No More Electroclash Grey

Autocar claim that Fiat are going to stop making grey cars.

I've just been on their configurator so it looks like there will be no more of these:

So you will now be left with a choice of Pastel Sicilia Orange (which looks quite good), Epic Blue, Dew Green, Bossanova White, Pasodoble Red or Metallic Crossover Black.  I was going to make a comment about how they should stop making crossovers rather stop making grey cars - especially as they've named one of their colours after them...

...but FIAT only make the one - the 500X - and that started out as an MPV.

I do think that there are far too many grey cars on the UK roads though.

There should be a lot less.

Then my grey car would stand out a bit more.

Fiat is Coining it in.

A seemingly counter-intuitive idea from Fiat in this Autocar story today.

Drivers of the New 500, will get to "earn" digital coins by driving in an economical manner.  Unfortunately, we are not talking Bitcoins here - we are talking KiriCoins - the invention of UK Start-Up Kiri Technologies who, being a start-up, nobody will have heard of yet - especially not people who you may want to spend their new coins with.

Now I thought that the new 500 was meant to be electric only so you couldn't help but to drive economically but, according to their Website, there are also hybrids in the range.

And, talking of their range, are they including the larger 500X and 500L models?

The idea is, according to the story, "By driving efficiently, owners will earn an ‘Eco:Score’ for each journey, with one kilometre of city driving roughly equal to two euro cents."

So, basically, the more you drive, the more you earn - see the problem here?

And, is the technology clever enough to give extra coins to people car-sharing in a Fiat 500L?