Fiat 500e 2021 review – is this THE electric city car to buy? | batchreviews #fiat500 #fiat500e

Hello and welcome back to the channel, today I am going to drive something that I have been wanting to drive since it was launched last year and was first revealed and

this

is the new Fiat 500 or to give it its proper name, Fit

500e

because

this

The car is now purely

electric

, the Fiat 500. Sorry, it's a story that doesn't really need to be repeated, but here are the highlights designed by Dante Gia Costa and launched in 1957. It was utilitarian transportation at its finest, although We can look at it now. and I think it all looks nice and uchikuchiku was designed to be built with the least amount of steel possible it was built to carry four people to keep them from getting wet and to make it as cheap as possible to run and fix the rear- The engine A two-cylinder engine that developed an impressive 13 horsepower could be maintained with spare parts available in local Italian shops, of course, quite quickly the 500 proved to be cheap, could be cheerful and came to symbolize what all small cars Italians that have appeared since then are good for With character and lots of fun to drive the 500 was phased out in 1975 and was followed by the one two six, the wiczentoe chick in 1991, the seichento in 1998 and then things came full circle with The launch of the new 500 in 2007 50 years after the original, now based on the Fiat Panda, the new 500 was front-engined and front-wheel drive, but still looked like the car it was intended to celebrate, the only difference now was that, while the original was a car for the masses, this was a retro fashion statement from the start, this new third generation 500 aims to embody both the spirit of the original car and that of the car it replaces, making it very similar to the outgoing 500 , but it's also trying to bring the cheap

electric

motor to the masses, that's right.

This new 500 is purely electric, the outgoing 500 now with a mild hybrid gasoline engine remains for the moment, but this car is the important one, the theaters designed it to be evolutionary, very similar to a Porsche 911, so , although it may be 61 millimeters longer, 56 millimeters. wider and has a wheelbase that is 22 millimeters longer than the old car the shape is practically the same the front ditches the rather happy face of the previous 500 and instead goes for something a little more masculine the bonnet now cuts the lights leaving a bit of an eyebrow, but the line itself is the same as the original from 1957, the side indicators resemble the torpedo shaped ones and also the original head and because the 500 is largely a brand by In its own right, there is only a 500 badge on the front with the theater relegated to the trunk.

The lid, while BMW's mini has gotten bigger and more pastiche-like over the years, theatrics has shown how you can make something look instantly different from its predecessor while still looking exactly the same now, if anything, this new Fiat 500 has really returned to cars. of regional routes because it's absolutely fantastic to get around the

city

now I'm driving through Cambridge it's three o'clock in the afternoon on a Wednesday it's time to get out of school you know there's a lot of people on the road people are going about their daily business and it's just a Great little car for sneaking out of traffic and since it's electric you get that instant acceleration and it makes it a perfect car for urban commuting.

Now I know people are looking at me because it's new, uh, it helps. The color also really catches the eye and a lot of people look at it, a lot of people point at it and smile. I haven't had any waves yet, but I'm sure some will come, but it has that type. From that wow factor that I remember the second generation 3500 having in 2008, when the car was launched very similar to the original new mini in 2001, it's an event to drive a car like this, you don't know, a Ford Fiesta or something like that . it just blends into the background, it's a little different now, obviously over time there will be a lot of these new

fiat

500s driving around but even the outgoing

fiat

500 still stands out from the crowd, doesn't it even the ones that have really bad mods like? tabs on and horrible stickers and fairy dust stickers on the trunk lid the fiat 500 still stands out like it's a car that stands out from the crowd and the same thing is going to happen with this one now when you first get into this new fiat 500, I mean, it feels very similar to the original car, you sit very high, it has that similar driving position where you feel like you're sitting on the bar stool, you know you feel like you're sitting on a pedestal, you don't sit in it like you do in a mini, you feel like you're sitting in it, but that means there's great visibility in the

city

, it's very easy to park because I have you know, now I can look at something else which I find very familiar to the outgoing fiat 500, the previous one is the space in the rear, now there is a little more space, the car is a little bigger, the wheelbase is a little longer, but you really need it. having friends who are very small or preferably without legs because yes, it is going to be quite tight back there, it is fine for small short urban trips, but for slightly longer trips, yes, you will have some unhappy passengers and it is the same case in the trunk.

I also want to say that it is very similar in size to the outgoing car, but again, this is a city car. A good thing I guess, although it does feel more spacious up here and that's mainly because there's no center console, there's no transmission tunnel, there's no gear. stick sticking out of the dash, I mean, it feels a lot more spacious, everything's been pushed back and forth and it feels like a very spacious two-seater here, so let's do a horn test, yeah, I'm still sorry, sorry, yes it is. You've still got a bit of a pathetic hallway, you know, get out of it, get out of it, but I guess it's in keeping with this car, isn't it cheeky and harmless now?

