Bravo for new Fiat

Jun 16 2009 Steve Hughes

A SPECIAL edition Fiat Bravo has just been announced to coincide with an international charity driving tour which will take the cars from capital cities across Europe to Turin, Italy.

The new Bravo MSN Special Series is the result of a collaboration between Fiat and internet giant MSN.

Based on a Bravo 1.4 16V, the new special edition version is also fitted with some of the latest Sony Ericsson mobile phone technology, custom-made for the car, which will allow direct access to the MSN portal.

The Bravo MSN Special Series costs £13,255, which is the same as the standard 1.4 16V Active but it has £2,700 worth of extra equipment.

In addition to the navigation and communications kit, it also has grey pearlescent paint, 17-inch alloy wheels and a leather steering wheel.

The new car is linked in with the Bravo Tour, which is a three-day drive in Bravo MSN cars to Fiat's Balocco test track near Turin from European starting points including Lisbon, Madrid, Berlin, London, Rome and Brussels.

Starting on June 26, teams consisting of two MSN users and an MSN selected journalist will drive their own routes, equipped with a digital video camera and other communications tools.

They must report on their tour, solve given tasks along the route, visit places nominated by MSN users and broadcast their tour experience on MSN.