{"id":1320,"date":"2005-06-19T04:35:52","date_gmt":"2005-06-19T04:35:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.thesocialmedia.com\/petrol-head\/2005\/06\/19\/special-fiats-f\/"},"modified":"2012-07-17T13:48:12","modified_gmt":"2012-07-17T13:48:12","slug":"special-fiats-f","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.thesocialmedia.com\/petrol-head\/2005\/06\/19\/special-fiats-f\/","title":{"rendered":"Special Fiats for UK"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.thesocialmedia.com\/petrol-head\/files\/2012\/07\/stiloschumachergp_11.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"161\" alt=\"Stiloschumachergp_1\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.thesocialmedia.com\/petrol-head\/files\/2012\/07\/stiloschumachergp_1.jpg\" width=\"250\"  \/><\/a> A few months ago, Fiat released the Stilo Schumacher throughout <\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Europe<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">. Fiat\u2019s compact car simply received new bumpers, a red paint and a few Schumacher badges. Rightfully, Fiat UK thought this was not enough and, with the help of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.motorsportsblog.com\/archives\/2005\/06\/aston_martin_ra_3.php\">Prodrive<\/a>, decided to fit it with OZ Superturismo 18\u2019\u2019 alloys,<span>&nbsp; <\/span>front and rear springs made by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eibach.com\/\">Eibach<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bilstein.com\/\">Bilstein<\/a> dampers and a rear silencer with 2 pipes enhancing the sound of its 170bhp 2.4 five-in-line. This Stilo Schumacher GP was launched last month, in the <\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">UK <\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">only, at a price of \u00a316,995. Only 200 copies will be made.<br \/><\/span><\/span><span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Now Fiat <\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">UK <\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">launches the Panda Sporting Special Edition. This sporty version receives new bumpers and side skirts, special alloys, lowered suspensions and the most powerful engine in the Panda range, the appraised 70bhp 1.3 Multijet. 400 copies will be produced, priced at \u00a38,995. Fiat promises a unique finance package for young drivers.<br \/><\/span><\/span><span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">These 2 cars look sportier than they actually are, but then, we can\u2019t reproach Fiat <\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">UK <\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">for not addressing the brand\u2019s main problem: an appalling image.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><a href=\"http:\/\/smgenglish.typepad.com\/.shared\/image.html?\/photos\/uncategorized\/pandasporting_1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"250\" alt=\"Pandasporting_1\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.thesocialmedia.com\/petrol-head\/files\/2012\/07\/pandasporting_1.jpg\" width=\"450\"  \/><\/a> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few months ago, Fiat released the Stilo Schumacher throughout Europe. Fiat\u2019s compact car simply received new bumpers, a red paint and a few Schumacher badges. Rightfully, Fiat UK thought this was not enough and, with the help of Prodrive, decided to fit it with OZ Superturismo 18\u2019\u2019 alloys,&nbsp; front and rear springs made by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":353,"featured_media":1538,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fiat"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Special Fiats for UK - Petrol Head<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.thesocialmedia.com\/petrol-head\/2005\/06\/19\/special-fiats-f\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Special Fiats for UK - Petrol Head\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"A few months ago, Fiat released the Stilo Schumacher throughout Europe. 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