Fiat 500

Interiors

Fiat 500 offers welcoming interiors to its occupants and has been provided by ergonomically set equipments that gives you swift and intuitive access to all the features. Sporty leather trimmed steering wheel is employed with radio controls to increase driver's control over entertainment segment. Rear seats have been provided with 50/50 split arrangement that makes provision for boot space of 185-litres which can be further expanded to 550-litres. The audio system of the car consists of 4 speakers and 2 tweeters that plays music via radio, CD, MP3 player, Interscope Sound System, hands free Blue&Me system with Bluetooth, voice recognition and USB jack.

Exteriors

Fiat 500 is a mini 3-door car packed in overall dimensions 3546 x 1627 x 1488mm (L x W x H) along with the wheelbase of 2300mm. This playful, compact, cute car is employed with round upper headlamps, company insignia and family name on its front profile. While the rear end features distinctive chrome handle above the number plate which also acts as the boot lid gate holder. Matching your personality, you can choose the different body colors available for this car along with badge, style details, wheels design and much more. Standard wheel size comes fitted in 16-inch dark finish alloy wheels with tyre dimensions 195/45 R16.

Engine, Mileage & Variants

In UAE market, Fiat 500 is available in three different variants named as 500, 500 Gucci and 500 Lounge. These are powered with 1.4-litre, 16V in-lined 4-cylinder petrol engine that churns out upright power output of 100 HP at 6000 rpm along with the peak torque of 131 Nm at 4250 rpm. This engine works in combination with the 5 speed dual logic transmission to deliver a blend of high power and fuel economic result. The car takes fuel consumption of 6.3 L/100km which is quite laudable. Mini cars can't breach exceeding speed limits in fraction of seconds is a myth, talking about this car's acceleration count. It can cover 0-100kmph speed mark in 10.5 seconds and the top speed of the vehicle is 182 kmph which is appreciable considering that Fiat 500 is a small city car.

Safety, Braking and Miscellaneous

This small hatchback is easy to handle due to its compact structure. Distinction to its front suspension employed with independent wheels with McPherson layout and rear suspension using interconnected wheels with torsion beam layout. Furthermore, braking mechanism is a result of ventilated disc front brakes and disc brakes deployed in the rear. The Italian automaker has kept in mind the safety aspect of its driver and co-passengers. Therefore, employed this car with dual airbag for driver and front passenger, side impact airbag and curtain airbag. Other salient safety aspects associated with this car includes ABS with Electronic Brakeforce Distribution, front and rear fog lamps, controlled deformation front structure, FPS fire prevention system and adjustable headlamps.

Verdict:

Fiat 500 is an adorable, cute, mini car that delivers laudable engine performance in terms of power and fuel economy. Also packed in remarkable safety aspects and entertainment features that makes this family car a typical example of quality in the mini segment.