Events

  • Final countdown FIAT Spring Thing 2024
    Only 3 days until Spring Thing! Please take a moments to look back through your email and find the one from eventbrite titled “Your Tickets for FIAT Spring Thing 2024” to verify what you signed up for. If there is anything you are no longer able to attend please let me know. We need to
  • Breakfast at Driven to Care Memorial Park
    Saturday March 2nd, 9-11am2214 S. 2nd St (near First St and Oltorf) Lisa Weinberger is hosting a breakfast at the Driven to Care Memorial Park. FIAT club members are invited along with members of the Alfa, Ferrari, and air-cooled Porsche clubs. The park features a replica of the Circuit of the Americas race track including
  • 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗦𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲! ♦ 𝗥𝗦𝗩𝗣 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗱 ♦
    Hey Fiat Fam, Now that we’ve got all the events for Spring Thing pretty well sorted, we’ve created an Eventbrite link to keep track of who is doing what. We have a couple of very exciting updates as well! Auto Ricambi has sponsored our K1 Karting event, so the first 30 to reserve karting get
  • Alfa Club Fall Tour
    Hey FIAT fans! The Alfa club invites all Italian cars to join their fall tour. Please RSVP by clicking the link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2023-thc-aroc-fall-tour-tickets-722294511327 If you’ve never been on one of the Hill Country Alfa tours before, you’re missing out! There’s always a ton of interesting cars that show up, and the twist and turns trough the
  • Alfa F1 Event after Top Notch
    Hey FIAT fam, don’t forget about our regularly scheduled monthly lunch meet at Top Notch this Saturday Oct 14th, 11am! Right after lunch we’ll head over to the Alfa Romeo of Austin dealership where they’ll have the F1 car on display. They need people to RSVP for the F1 event so please click the link
  • Hot Springs Italian Invasion 2023
    Join us on an unforgettable journey at the Roman Chariots Italian Invasion in Hot Springs, Arkansas. Explore stunning scenic drives, picturesque overlooks, and the camaraderie of the Fiat family. Watch the video to experience the excitement and find out which Fiat stood out from the crowd!
  • Italian Car Fest 2023
    September 9th, 2023The ultimate Italian car show in the Southwest. Free to the public. To show your car register at: https://www.grapevinetexasusa.com/grapefest/grapefest-events/italiancarfest/ Click below to see the video from last year’s show!
  • Texas Spring Thing 2024
    MAR 21, 2024 – MAR 23, 2024 Come join us for a weekend packed full of FIAT fun in the Texas Hill Country!A hotel block is set up at the Hilton Garden Inn for $129/night.https://bit.ly/ST24Hotel Provisional plans are for…21st Thursday: Karting + lower octane alternative22nd Friday: Gimmick Rally or TSD23rd Saturday: Scenic Drive, Winery &
  • Book your rooms for Spring Thing 2023!
    Rooms are now available at the Inn Of The Hills Resort!Dates 3/30 – 4/2 2023 3 nights / check out Sunday Rooms available:King bed rooms at $119 per nightQueen-Queen at $119 per nightCabana rooms at $139 per night You must call 800-292-5690 for reservations and tell them it is for the “Fiat Car Club” for
  • Madness After Hours
    How many of y’all knew Madness hosts a monthly car show? Next one is 10/20/22, 6-8 pm
  • FIAT FreakOut Track Day 2022
    We had a great mix of classic and modern cars. I had a blast, and the staff at MSR Houston was excellent! The Fiata was reliable and smooth.
  • Retrofest West: Fall Edition 2022
    Attention all 80s & 90s Alfas, FIATs, and Lancias! You’re invited to attend Retrofest West: Fall Edition at the Time Traveler’s Lounge. The event is free to attend, so register early!
  • Rolling Sculpture Car Show 2022
    Rolling Sculpture Car Show in Bee Cave on Oct 16th! This is always a classy show. Hope to see lots of FIATs and Alfas there!
  • FIAT Dyno Test | FreakOut Day 2 (part 1)
    On day 2 of Fiat FreakOut 2022, which was the first full day I participated, we headed to MSR Houston for a track day! I got to the track early for some dyno time. Finally able to properly test the ChipBox on the Fiata, and saw some classic Spiders on the dyno as well. They
  • Video from Austin Creek Drive
    Had a ton of fun driving some of Austin’s great roads this past weekend with Lone Star Spiders, Texas Alfa Romeo Club, and Austin FIAT Club! Watch the drive video below!
  • May Events
    We have three events for May! Firstly you have a choice to make this Saturday, May 14th… Option 1) Our regular monthly meet at Top Notch. If you go, please take lots of pictures! https://austinfiatclub.com/my-calendar/?mc_id=14 Option 2) Vick Auto Sports open house in Cleburne, TX. Sounds like they are going to have free food and
  • Freak Out Registration is Open!
    Head over here to register! -► https://fiatclubamerica.com/freakout-2022/ There is an incredible amount of events planned… Clay Shooting, Brewery Tours, Track Day, Museum Trip, Self-Guided Drives, TSD Rally, and of course the Concorso. Hope to see you there!
