Its a car ,a classic,its cute and its also costly. 
Meet the Fiat 500 Cinquecento a blast from the past,originally introduced in 1957-50 years ago.
Its got great style bringing the cool retro look to the Indian roads.Its got the 74bhp, 1.3 multijet diesel (same engine as Swift diesel in India) which reaches 0 to 100 in a decent 16 .81 seconds and tops a good 155km. Well its definitely not a speedster but sure can find its way through the narrow Indian streets.It weighs only 980 kg but at the same time sturdy enough to be handled in Indian roads.A huge list of customisation options are available from stickers to body kits.
All this is good except for the price tag .Its priced at a whopping Rs 14.85 lakhs (ex-showroom Delhi-Almost 18 lakhs on road). Now that's too costly for Indian roads!!(one of the main reason is that the car is imported from Europe )
If your pockets are deep enough you will definitely will love this stylish small fun ride.
Or you can wait for the VW Beetle which is set for its Indian launch 2009
I dont think this will attract the consumers in India for 2 reasons:
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b) Too small size
c) Looks cute but not powerful