Oh Look, It's The Fiat 500X

Derek Kreindler
by Derek Kreindler

Slow sales of the Fiat 500 in America have Marchionne & Co. pinning their hopes on a small crossover, dubbed the 500X, to boost sales. Our first look comes via this video. It’s a bit of a tease, isn’t it?

Looking like a cross between the Fiat 500L and the standard car, the 500X will likely use the same 1.4L MultiAir engines as its siblings, along with a rudimentary all-wheel drive system. Prepare for cries of “ruining brand values” in 5,4,3,2…


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  • -Cole- -Cole- on Jul 05, 2012

    I'm sure Audi could do it better!

  • Segfault Segfault on Jul 05, 2012

    I saw these doing high altitude testing in Colorado last year. It will be interesting to see the options and pricing on them.

  • Ciddyguy Ciddyguy on Jul 05, 2012

    Keep in mind that Fiat had problems with dealers coming on line when they launched, so that slowed things way down in 2011. They seem to be doing quite well now. However, I'm more interested in either the original 500, or the 500L or if they bring the Panda here, I'd be interested in that, probably in the basic FWD variant, though I've heard the 4x4 variants are pretty capable in their own right.

  • Panzerfaust Panzerfaust on Jul 06, 2012

    Just what the world needs another #$%&* lame ass SUV.

    • Marcelo de Vasconcellos Marcelo de Vasconcellos on Jul 06, 2012

      Like I said above, and was seconded by Ciddyguy, I prefer the original or the minivan. Unfortunately, that's our 'enthusiast' opinion. As we well know, enthusiast opinion is about worthless in cold hard cash terms. This is what sells and Fiat could well use a car like this to boost sales. If such a SUV-CUV thingy keeps the money rolling, maybe they'll have enough cash to keep the 'real' cars comings. Afterall this is what Porsche did, as well as BMW and others. Let the non-enthusiasts get their trucks and the companies will have the means to develop cars that we like. If the opinion of enthusiasts was worth anything, where is that mythical low-slung, diesel-powered wagon??

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