New Fiat 124 Spider confirmed as Fiat's Mazda MX-5 | New FIAT and Used Car Dealer

Fiat will use the Mazda MX-5 platform to create a new Fiat 124 Spider roadster with an Abarth 124 Spider on the cards too.

Fiat Chrysler boss Sergio Marchionne has confirmed our exclusive story that Fiat's new roadster will be called the Fiat 124 Spider. In February 2015, Auto Express broke the news that Fiat two-seater, developed alongside the Mazda MX-5, was likely to wear the retro 124 Spider badge and produced this exclusive image of how the car could look.

When asked directly by Auto Express at the Geneva Motor Show if the new Fiat sports car would indeed be badged 124 Spider, Marchionne checked with his execs if the name had been revealed yet, before asking: “Do we want to do it now?”. A brand exec confirmed the 124 Spider name before Marchionne added: “There you go – a world class premiere right in this room!”.

He declined to confirm whether that model would be a Fiat orAbarth, but Auto Express understands that there will be versions wearing both badges based on the Mazda MX-5 platform.

Fiat 124 Spider: what do we know so far?

As part of the joint venture agreement with Mazda, both the Fiat 124 Spider and the Mazda MX-5 are to be made at Mazda’s factory in Hiroshima, Japan. According to our source, the agreement between Fiat and Mazda is that the MX-5 will launch first and take centre stage in 2015, with Fiat’s alternative offering coming 12 months in 2016.