General 500 for Barbie - OMG!!!!

[RobW]

A Fiat 500 Show Car Birthday Gift For Barbie®
Fiat 500 makes headlines once more, as befits an authentic Made in Italy icon. This time it’s an original Fiat 500 show car dedicated to the most famous fashion doll ever: Barbie®. This exceptional vehicle, created by a partnership between the Fiat Centro Stile and Mattel, will be given officially to Barbie® on 9 March next, at her fiftieth birthday celebrations in Milan.

It’s a fashionista car but quite tongue-in-cheek and with lots of charm: just like Barbie® herself. The gleaming paintwork resembles varnish and definitely makes for a shock effect, achieved with deep lacquered colour using ultra fine aluminium plunged in deep, up-to-the-minute pink. The seating is upholstered in strikingly soft fabrics: silver laminated Alcantara® is not only trendy but plush to the touch and its glimmer bounces as far as the roof panel. Then there are mats enhanced with natural silk yarn and sleek viscose, not to mention lip glosses in brilliant colours stored in the glove compartment, plus a LED-decked vanity mirror to ensure perfect application. And there's more. The car has more features than a crown has jewels! Crystals sparkle on interior bezels, hubcaps, outer window mouldings and antenna and even outline the doll’s famed silhouette on the pillars. Lastly, this Fiat 500 show car also has its own glossy cover, featuring the distinctive Sixties version of the Fiat 500 and a Barbie® autograph.

The latest Fiat 500 show car will appear in public for the first time on Monday 9 March, from 6.30pm onwards, when it will race through the quintessential streets of Milan’s fashion district. Barbie® will be aboard and she’ll have her own special driver: Ken, of course. On arriving at the entrance to La Rinascente department store, in Piazza Duomo, Barbie® will leave the car and walk the unique pink carpet created just for her. The band Nena will be playing live in the background, reviving some of the most famous pop songs from the fifty years of the legendary fashion doll's existence.

Roberto Giolito, creator of the Fiat 500, had this to say about the Mattel-Fiat partnership scheme: “All-American Ms Barbie® already has a number of ‘transport solutions’ available, like thundering GTs and motor homes with endless accessories. So if she’s spotted a 500 and wants one as a gift for this landmark birthday, it’s a signal typical of modern times that there’s a renewed need for dreaming the simple things in life, which give so much, allow us to lighten up, thrill who’s born beautiful or just feels beautiful, but doesn’t have to prove anything. After all, Barbie® already has everything. Sleek Barbie® is a looker, smart enough to listen to everyone, a universal ambassador opting for a car that never divides but frees everyone from having to declare their social status. The new 2009 version celebrates her birthday with a model that offers a better view of the sun and the stars, all the better for continuing to dream, especially daydreams.”

Turin, 2 March 2009

Fiat Auto Press

 

[Heidi]

actually i really like it! Always wanted a pink car but didn't have time to 'pink up' my smart panels. I wouldn't buy it now as I'm too old for pink but 10 years ago I probably would have really been wishing they'd make one for the open market.

 

[StevenRB45]

Wow....they really don't want the straight male market do they?

 

[Lloyd71]

Those pictures look like something I used to knock up in Photoshop when I first started using it. They're absolutely terrible!

 

[grimwau]

Those pictures look like something I used to knock up in Photoshop when I first started using it. They're absolutely terrible!

You shouldn't put yourself down Lloyd, I'm sure your pictures weren't that bad. lol.

 

[tomo28]

ummm... no

 

[Gempop]

I wish Fiat had a pink option because I would love to have a pink 500.

When I was little, my Barbie had a pink Land Rover. It was lovely

 

[dawesy]

Fiat Auto Press

Sorry, Have I been asleep for a month? is it the 1st april?

Awful!

 

[initialg]

wow that actully looks well! suits the 500, my missis wants one in that colour!

 

[Heidi]

I wish Fiat had a pink option because I would love to have a pink 500.

I'm so glad I'm not the only one!!!!!

 

[Suasexed]

Wow....they really don't want the straight male market do they?

Or most gay men in truth. Well this gay man anyway!

It was inevitable there'd be a pink 500... but a BARBIE version? Niiiice.

 

[princessgracie]

I'm so glad I'm not the only one!!!!!

No you're not the only one - I love it too, I still havent got my car yet
I wander if I could cancel it and wait for this pink one - I can't tell if they are going to be bring one out or not - are they?????????

 

[Suasexed]

No you're not the only one - I love it too, I still havent got my car yet
I wander if I could cancel it and wait for this pink one - I can't tell if they are going to be bring one out or not - are they?????????

I think it's just going to be a very limited with only a couple made like the pink 'FAB 1' Thunderbirds Ford Streetka. I doubt it will be available for general release.

 

[PandaCraig]

Could look worse I guess, least its not powder pink or bright pink like the micra cab or ka. The photo of the car still has the reflection off the floor of the white car that was there before the dodgy photoshop job!

 

[MisssportyGT]

I love it

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[dave]

I love it

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yeah but you know nothing about cars

 

[RobW]

yeah but you know nothing about cars

neither does Barbie - she is a inanimate dumb blonde Dave

 

[dave]

neither does Barbie - she is a inanimate dumb blonde Dave

when did she go blonde pic in her profile isnt blonde

 

[PlopHole]

Could get a fair few dodgy looks driving around in that, but far more admirers.

 

[Heidi]

yeah but you know nothing about cars

What's liking a particular colour got to do with knowing anything about cars?