New FIAT 500 updates!

"RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars" (rallydarkstrike)
03/04/2020 at 16:53 • Filed to: FIAT 500 EV, FIAT 500 Electric

As some of you may know, images of the new FIAT 500 leaked the other day. This is the next-gen that is going to be predominantly electric.

I found this article today including video!
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I will admit I like the current-gen’s styling better, but I do like the new one. It seems a bit more blobby now though and the massive ‘500' logo on the grill (as they are going to be taking 500 as a separate brand a la Citroen and DS) looks TOO big to me.

I also HATE the fact it has electric door handles....electric door handles are DUMB. If they break, you either can’t open the door or have to resort to an incredibly fiddly manual release. So you know....they could’ve just done a normal mechanical door handle and not had to li kely essentially fit two.

That being said, if they sold this here, I would hugely consider it as a DD....after the Honda ‘E’ it is the next new electric car I would consider getting, and that’s not just because it’s a FIAT (though that helps!). Estimates say 300-400km of range on various test cycles, which would be tremendous considering the Honda ‘E’ only has 220km of range!

The issue, as with most electric cars these days, is price. 32,000 Euros. 32,000 EUROS. That is like $47,000 CAD! Now, I know prices don’t directly translate from Europe to here on the same car in terms of conversion, but that is insane for a little semi-luxury city car! I hope they bring it here, but I am never going to be able to afford one if the price doesn’t drop :(

DISCUSSION (7)

Textured Soy Protein > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars
03/04/2020 at 17:25

Don’t worry about the pricing. Cars are priced differently in different countries, regardless of currency. Y ou can’t do a raw currency conversion on the price of a car in another country to figure out what a car’s price will be in your country.

That said, if you do want to do a raw currency conversion, I’m going to assume from your link being Italian that the price is for Italy, and car prices in Italy include 22% VAT. Take that tax out and the price is €26,229 which comes out to $ 39,091 CAD.

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > Textured Soy Protein
03/04/2020 at 17:32

True, I know pricing varies as you say, but the thing with most electric cars here are they are still vastly out of my price range. I think the cheapest new one I could get in Canada is the Hyundai IONIQ EV , I believe and that’s $37 ,000 ! The Nissan Leaf EV and Hyundai Kona EV are $ 44,000. The Kia Soul EV is $ 42,000...if I was going to aff ord a brand new car it would be something like $ 15-25K, so any EV other than used, maybe, is out of my price range unless their costs start coming down :(

punkgoose17 > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars
03/04/2020 at 19:15

I can't tell if the new one has angry eyes or sleepy eyes.

ranwhenparked > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars
03/04/2020 at 20:05

So, PSAFCA gets ANOTHER brand? What was so wrong with calling it the Fiat 500? There's been Fiat 500s since the 1930s

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > ranwhenparked
03/04/2020 at 20:33

Because PREMIUM! :O

ranwhenparked > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars
03/04/2020 at 20:37

500s should be Fiats, DSes should be Citroens, and Rams should be Dodges. That’s my opinion, and I’m sticking to it.

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > ranwhenparked
03/04/2020 at 21:46

I completely agree!