Project car

Fiat Cinquecento D16 4x4

A tiny Fiat Cinquecento with a Honda D16Z6 VTEC engine and an all-wheel-drive system from a Honda Odyssey.

Blue Fiat Cinquecento with a Honda D16 engine and the bonnet open at a track day

A Fiat Cinquecento that got far more car than it ever asked for: a Honda D16Z6 VTEC engine up front and a four-wheel-drive system borrowed from a Honda Odyssey.

Why this car?

A tiny Fiat with a Honda VTEC and four-wheel drive from a minivan? It was so crazy that I just had to buy it.

Cinquecento photos

  • Fiat Cinquecento 4x4 in the pit lane at a track day
  • Fiat Cinquecento 4x4 from the rear three-quarter in an underground garage
  • Front of the Cinquecento with the bumper off, showing the Honda D16 engine and exhaust manifold
  • Rear of the Cinquecento with the bumper removed and the Odyssey 4x4 rear drivetrain visible
  • Honda D16 VTEC engine with a green valve cover in the Cinquecento engine bay
  • Cinquecento engine bay lit by a work lamp hanging from the bonnet
  • Honda D16 block with the cylinder head removed in the Cinquecento