 126 not the 500.
Nice little cars, as well as building them to “mobilise the masses” it was also to tempt Vespa and Lambretta riders off their scoots and into a car.
Italians love their scooters.
Fiats are great cars, but sadly they're criminally underrated here in the UK. I've been old enough to drive for nearly 15 and a half years now, and for more than 12 and a half of those years, I've been a Fiat owner...
My 1st car was a Daewoo Matiz, perhaps you could feature 1 of those, so people know that the few survivors are worth saving?
If it's a fiat, I know Joe is going to be in it!
Awesome video lads.
You know it!
As expected miller is on his place with a small fiat :)
We couldn't tear him away from either car after filming this one...
Bit of a bottom-puckering moment at 5:28! Or was that a mere optical illusion?
Why did you give up on Miller corner
I wonder if you would think a 500 was fun on a motorway with an overtaking artic’s wheels at your window 😂
Thumb up for small Fiats:)
Amen!
The newer one is very ordinary. It's like classic Beetle vs new Beetle
Joe Miller out and about in a Fiat. Surely not!
It doesn't happen often...
Just a friendly note, nuova (new -F) is pronounced nor-va, not nu-over.
Thought that you guys were going to be squashed by a lorry at 5:31
What? No love for the Fiat Jolly?