Fiat Airs Brand New "Baby" Commercial for the 500 in the States

The Fiat brand is slowly abandoning the banal Jennifer Lopez ads for its 500 city car and moving towards sexier and cheekier spots like the overly successful "Seduction" clip featuring Catrinel Menghia with some 8.3 million views on Fiat's Youtube channel and "House Arrest" with Charlie Sheen and Catrinel Menghia that has garnered around 1.8 million views in two weeks.

Coinciding with the broadcast debut of "House Arrest" this evening on local and national TV stations as well cable channels, is another new commercial for the 500 named "Baby".

The new 30-second ad shows two young men in the front seats and a baby boy in the back pulling by a 1967 Imperial, at which point the toddler joins his fingers in the traditional Italian way and says something to the stunned driver (our Italian readers can help with the translation).

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Fiat Designer Walks us Through the Styling of the New 500L Small MPV

The Fiat Group had two major world premieres in store for us at the ongoing 82nd Geneva International Auto Salon. The first was the Ferrari F12berlinetta and the other the Fiat 500L - two very different cars that are equally important to each of their brands for different reasons.

The new 500L marks the first expansion in the Italian brand's 500 range promising to combine styling elements of the three-door hatchback with a larger five-door body style that can accommodate rear passengers and their luggage with greater comfort .

The five-seater model seen here will go on sale in Europe later this year and is also expected to arrive in North America next year. If you follow the break, you'll find the video presentations of the car from the Geneva Show.

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The New Fiat 500L Smiles for the Camera in Geneva [with Video]

After many failed attempts to gain at least some ground in the larger categories, the Fiat brand is refocusing its attention on the A-, B- and C-segments. At the Geneva Motor Show, the Italian company lifted the covers off a new model named the 500L, which in some way replaces the Idea.

Fiat's latest car may borrow the name and the looks of the 500 (and to some extent, the Mini Countryman as well…), but underneath the skin you'll find the larger platform of the Punto.

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Fiat Drops First Promo Video of 500L

One day before its world premiere at the Geneva Motor Show, Fiat decided to release the first video of the 500L, the mini MPV-like addition to its 500 range.

With the “L” standing for “Large”, the five-door 500L is indeed significantly larger in all dimensions than the diminutive three-door hatch. That’s because, despite its “500” designation, its underpinnings are sourced from the B-segment Punto.

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Charlie Sheen Stars in New Fiat 500 Abarth “House Arrest” Commercial

A vast luxurious house, lots of beautiful women partying and Charlie Sheen. Sounds familiar, doesn’t it? Fiat decided to take advantage of the former Two and a Half Men lead, Hollywood megastar and serial troublemaker by using his “bad boy” image for its latest commercial.

The TV commercial promotes the 2012 500 Abarth, which Sheen is driving fast inside said house to the applause of his guests. Sheen rides the Abarth indoors as he wears an ankle monitor and is under house arrest – which is the name of the spot .

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