Upper Middle Petrol Head:

  Of the eleven variants of the beyond-iconic Fiat 500, this quirkily named Jolly would have to be the very, very rarest and coolest of them all!  Sure, it doesn’t have quite the pint-sized pugnaciousness of its also ultra exclusive Abarth 695 Esse Esse sibling - which, until today’s encounter, was my favourite Cinquecento  - but it does have charm in absolute bucket loads! From what I can glean, the Jolly was intended to be an automotive tender that the mega-rich and famous - Aristotle Onassis being touted as an example - could store aboard their super yachts, ready for land-based sorties in whatever Mediterranean resort city they found themselves gracing.  This is apt, given that Mrs UMPH and I stumbled upon today’s example in Cap Martin, France, about 15 minutes’ drive east of Monaco. It’s also reported that many were also deployed to high-end resorts, much like the ubiquitous Mini Mokes that once undertook tourism-related duties on Australia’s Gold and Sunshine Coasts, and beyond.