"Why Africa": Fiat 500 with an African touch

posted: Tuesday 27 May 2008 by Alison in: Fiat City cars

“Why Africa? La collezione Pigozzi” (The Pigozzi Collection) is the name given to the exhibition where the new “Fiat 500 Why Africa” has been presented. The car, shown at the Pinacoteca Giovanni and Marella Agnelli in Turin, was created by South African artist Esther Mahlangu. She became famous in the 60’s for having brokered the tradition where the women of the Ndebele tribe fresco the interior and exterior of their houses. In 1991 BMW asked Esther to paint a BMW 525i with the distinctive motifs. The artist has also been involved in the decoration of the company’s skyscraper in Washington.

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The Fiat 500 Why Africa will be put on auction (together with another red Fiat 500) in occasion of the “Convivio 2008″, the most important charity exhibition organised in Italy for ANLAIDS Lombardia (National Assocation for the fight against AIDS). The exhibition will take place at Fieramilanocity from June 12 to 17. Fiat isn’t new to the event, having already in 2004, shown and then sold to the highest bidder a Fiat Idea autographed by Naomi Campbell.

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jamzky
28 May 2008 - 06:37 - #1

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According from talk about cars!, to meet the demands of the post-war market which called for economy cars, the Fiat 500 was rear-engined on the pattern of the Volkswagen Beetle. Several car makers followed this now nearly vanished design at the time and were quite successful, but only the Fiat 500 was used as the template for other car makers in Europe.