Chrysler auctions first Fiat 500 in Canada for $85,000
 

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<div style="text-align: center;"><strong><em><sma ll>Fiat 500 Prima Edizione at the Venetian Ball - Click above for high-res image gallery</small></em></strong></div>
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With all the anticipation surrounding the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/make/chrysler">Chrysler</a>/<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/chrysler">Fiat</a> tie-up in the United States, it'd be all to easy to forget that Canada will be part of Fiat's return to North American shores as well. After all, that's where Sergio Marchionne's from, and where some of Chrysler's underutilized plants are expected to be retooled to build Fiats for the North American market. The True North (strong and free as it is) also got the very first <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/fiat 500">Fiat 500</a> to reach the Atlantic's Western shores in a charity auction that absolutely (though figuratively) blew the doors off the retro mini's list price.<br />
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Donated by Chrysler Canada for the 17th annual Venetian Ball in Toronto, a specially-badged Cinquecento went for a whopping $85,000 Canadian. Pricing hasn't been announced for these markets yet, but we're going to assume that's safely several times more than the car itself is worth, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/07/12/first-u-s-market-fiat-500-prima-edizione-reserved-for-fiat-fans/">Prima Edizione</a> or no Prima Edizione. Proceeds from the charity auction go towards the services provided by Villa Charities, an organization that seeks to help the elderly and mentally disabled in Toronto's Italian-Canadian community. Further details in the press release <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/10/20/chrysler-auctions-first-fiat-500-in-canada-for-85-000/#continued">after the jump</a>.<br />
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<div class="postgallery"><p><s trong>Gallery: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/fiat-500-prima-edizione-at-the-17th-annual-venetian-ball">Fiat 500 Prima Edizione at the 17th Annual Venetian Ball</a></strong></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/fiat-500-prima-edizione-at-the-17th-annual-venetian-ball/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/10/o7t8715_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/fiat-500-prima-edizione-at-the-17th-annual-venetian-ball/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/10/o7t8716_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/fiat-500-prima-edizione-at-the-17th-annual-venetian-ball/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/10/o7t8730_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a></div><br />
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