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Fiat 500 Cabrio 2021

The Fiat 500 town automobile arrives in UK sellers in early 2021 in each hatchback and cabrio bodystyles. With battery alternatives and the longest variety of any electric powered town automobile on sale, the New 500 could be priced from £19,995 OTR (such as PiCG).

Fiat first democratised mobility withinside the past due Fifties with the Nuova 500 - offering low-priced non-public shipping throughout Europe and beyond. Fifty years later, Fiat reinvented the town automobile phase with the cutting-edge 500 - the bestselling town automobile in Europe. 2020 indicators the advent of the New Fiat 500, the primary absolutely-electric powered car from FCA, and a town automobile that stays low-priced and gives a raft of fine-in-magnificence functions inclusive of its variety, independent using and sort of battery alternatives.

The New Fiat 500 variety

The New 500 variety is made of 3 trim levels - Action, Passion and Icon. Each gives a excessive stage of widespread specification to match distinctive lifestyles.

New Fiat 500 ACTION

The entry-stage New 500 ACTION is equipped with a 70kW motor, accelerating from 0 to 62mph in nine.five seconds and with a confined pinnacle velocity of 84mph.

The New 500 ACTION consists of a lithium-ion battery with a 23.8kWh capacity, ensuing in a number greater than one hundred fifteen miles withinside the WLTP cycle, or over one hundred fifty miles whilst handiest using withinside the town. With the common shuttle below 30 miles according to day, clients could handiest want to fee the New 500 round each 4 days.

The New Fiat 500 ACTION is geared up with a 50kW rapid charging machine, so charging the battery to make sure sufficient mileage for the common shuttle takes much less than 10 minutes. A 3kW cable is likewise covered for charging at domestic or at paintings. The Combo 2 socket, positioned at the rear proper aspect panel of the auto, powers rapid charging in each AC and DC. For charging at domestic or in public, a 3-segment 11kW Mode three cable is to be had to purchase, in conjunction with a Wallbox with the aid of using Mopar.

Numerous ADAS functions are widespread with New 500 ACTION along with Drowsy Driver Detection, to display driving force attention levels; Autonomous Emergency Braking, which in conjunction with different automobiles also can realize cyclists and pedestrians; Lane Keep Assist, a machine that signals the motive force to get lower back in lane whilst it detects any drifting; and Traffic Sign Recognition, which reads street symptoms and symptoms and recommends the suitable velocity to power at.

As widespread, the New Fiat 500 ACTION is geared up with an e-Mode selector to select among 3 using modes - Normal, Range and Sherpa, to pick in line with favored using fashion and requirements.

Where connectivity is concerned, the New 500 ACTION gets 'clever audio', turning any telephone into its infotainment machine. It includes a telephone cradle, an ergonomic base to mount your telephone both vertically or horizontally, a Bluetooth connection to hyperlink a telephone to the audio system withinside the New 500 and a particular app to apply internal and out of the auto.

As for the outside, the ACTION gets halogen headlights and 15-inch wheels. Inside, the entry-stage model is full of technology: from the auto-begin button (Keyless Go), rear parking sensors and electric powered parking brake to the configurable 7-inch virtual TFT coloration display in the front of the motive force - taking the region of a traditional tool panel withinside the New Fiat 500, on which the motive force can see all of the maximum essential statistics for the auto, along with variety and charging status. The indoors trim functions a black dashboard, at the same time as the seats - in Seaqual yarn - encompass a geometrical chevron motif and silver-colored stitching.

The New 500 ACTION is to be had as hatchback handiest.

New Fiat 500 PASSION

The mid-variety model of the New 500 is to be had with the 42kWh battery, offering a fine-in-magnificence variety of as much as 199 miles withinside the WLTP cycle, growing to 285 miles whilst handiest pushed withinside the town. It functions 85kW rapid charging, so recharging the battery to 80% variety takes 35 minutes, or to 30 miles takes round five minutes.

