Fiat 500X 2017: the Fiat 500 not a Fiat 500

Germain Goyer

Friday, July 7 2017 11:18

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We drove for a week with the Fiat 500X. Here’s what we liked, but mostly what we didn’t like.

What we liked:

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1. Infotainment

The infotainment system UConnect is one of the most efficient on the market. It is comprehensive, sensitive to the touch and easy to use. In addition, it is now compatible with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, which is quite awesome.

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2. Look

Aesthetically, the 500X doesn’t look like any other vehicle. That we love or that we hate, we must admit. If your friend buys a 500X, do not tell him that he looks like a toad. The image will remain frozen in the head.

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3. Steering wheel

The steering wheel is taken well in hand and the buttons placed on this last are easily accessible.

What we didn’t like :

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1. Price

As tried, the 500X was worth 40 840$. I still find it hard to believe… If you buy this vehicle, don’t expect to resell it after 4 years. In the background, it is like a bathing suit. It should not buy it thinking it will give you many of the sub at the time of resale.

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2. The rear seats

Its rear seats are not more spacious. The roof line and rounded to limit the clearance for the head. If your teens are anything major, they will find another excuse to burst into tears. In this chapter, the Jeep Renegade is more spacious.

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3. Safety deposit box

Always because of the line of the roof, the trunk is not more accommodation for the family unfortunately. If you go 4 people for a weekend, you should travel light otherwise the 500X will force you to do so.

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4. Driving

Dynamically, the 500X does not yet not. Engine 4-cylinder 2.4-litre is noisy as soon as it is minimally requested without providing impressive performance. The Mazda CX-3 has proved to be many times more enjoyable to drive.

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5. Transmission

In theory, the automatic transmission 9 reports is great. Its objective is to minimize the revolutions of the engine and to optimize fuel consumption. Except that in the case of the 500X, respecting the speed limit tolerated, the 9th report does not undertake by itself. It is necessary to place the lever in manual mode and the gear itself. Not impressed, frankly!

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6. Reliability

In the most recent survey of Consumer Reports which ranks the automotive manufacturers as a function of the reliability of their products, Fiat finished in the before-last row, just in front of Ram. Does one need to say more?

Brief

If you add water to a pot of spaghetti sauce, it’ll still taste the spaghetti sauce. But just not a lot less. And we will say that we have stretched the sauce. It’s the same thing with the Fiat 500. She is undeniably an icon of the automobile. When Fiat revealed the 500 in 2008, everyone applauded and it was justified. The 500L has followed… Already, it made a bad noise teeth. Here, we present the 500X : SUVS. What happens with the 500? It does not taste any more the 500 of yesteryear.