It's Party Time as Fiat 500 Celebrates First Birthday

07/07/2008 21:05. BERKSHIRE, UK- July 07, 2008: The award-winning Fiat 500, which has received countless honours this year, adds an extra important one this weekend its first birthday celebrations.

Although it only arrived in the UK in January this year, the popular supermini was first launched in Italy on 4 July 2007, and the Fiat Group is celebrating its anniversary with a series of bold, elaborate parties across the world, including the UK.

The date of this landmark occasion is especially significant as last years Italian launch of the car was exactly 50 years after the original introduction of Dante Giacosas classic post-war 500.

The UK party, hosted by TV presenter Alex Zane, is called the Fiat 500 PicNic and takes place at Alexandra Park, North London. Its designed to be a traditional British... // Autochannel