Fiat’s classy 500 gets the X factor

You can tell as much about a car by what a manufacturer prevents you from doing in it as you can by what they allow you to do.

The last time we visited Fiat’s Balocco proving grounds outside Turin we were at the helm of the Jeep Cherokee and had free access to all parts of the dedicated off-road course within the facility, including a daunting, house height, 30 per cent incline that ...