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23/09/2008 11:49. EASY DRIVE: It may look a bit like a Maserati, but the Fiat Ritmo is a rival to hatchbacks like the Volkswagen Golf.

If, with a bit of a squint, you reckon this car looks like a Maserati, you're not far off the mark. The same person who designed the latest model from the Italian sports car maker penned this Fiat hatch.

Before he worked for the Italians, Frank Stevenson also designed the modern version of the Mini. So, this creation is perhaps the first time he has blended two of his most notable achievements in one car.

Some may call it a Maserati hatch but, in Australia at least, Fiat calls it the Ritmo. It's Italian for rhythm but it doesn't easily roll off the tongue. At first it sounds like the name of an electric lawnmower.

Almost everywhere else in the world this car is... // Waikato Times

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First News Article: Stuff.co.nz, 23/09/2008 10:03