Key facts
- Manufacturer
- Fiat
- Production
- 2007–2024 (Poland), 2011–2019 (Mexico), 2023–2025 (Algeria)
- Model years
- 2007–2025, 2012–2019 (US/Canada)
- Assembly
- Poland: Tychy ( Fiat Auto Poland ), Mexico: Toluca ( Toluca Car Assembly ), Algeria: Tafraoui ( Stellantis Tafraoui )
- Designer
- Centro Stile Fiat: Roberto Giolito (concept) Frank Stephenson (production) with Flavio Manzoni
- Class
- City car ( A )
- Body style
- 3-door hatchback , 2-door cabriolet
- Layout
- Front-engine, front-wheel drive
- Platform
- Fiat Mini
- Related
- Fiat Panda (169) Ford Ka Lancia Ypsilon (846)
- Engine
- Petrol : 0.9 L TwinAir turbo I2 1.0 L GSE FireFly I3 mild hybrid 1.2 L FIRE I4 1.4 L FIRE Multiair I4 1.4 L FIRE Turbo Jet I4 Diesel : 1.3 L MultiJet I4
- Transmission
- 5-speed manual , 6-speed manual , 5-speed Dualogic automated manual , 6-speed automatic ( Aisin )
- Hybrid drivetrain
- Front-wheel drive
- Wheelbase
- 2,300 mm (90.6 in)
- Length
- 3,546 mm (139.6 in)
- Width
- 1,627 mm (64.1 in)
- Height
- 1,488 mm (58.6 in)
- Curb weight
- 865–980 kg (1,907–2,161 lb) (Global), 1,072–1,149 kg (2,363–2,533 lb) (US)
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Encyclopedic overview
The Fiat 500 is an A-segment city car manufactured and marketed by the Italian car maker Fiat, a subdivision of Stellantis, since 2007. It is available in hatchback coupé and fixed-profile convertible body styles, over a single generation, with an intermediate facelift in Europe in the 2016 model year. Developed during FIAT's tenure as a subdivision of FCA, the 500 was internally designated as the Type 312.
Derived from the 2004 Fiat Trepiùno 3+1 concept (designed by Roberto Giolito), the 500's styling recalls Fiat's 1957 Fiat 500, nicknamed the Bambino, designed and engineered by Dante Giacosa, with more than 4 million sold over its 18-year (1957–1975) production span. In 2011, Roberto Giolito of Centro Stile Fiat received the Compasso d'Oro industrial design award for the Fiat 500.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Fiat 500” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.