A new marketing campaign in the UK announcing the range (which debuted at spring's Geneva Motor Show) will celebrate some of the stylish combinations that made the original Fiat 500 famous in Italy and around the world during the 1960s and 1970s. Highlighting the car’s history and heritage, a set of posters showing the new retro exterior colours is accompanied by headings such as: ‘Ace’, ‘You Dig?’, and ‘Far Out’, together with the strapline ‘500 in 70s Colours’.

And fashion and beauty photographer Elisabeth Hoff, has been commissioned to capture the ‘70s inspired colour and design of Colour Therapy. Her pictures use the ‘70s technique of ‘colour blocking’ – multiple shades of the same colour with modern highlights – to accentuate the retro feel of the Colour Therapy line-up.

Available in both hatchback and convertible versions but only with the 0.9-litre TwinAir and 1.2-litre petrol engines, the cars come in five new paint colours: New Age Cream, Countrypolitan Yellow, Pasodoble Red, Volare Blue, and Tech House Grey.

The new complimentary white exterior details, door mirrors and hub caps, white details, coupled with the solid colours of the exterior, try to give the car a distinctive and unique personality, while emphasising its appeal. In the UK over 100,000 examples have been sold since the Fiat 500’s launch in 2008.

The mid-range Colour Therapy gets air conditioning, special paint, white mirror covers, white wheel covers, a ‘poolball’ design gear knob and key cover as standard. It costs £800 more than the entry-level Pop, but according to Fiat UK adds more than £1,000 worth of extra equipment.

“The special colours and stylish new touches will make the Fiat 500 an even more attractive proposition for our customers,” believes Elena Bernardelli, marketing director, Fiat Group Automobiles UK. “Tasteful features such as the white door mirror covers and ‘poolball’ design gear knob in matching colour, take the popular 500 to a new level, showing just how timeless this classic city car really is.”