The Fiat 500 features a braking and injection system by Bosch, assuring ideal dynamics and economic engine operation, whilst driving is more enjoyable thanks to a car audio system by Blaupunkt.

The new Fiat 500 seduces not only with its looks. As confirmed by tests, this model is also one of the safest in the segment of small cars. This cult car is equipped by Bosch with a complete braking system and injection system, assuring dynamics and economic engine operation. Driving Fiat 500 is more enjoyable thanks to a car audio system by Blaupunkt, a division of Bosch.

On July 4 in Turin, exactly 50 years after the premiere of Fiat 500 designed by Dante Giacosa, a younger version of the 500 was presented to the public. The car was enthusiastically welcomed in Italy and France; and right now the 500 is starting its conquest of the German, Spanish, Swiss, Austrian and Polish markets.

The model is equipped with numerous active safety systems supplied by Bosch, such as ABS with EBD, ESP (Electronic Stability Program), ASR (Anti Slip Regulation), HBA function (Hydraulic Brake Assistance) and Hill Holder system. Moreover, the braking system of the vehicle includes disc braking of front wheels and rear wheel drum brakes by Bosch.

In Euro NCAP's crash tests earlier this year, the Fiat 500 achieved as many as five stars, coming out at the top of its segment. This was an unprecedented result, as it was the first time in history that an A-segment car had achieved such a high safety rating.

The new Fiat 500 is produced only in the factory in Tychy. It is offered with three engines: dynamic and powerful, economic fuel consumption, and environmentally friendly. The versions equipped with the 1.4-litre petrol engine are fitted with a fuel injection system by Bosch. The version with a 1.3-litre diesel engine with DPF (Diesel Particulate Filter) is equipped with a 'Common Rail' injection system and glow spark plugs by Bosch, allowing reliable start-up even at very low temperatures. All the engines of the Fiat 500 safely meet the requirements pertaining to limitation of combustion gas emission, determined by the Euro 4 limit and will be easily adjusted further, to adhere to even more stringent regulations that will be seen in future European standards' (Euro 5) that will probably come into force in 2009. Driving is made more enjoyable thanks to a car audio system by Blaupunkt.

report: Robert Bosch / Samar