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Adrian PatonFerrari F1's Felipe Massa takes delivery of a Fiat 500
January 22nd 2008 23:30
When Felipe Massa asked for a company car, he surely expected a customised Ferrari F430 Scuderia delivered to his door step.
But to his shock horror, his employer had other ideas and delivered him an all-new Fiat 500 instead! Fiat, which owns Ferrari, delivered the new mini-car powered by an exclusive 88kW (120hp) 1.4-litre engine complete with personalised and unique graphic details including his signature embossed in the sill scuff plate to the Brazilian Formula 1 driver in Monte Carlo.
Publicity stunt: A Fiat 500 sits on the London Eye
Why the signature embossed in the sill scuff plate? Our is guess is that perhaps Kimi got one too and they didn't want the two drivers getting confused with each other's new car!
According to MotorAuthority, the car has been modified by Fiat Powertrain Racing - the carmarker’s division responsible for the design, research, development and production of performance engines.
Oh well, a free car's a free car in our books but if Massa truly can't get over the image of himself in such a cute mini-car, he can always step back into his other company car - a Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano.
[Source: MotorAuthority]
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