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How to talk about the 500 without using the words “icon”, “myth” and “masterpiece”, who so abundance come from the mouth of the manager Fiat during the press presentation? It is difficult, because the 500 is really one of the products most successful of the Turin brand, perhaps the entire group FCA, and even now, after 8 years marketing, it has a current line and much more balanced than that of many competitors in the market. From this point of view we understand that the Lingotto has decided to limit interventions to a minimum of first restyling , which usually happens when other manufacturers have the next generation: why would they invest time and money in second set, when the current 500 is still selling like hot cakes? It took the relatively inexpensive action on the bumper, lights and dashboard (comparison here) for “rouge” the 500 and offer it on the market “ as a new .”
We drove the 500 in Turin, in cities and in the hills, and we found exactly the same car we knew: handy, compact, with a good manual transmission and a 1.2 petrol trudging a bit ‘uphill, but he copes with ease in the city. Same same qualities and defects : full-bodied and precise steering, but steering wheel does not adjust in depth, small luggage, the rear seats are difficult to reach. The news are in less important aspects, but appreciated by customers where 500 addresses: for example the presence of number of Uconnect touch screen 5 “ (in setting Top Lounge, also with free Live via smartphone) or the possibility of having the xenon Xenon (720 euro). Also included are a number of Optional to customize the car, such as instrument panel digital (300 euro), two new colors for the bodywork (coral and burgundy), six “ Second Skin “, special stains that are produced at the factory (the Camouflage costs 840 euro, the Comics bicolor yellow-white or red-black 420), or even the packages accessories Cult, Style and City.
Too bad that Fiat has not taken advantage of this redesign to add some technological content and security more, as help to parking or emergency braking, the competing “premium” Adam Opel and Mini (the latter a little ‘largest and most expensive) offer optional. But in the bottom of the Fiat knows that those who buy the 500 want 500 because it is a car that you buy with your heart, little used comparisons between lists. For this, as said the head of the Fiat brand Luca Napolitano, “the 500 is our best story .”
Fiat 500 in 2015 – the
What: is the restyling of the 500 filed in 2007
What changes: little, despite the nickname commercial “new 500″. Change the headlights and rear bumpers, the top of Placia, which now integrates the 5 “screen the Uconnect multimedia system, the keys to lower the windows. Bigger brakes, two updated engines (the 1.2 69 HP Eco, with CO2 emissions of 99 g / km, and the 1.3 Multijet 95 hp Euro 6, 89 g / km), new customization possibilities
Main competitors: Adam Opel, Mini, DS 3
Dimensions: length 3.57 meters, width 1.63, height 1.49
Variations body: three-door and three-door with canvas roof opening (500C)
Petrol engines: four-cylinder 69 bhp 1.2 (also Eco and Easy Power petrol-LPG ), 0.9 TwinAir twin-cylinder 85 hp and 105
Diesel engines: four-cylinder 1.3 Multijet 95 bhp
Change: five-speed manual (6 TwinAir with more powerful) and automatic Dualogic
Drive: Front
Pros: iconic design, maneuverability, ability to customization
Cons: model no longer young, despite the makeover, quite high prices
Production: Tychy, Poland
Price: from 13.600 euro for the 1.2 Pop
In sale from the evening of July 3
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