07 April 2009 - 12:00
Sink the pink
In an all-time low for taste and decency, a special, one-off Fiat 500 has been created in honour of a fictional woman most famous for dating a man with moulded plastic genitalia.
In celebration of Barbie's 50th birthday, this Italian blancmange is coming to London as part of Fiat's British leg of a big European tour. Yes, we love the 500, but this is just too much, surely?
The bright pink eyesore was created 'in acknowledgment' of the plastic doll and built in partnership between Fiat's Style Centre and toy maker Mattel. A birthday card would've been fine, guys.
The 500 Barbie edition comes equipped with an LED-lit vanity mirror, a glove compartment that comes pre-stocked with a selection of lip-glosses, and paintwork that's more than a little reminiscent of nail varnish. There's even an outline of Barbie's famed silhouette on the car's B-pillars (insert airbags joke here).
Anyway, the car is being displayed at Fiat's London flagship dealer until 13 April.
Speaking of pink monstrosities, here's one driven by Richard Hammond... with a paper bag over his head:
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thats ugly. and i am a 13 year old girl!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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but the lipgloss is good i would buy it for that
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ian09rush, you took the words out of my fingers!
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Did you know that if you sized up a Barbie doll into a real person, she'd have very enormous boobs (39/19/33), be 6ft tall, 100lbs and be unable to stand up because of her tiny feet? This car, however, should not EVER be real and should remain as a 1/10 scale plastic toy with a gaping hole in the roof - or sold as a 500C - for the insertion of impossible women and infertile, possibly bisexual boyfriends.
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Ken dolls actually have genitalia? Here in the States, the area below the waist is underpants, molded in the plastic of his body.
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I agree with ilovetg because im 13 but i love cars an even i can tell that thats an embrassing car!
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I agree with ilovetg because im 13 but i love cars an even i can tell that thats an embrassing car!
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The worst thing is knowing that it would sell like wildfire if they mass-produced it. =\
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WHY?? This is a lovely little car and now it looks like a child has vomited over it after eating too much strawberry jelly. Perhaps that's appropriate for a Barbie car?
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that is the grossest car ever.... and my mates got a fiat panda in lime green!! Im a girl but would not drive that to save my life!!!
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Fiat are ruining the 500's credibility with this - I LOVE the 500 - but if they ever decided to sell this, I'd cry. Leave the Barbie stuff to the Beetle, Fiat!!!
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Oh.Dear. I'd love to follow somebody driving one of them around to see how much abuse they'd get.
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I think Clarkson should take this one out for a spin in a future Top Gear episode. I'll be waiting with my thumb on the record button.
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yh clarkson driving that worse than hamster in the nissan
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Well they've (Fiat) obviously taken their cutesy 500 and made it even more cutesy with cutesy pink paint. For the girls: yes. For the guys: erm, think not...
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i am a girl i hate it i would never drive they have distroyed a car for barbie that even barbie wouldent drive!
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i am waching the one with the pink nissan on dave right now
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thats the one where they first got tg dog
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am i the only one that coments on this???
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or is it just cos i am at home cos i have a inset day
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i am the only one then
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ian09rush commented on this article
07 April 2009
Happy birthday Paris Hilton
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