Externally, the PASSION sticks out with 15-inch -tone gloss end wheels and LED daylight walking lighting fixtures. Inside, the New Fiat 500 PASSION debuts FCA's new infotainment machine with a 7-inch touchscreen, wi-fi Apple CarPlay and Android Auto for linked offerings and a DAB radio. The new machine additionally boasts the Natural Language interface machine with superior voice popularity. Talk to the auto the usage of the wake word "Hey Fiat", to manipulate its variety and charging settings, software the air con and select favored music.

In addition to the aforementioned device on New 500 Action, cruise manage and weather manage also are widespread with New 500 PASSION.

There are indoors trims to select from: darkish with a black dashboard and seats in Seaqual yarn with chevron motif and silver-colored stitching, or a brighter surroundings with a white dashboard and blue seats along with the chevron motif.

The 118hp motor has an output of 87kW, offering a most velocity confined to 93mph and acceleration from 0 to 62mph in nine.zero seconds and 0 to 31mph in three.1 seconds.

New Fiat 500 ICON

The New 500 ICON gets the identical 42kWh battery because the PASSION trim stage with fine-in-magnificence variety of 199 miles withinside the WLTP cycle and speedy recharging with its DC rapid charging machine, walking at as much as 85kW.

ICON gets every other fine-in-phase function - a brand new 10.25-inch 'cinerama' touchscreen display, with incorporated GPS and the infotainment machine. The panorama excessive-definition touchscreen suits flawlessly into the auto's dashboard, having been designed to do away with driving force distractions.


Externally, the excessive-stop model of New Fiat 500 sticks out for its 16-inch alloy wheels, with a darkish end, at the same time as the indoors of the New 500 ICON units the benchmark for town automobiles to include many first-in-phase functions to be had as widespread. Passive entry, allowing handsfree get entry to to the New 500, has in no way been visible earlier than on an A-phase town automobile and is widespread at the New 500 ICON. An even greater unique function is the New 500 ICON's black button-loose 'pebble' - a clever wearable key that may be carried in a pocket or bag, which communicates with the auto mechanically unlocking the doorways whilst the pebble is near the auto and locking them once more with a easy faucet at the door handle. The 'pebble' is fabricated from a unique bio-primarily based totally polycarbonate.

Elegance and exclusivity have guided the Centro Stile designers of their choice of lighter, brighter gentle sun sunglasses for the indoors trim. The Fiat 500 ICON dashboard is painted the identical coloration because the bodywork. A herbal wooden impact is likewise to be had at the dashboard and steerage wheel made with a vegan fabric in place of leather-based.

The stylish cloth seats with Seaqual yarn and pinstripe motif may be selected in a desire of darkish gray, with the five hundred brand and copper-colored details, or a mild gray model paired with blue flecks and silver 500 brand and details.

High-tech and linked

When designing the Group's first electric powered automobile from the floor up, the FCA engineers created a brand new shape round the electrical motor, integrating new manage, protection and leisure technologies. The end result is a automobile that has the fine dynamic overall performance in its magnificence, agile and a laugh to power, comfortable, quiet and usually linked. Engineers appeared to the convenience of use of a telephone, so as to deliver the identical idea to the car industry.

That changed into the place to begin for the New Fiat 500's technology 'ecosystem', aimed toward supporting clients withinside the numerous on-board and off-board methods they use a automobile, and at making it smooth-to-use and intuitive. The aim changed into to switch to the New 500 all of the automation structures that make our lifestyles less complicated and greater enjoyable: from a Wi-Fi hotspot to the Alexa voice assistant.

The brand new infotainment machine, a linked platform created with the aid of using FCA for the future, is to be had with a 7-inch display withinside the PASSION model and 10.25-inch withinside the ICON, a custom interface may be created at the New Fiat 500 and it even makes use of a complicated voice popularity machine, activated hands-loose with the phrase 'Hey Fiat'. Connectivity functions are enabled with the aid of using the brand new UConnect Box, supplying get entry to to the New 500's UConnect Services, one instance of that can rework the auto right into a Wi-Fi hotspot to attach up to 8 gadgets on the identical time.