  • More Spring Thing Details
    More details from Mike! OK Folks here are the latest details on our upcoming 2022 Spring Thing for Thurs. 4/7 to Sun. 4/10 in Kerrville, TX. We will be staying again at the Inn of the Hills Resort in Kerrville for all 3 nights. Rooms are still $109 per night and we have 9 King
  • Save the date! Spring Thing 4/7 – 4/10 2022
    Spring Thing is returning to the Inn of the Hills Resort in Kerrville April 7th-10th. Details for making reservations, etc. will be posted soon.
  • Sunday Drive Video
    If you missed the drive this past Sunday, don’t fret! You can experience it with the video below.
  • A Sunday Drive
    Sunday December 5th, 11amChevron, 18220 Old Farm to Market Road 2243, Leander, TX 78641 Let’s go for a drive! We’ll meet up at the Chevron on the corner of 1431 and Nameless, have a spirited drive, and then end at Rentsch Brewery. Their featured food truck that day is “Flavors of Guam.”
  • Oct ’21 Meet was great!
    Today’s monthly meet at Top Notch Hamburgers was fun as usual. I’d like to welcome Maricela (I think it was, sorry if not 😅) with her retro 500, and James with his 500x to the club! Check out the pictures, and add us on IG if you’re on there: https://www.instagram.com/austinfiatclub/ Take a listen to Chad’s
  • Austin caravan to ItalianCarFest 2021
    Italian car owners of Austin! Let’s all drive up to Grapevine together for the 2021 ItalianCarFest. We will meet in the Bass Pro parking lot and depart at 6:30am sharp! Anyone late (including myself) will have to make their own way. Be sure to register for ICF here: https://tickets.grapevineticketline.com/event/italiancarfestregistration2020uJDKLrr More info at the offical site:
  • Fall Fling Update
    Here’s the itinerary from the Poo Bah! Thur. 11/4 – 5pm — Gather at Holiday Inn Express, Waco for check in – Meet & GreetI don’t think Motel has a bar so I found Walk-Ons Sports Bistro just an 8-minute walk around the lake where we can all gather. Friday 11/5 – 9am — Leave
  • Fall Fling is back! Nov 4-7, 2021
    We’re excited to announce the Fall FIAT Fling is back on track! Here’s a message from the organizer, Mike… Hey All,             Finally am putting finishing touches on the Fall Fling that has had to be postponed twice now. The new dates will be Thurs. 11/4 to Sunday 11/7. We will still be at the
  • Freak Out is coming to Texas!
    For the first time ever FIAT Freak Out is coming to Texas in 2022. Things are very much still in the planning stage, so check back for more details. Check out the promo video below!
  • Italian Motor Gathering is back for 2021!
    This is always a great event. The organizers really know how to put on a good show! Registration opens in July. Keep an eye on italianmotorgathering.com for more info. Check out a video from last year:
  • Registration for ICF is open!
    Be sure to register for Italian Car Fest! Click here: https://tickets.grapevineticketline.com/event/italiancarfestregistration2020uJDKLrr Let us know in the comments below what you’re bringing 🙂 Check out this video from a previous ICF
  • ICCoNTx Winery tour
    Italian Car Club of North Texas has planned a drive to a winery for Saturday, May 15th for lunch and tastings. The winery is Tara Vineyard and Winery near Athens, Texas. We have been there before and everyone has had a great time. Please arrive noonish.
  • 2021 Spring Thing Review
    This past weekend the Gulf Coast chapter of FIAT Club America hosted their annual “Spring Thing”. We met in Lockhart, drove to Wimberley Glass Works for a great glass blowing demonstration, ate lunch at Wimberley Cafe, cruised over to Texas Olive Co, then hit the backroads to Twisted X Brewing Company. Then the crew headed
  • April 2021 Top Notch Meet
    We had a fantastic meet today. There were three long haulers! One couple flew in from San Deigo to buy an Abarth 124 because there were no manuals available in CA. They are going to drive their new toy back! Another couple came up from Mission, TX. A 5hr trip! …and we had a fellow
  • ItalianCarFest™ – 9/11/21
    ItalianCarFest™ is back! This is in my opinion the best Italian car show in Texas. You’ll not only see the shiny exotics you’re used to, but also very eclectic vehicles you never even knew existed.
  • Lone Star Spiders Meet Up – 5/1/21
    Calling all 124s in Texas! Taz had the idea to show our European compatriots who have huge 124 meets that Texas can do it to!
  • DFW Annual Bluebonnet Cruise – 4/24/21
    The DFW Fiat Club – Fiat Club America is hosting our 1st Annual Bluebonnet Cruise. We are meeting at Stubbys on I-20 in south Dallas at 1100AM for lunch, then cruising down to the Buc-ees in Ennis, TX to meet up with anyone else who wishes to join is at 1PM. We will depart Buc-ees at 1:30PM to tour the bluebonnet trails in and around Ennis.
  • Lockhart Spring Drive – 4/17/21
    The Gulf Coast chapter is hosting a spring drive (not a “Thing”) beginning in Lockhart, TX. Exact route and time are still TBD. I’ll update this post when I get more info.
  • Meetup at the Oasis – 4/20/21 7pm
    Not everyone can make the Saturday meets, so we’re going to do a classic rooftop meet at the Oasis on April 20th. Come up to the tippy top of the parking garage at 7pm and enjoy the sunset!