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

by Edward Niedermeyer

Published: September 14th, 2010

stump the best and brightest the fiat 500 s american changes edition

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 on Sep 15, 2010

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

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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.

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