These connectivity offerings are typically reserved for better segments, however for the primary time Fiat makes them handy on an A-phase automobile, with functions evolved especially for electric powered automobiles. The Fiat cellular app in reference to UConnect lets in for a raft of functions in no way earlier than visible on a town automobile. For instance, 'Dynamic Range Mapping', suggests at the map the vicinity that may be pushed, calculating the most viable distance primarily based totally on closing variety and different parameters. Not handiest does the app permit viewing of the charging factors positioned nearby, it additionally presentations a photograph indication at the map of these that may be reached primarily based totally to your cutting-edge battery fee stage. The maps are usually saved as much as date, the usage of over-the-air updates.

The 'My Car' carrier can test the battery fee stage of New 500 remotely from the app. 'My Remote' permits clients to agenda car charging for the maximum handy time slots; discover the closest public charging stations and pay at once from their telephone offering get entry to to a community of 200,000 charging factors in the course of Europe; locate the auto's actual location; lock and free up the doorways; flip the lighting fixtures on and off; and software the air con machine. The structures of the New 500 may be constantly evolved and up to date over-the-air.

The New Fiat 500 actions as much as stage 2 independent using

During the advent of New 500, engineers and architects taken into consideration each thing of its viable interplay with the street, beginning with protection. The New 500 consequently consists of severa Advanced Driver-Assistance Systems (ADAS)as widespread, along with Attention Assist, Lane Control, Traffic Sign Recognition and Autonomous Emergency Braking making it less complicated, more secure and less complicated to power, in addition to being the primary automobile in its phase geared up with stage 2 autonomy.

With an goal to humanise the technology, with the aid of using imposing answers tailored for the five hundred, engineers have enabled an awful lot greater correct chance stage monitoring. This additionally way that the automated warnings related to those ADAS functions are much less intrusive.

EV mode selector

The New Fiat 500 offers the motive force a desire on how they power their electric powered automobile way to the inclusion of 3 using modes, which may be decided on to fit their using fashion.

In 'Normal' mode, the auto drives like several computerized transmission with an inner combustion engine, if with enormously amazing overall performance for a town automobile: output of 87kW - equal to 118hp, 220Nm of instantly-to be had torque, and acceleration from 0 to 31mph in three.1 seconds, or 0 to 62mph in nine seconds.

In Range mode, the New 500 gives the choice of a brand new using experience, the usage of handiest one foot. The 'one-pedal' characteristic way acceleration and deceleration may be managed with the aid of using the identical pedal. When the pedal isn't always pressed, the auto recovers strength to the most, making it sluggish down till it involves a whole stop. This using fashion, perfect for city use, way the auto can get better a notable deal of its strength.

When the closing variety is low, 'Sherpa' mode may be engaged to optimise the to be had sources to make sure the vacation spot is reached. 'Sherpa' using mode works on numerous additives to make sure both the vacation spot set at the navigation machine or the closest charging station is reached at the same time as the New 500 nonetheless has sufficient fee.

The technological and social 'ecosystem' of the New 500

Fiat has created a machine of bodily and virtual offerings and answers to make 0-emissions using as smooth as viable. From the easyWallbox - the plug-and-play domestic charging answer evolved completely with the aid of using ENGIE Eps, through the 'My Easy Charge' apps a good way to discover a charging factor everywhere in Europe, to a unmarried card for charging and payment, legitimate in the course of Europe at nearly 200,000 charging stations.

For the ones who've worries approximately switching to a totally electric powered automobile have at their fingertips Fiat GOe LIVE, a loose app on iOS and Android structures to simulate the usage of a New Fiat 500. The simulation highlights the ability monetary and environmental blessings of the usage of the New 500 in place of the customer's cutting-edge automobile. The app additionally gives beneficial statistics at the e-Mobility experience, can discover charging stations in the course of Europe and permits on line ordering for the New 500.

Finally, FCA has released its Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) assignment, which makes use of electric powered automobile batteries as structures to distribute saved strength. In partnership with ENGIE Eps and Terna, a pilot machine has currently been inaugurated at Mirafiori, destined to quickly turn out to be the biggest withinside the world, allowing bidirectional interplay among FCA's absolutely-electric powered automobiles and the grid.

