New Logo For Fiat

Debuts on new Fiat Bravo

In recent months, the Fiat brand has implemented a new strategy, which is underlined by the many new products that have been presented: from the Croma to the Grande Punto, the Panda and the Fiat Sedici, and they will soon be joined by the new Bravo. As Luca De Meo, President of the Fiat Brand, explained, “In this important, dynamic context, we have decided to acknowledge the progress achieved so far, by changing our logo, as a tangible sign of the new impetus that is projecting us towards future challenges. This is why the new logo will make its debut on the front of the new Bravo, before being gradually adopted on all Fiat models.”

Created jointly by RobilantAssociati (an agency specialising in Brand Advisors & Strategic Design) and the Fiat Style Centre, the new symbol is derived from the famous shield that decorated the front of Fiat cars from 1931 to 1968, with the vertically elongated letters of the word ‘FIAT’ standing out against a ruby red background, encased in a chromed round frame. It has a three-dimensional effect which conveys an idea of technology, Italian design, dynamism and a strong personality, while it also harks back to the round logo (white wording against a red background, surrounded by laurel leaves) that identified powerful, high performance Fiat models for many years.

The essential, strong new logo therefore conveys ‘ongoing change’, a sign of the past re-read in a modern key which is particularly representative of Fiat today, a brand projected towards the challenges of the future but also proud of its historical identity. The two main elements of the new logo (the shield shape and the colour red) immediately bring to mind the Fiat 524 of 1931, which was the first to use a rectangular logo that blended into the new grille, designed with stylistic but also aerodynamic pretensions, in the shape of a shield with vertical elements.

The new FIAT logo is designed to sum up the mission of an Italian company that for over one hundred years has been building good-looking cars that are accessible and capable of guaranteeing the best quality of everyday life.

Source: Fiat Group

chewy - 10/31/2006 1:24:09 AM

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Which one is the new one? Now that is a question for the ages.

chewy - 10/31/2006 1:25:31 AM

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I guess the red one is the new one. I guess it looks better, but not that much better.

AUDBMLEXMRC - 10/31/2006 5:51:52 AM

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Ya the red one!

Sauceboy01 - 10/31/2006 1:32:36 AM

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The red one is the new one.

You have to remember they dont want to make a huge jurastic change to the logo, just something suttle to engage their buyers into the next generation of Fiat Automobiles.

M53R - 10/31/2006 9:34:48 AM

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funny how we ppl cant tell which 1 is the new 1! Its the red 1 tho :D

Homer008 - 10/31/2006 6:16:08 PM

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Italy's Fiat has agreed with Chery Automobiles to have the Chinese manufacturer supply it with engines for some of its cars. Mainly 1.6 and 1.8 liter engines.

EL34i - 10/31/2006 7:15:08 PM

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I'd wear it on a T-shirt!