Thursday, July 4, 2013

Refuel 2013: Fiat invites us to autocross 500e, we oblige

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silver fiat 500e autocross at refuel 2013

For a car that Fiat-Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne still doesn't sound enthusiastic to sell, the 500e sure is getting a lot of official company support. Despite this year's admittedly-limited production run already being sold out, the company continues to promote the values of the improved (in my eyes) battery-powered version over its gasoline-burning sibling.

Case in point, at the (totally amazing) running of the 2013 Refuel event at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, the Fiat flag flew proud over a substantial piece of parking-lot real estate, wherein a small fleet of 500e coupes sat ready to impress all driver license-holding comers willing to wheel the Italian sub-compact around an orange-coned autocross course. We decided it would be foolish to not take Fiat up on its kind offer.

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