As properly as recharging the automobiles, the assignment will use the batteries to offer grid stabilisation offerings. Once absolutely operational, it'll be viable to attach seven hundred New 500 with the machine powered with the aid of using 12,000 sun panels at the roof of the plant, lowering CO2 emissions with the aid of using over 2,one hundred tons.

Amarcord for New Fiat 500 AVAS

New 500's Acoustic Vehicle Alert System (AVAS), is stimulated with the aid of using Italian creativity. To warn pedestrians and cyclists of its presence, at speeds of as much as 12.5mph, the New 500 makes use of the song composed with the aid of using Nino Rota for Amarcord, a film that symbolised Italian culture, much like the five hundred does.

Design

When designing the New Fiat 500, Centro Stile centered at the soul of the auto, a product to be a announcement of the Italian spirit. It is precisely that Italian creativity that marks out the fashion and layout of the New 500, an electric powered automobile this is additionally beautiful.

The New 500 is the primary electric powered automobile with a soul that embodies its whole lifespan, made of sixty three years of records and successes. This is first diagnosed on the the front of the auto with the designers conceiving a distinctly contemporary-day facade to offer it a effective identity. Since its debut in 1957, it may be stated that the 'smooth face' of the five hundred may be related to an electric powered automobile's, a real one-off withinside the car panorama. The silhouette additionally follows the play of references among the beyond and the future, with all 3 generations of the Fiat 500 described with the aid of using the identical critical line and the feature in their proportions. It is a silhouette that sticks out and that changed into destined to be carried over to the 2020 model.

The 500 stays real to itself, but is problem to renewal - the addition of the battery % below the brand new floorpan presented up the possibility to create a automobile with new dimensions, an evolution consistent with its unique proportions. The New 500 is a bit wider, longer, the wheelbase is broader or even the wheels are larger, at the same time as the indoors boasts a roomier passenger compartment.

The chassis format is higher proportioned, ensuing in a belief of elevated balance and dimensional presence.

Overall, the advent of the New 500 conveys a greater effective and strong character, greater compact and stylish, with smooth and easy lines.

All its indoors areas had been redesigned to offer passengers the sensation of sitting on a 'romantic bench'. In the non-stop interplay among beyond and future, many references also are made right here to the paperwork used withinside the first Fiat 500 inclusive of the narrow and stylish dashboard; the minimalist buttons ordered like a piano keyboard; the now iconic round tool panel; and the steerage wheel, which all over again has spokes.

In addition, the indoors area to be had has been organised the usage of numerous modular garage compartments, to satisfy passengers' each want.

Compared to preceding versions, the New 500 is decidedly greater stylish and sophisticated, along with withinside the desire of substances. With the five hundred of the final decade attracting the worlds of indoors layout and fashion, indoors designers of the New Fiat 500 have reinforced this tie with the aid of using the usage of greater subtle textiles with a pinstripe impact and mélange remedies. Meanwhile, they've additionally emphasized a hyperlink with nature and properly-being with the aid of using the usage of heat and gentle sun sunglasses, with an detail of innovation in substances used. The designers' quest for green and recyclable substances, which has taken form withinside the software of vegan leather-based or Seaqual (a fibre derived from recycled plastic in part gathered from the ocean) seats, chrome substitute paints and mats fabricated from recycled fibres.

The New 500 dashboard has additionally acquired the identical remedy from designers. As properly as nonetheless being capable of select a bodycoloured dashboard, a fashion now synonymous with the five hundred, different substances are to be had stimulated with the aid of using herbal factors inclusive of wooden, with progressive remedies along with 3-dimensional and photograph floor printing and weave paintings that consider real craftsmanship, all interpreted with current 500 flair.

For the outside coloration palette, the colorings of the New Fiat 500 are ordinarily iridescent, to emphasize the foundation drawn from nature. Alongside the 3 colorings released with La Prima release edition, six different paint alternatives are to be had throughout the variety: Earth Grey, Glacier Blue, Rose Gold, Cloud Grey, Ice White and Onyx Black.