Overgrown Fiat 500 Launched

by Bertel Schmitt

July 5th, 2013 12:20 PM

Fiat launched a seven-seat version of its Fiat 500, a car that used to be known for its cramped space in the original model. Called the 500L Living (as in Living Room …), the seven seater “is about a meter longer than the classic 500,” writes Reuters.

The car gained 20 centimeters on the Fiat 500L, on which it is based. The MPW is “essentially a stretched version of the 500L,” writes Autoexpress. “That allowed engineers to squeeze in a third row of seats, but don’t expect acres of space back there.”

Other expectations are pretty big: “We expect to sell about 20,000 to 30,000 of them in Europe in the next 12 months,” Gianluca Italia, Fiat brand chief for Europe, Middle East and Africa, told Reuters.

#500LLiving #BertelSchmitt #Fiat #Italy

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AJ on Jul 06, 2013

I know a number of families with three kids, and having three kids really does limit the car choices beyond a minivan. However I'd still have concern about putting a lot of kids in a small car. I'll be curious to see how it does in safety tests?

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- Marcelo de Vasconcellos on Jul 06, 2013
  
  if it´s good enough for European kids, don't you think it'd be fine for American little ones?
  
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- Summicron on Jul 06, 2013
  
  @Marcelo de Vasconcellos In all fairness, Marcelo, American kids might not fit in it.
  
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- Cornellier on Jul 07, 2013
  
  @Marcelo de Vasconcellos European parents are less worried about colliding with bubba's full-size pickup.
  
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Sgt Beavis on Jul 06, 2013

Just think, you can use that 3rd row to torture people that secretly despise.

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