Stump The Best And Brightest: The Fiat 500's American Changes Edition

Edward Niedermeyer
by Edward Niedermeyer

This is the interior of the forthcoming Fiat 500 Sport, built in Mexico for the US market [UPDATE: Fiat’s PR team insists that this is not the US-market version… we will revisit the story when real photos come out]. After the jump, you can find a photo of the Italian market Fiat 500’s interior. Spot the differences (there’s one big one we’re thinking of) and win the respect of TTAC’s Best & Brightest. Help us understand why these changes were made, and you’ll be well on your way to becoming the next TTAC comments section superstar.

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  • Roundel Roundel on Sep 15, 2010

    Looks like I was right! Fiat clearly states that this isnt a US Spec car!

  • Ciddyguy Ciddyguy on Sep 19, 2010

    Both will be available I'm sure as in Europe, you can option the car with automatic climate controls, which help maintain temperature levels as situations warrant but the car looks to come with the simple rotary manual controls as standard. And lest one worry about the skydome, I read somewhere that there is a sliding panel to close that off if the heat is too much, much like the glass sunroofs found in virtually any car that has one, the old steel panel sunroofs don't need this but the newer glass versions do.

  • Master Baiter There are plenty of affordable EVs--in China where they make all the batteries. Tesla is the only auto maker with a reasonably coherent strategy involving manufacturing their own cells in the United States. Tesla's problem now is I think they've run out of customers willing to put up with their goofy ergonomics to have a nice drive train.
  • Cprescott Doesn't any better in red than it did in white. Looks like an even uglier Honduh Civic 2 door with a hideous front end (and that is saying something about a Honduh).
  • Kwik_Shift_Pro4X Nice look, but too short.
  • EBFlex Considering Ford assured us the fake lightning was profitable at under $40k, I’d imagine these new EVs will start at $20k.
  • Fahrvergnugen cannot remember the last time i cared about a new bmw.
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