Also the seating position can be very similar to the old Fear 500. the actual driving position is much better, I mean you have a fully adjustable steering wheel thank goodness for the first time and it really improves things although it would be nice If there really was a place to put my left foot, I mean. You would think that in a car without a clutch pedal there would be a lot of room, but there really isn't right now to make this car fully electric. The fears have had to improve the build quality they have had to make the entire board and everything. of the interior fittings and accessories actually bolt on better because without the engine all other noises are amplified and Fiat has done a really good job because the quality here is excellent, I mean yes there is some hard plastic here but there is something nice. padded armrests here there's a little bit of soft touch on the top of the dash this nice fabric uh well it's not fabric it's like a textured plastic in the center of the dash and everything feels very well put together it's not packed with retro details Al Just like the old Fit 500, it feels and looks much more mature, but there are still some nice little details, although like in the door pool, here you have the original little silhouette of the Fiat 500 and it is made in Turin because, for Of course, this new one.

The Fit 500 is made in Turin, the previous car was made in Poland. There's also the Turin skyline there and you don't have door handles on this car. You've got door release buttons, a pretty nice little thing, and then there's this steering wheel. I mean, what I like is that it looks like the original Fiat 500, a little thin spoke steering wheel, but it has all the features and everything you would need, but it's very retro without being too over the top. The top now there are two versions of the 500, the first is what Fiat calls urban autonomy with a 24 kilowatt hour battery and a 94 braking horsepower electric motor, then there is the long range one with a 42 kilowatt battery hour and a 117 brake horsepower electric motor. the city has a claimed range of 115 miles, but let's face it, it will probably be less than 100 in winter conditions and the long range has a claimed range of between 180 odd miles up to 199 miles, probably a fair average.

It'll be around the 170 mark, which, let's face it, for a small car like this, 170-odd miles isn't bad at all now, it's just the entry-level car that comes with that smaller battery, all the others They come with the largest 42 kilowatt battery. one hour battery and the price difference between the two is two and a half thousand dollars, not only do you get the bigger battery but you also go up the equipment level and I really think it's worth it because you know a hundred and you know only less than 100 miles on this car will mean that this car is totally confined to the city.

You know it's worth going for that larger battery because now you get more flexibility, while you get a pretty big battery for such a small car. It gives you the ability to travel quite long distances. This isn't really the kind of car you'd want to travel long distances with. It feels very similar to its predecessor in that this car now feels better around town. I just got off the M1 motorway and there is quite a bit of wind noise coming from this car. The ride is a little firm and shaky and yes, yes, and it does feel a little out of your comfort zone on those longer trips. something that the mini electric certainly does not suffer from.

The mini electric actually feels like a better long distance car, but the irony is that the mini has a shorter range. I guess the upshot of all this is that it's a great car for congested urban environments. um it will be a great second car, it could even be a great first car, your priority, your number one car and yet if you have to go a little further, this car can do it because now it has the range, a technological upgrade in this car. It's absolutely huge now, the basic Action trim, well, it doesn't come with an infotainment system, it just comes with a dock for your smartphone, but the Passion trim on up has a seven-inch touchscreen and then the Icon and Premium get a 10.25-inch touchscreen now.

We are in the premium here with its larger screen and I want to say that you cannot make a comparison with the uconnect infotainment system of previous cars because it is a world apart, it is much easier to use and much better designed, the graphics are It's really nice, the resolution and screen quality are excellent, it's not the fastest system to use in the world, but as I say for a city car, you know, compared to this car's rivals, it's pretty good, actually so let's talk specs so like I said The entry level Action version for 22995 which includes the government plug-in car grant gets rear parking sensors and a 7-inch digital instrument cluster and only comes with a smaller 24 kilowatt-hour battery, the passion for 26 495 including subsidy gets the larger 42 kilowatt-hour battery, 7-inch touchscreen and wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, the range tops out for now with This car, the premium for 29,995, but the choice of the range will be the one below the icon 27995, which gets a 10.25. inch screen and 16-inch alloys.

Charging the car with a 24 kilowatt hour battery takes eight hours and 45 minutes from a three-prong wall socket or two hours and 30 minutes with an 11 kilowatt street charger. The car with 24 kilowatt hour battery can also be charged quickly. at 50 kilowatts and that takes 30 minutes, the 42 kilowatt hour battery takes more than 15 hours with a 3-pin charger, but a more realistic time is 4 hours and 15 minutes with an 11 kilowatt charger and thanks to its capacity 85 kilowatt charging, a fast charge takes 35 minutes. The 500 has three normal driving modes, which is the sportiest setting range that activates one-pedal driving and sherpa that turns off the air conditioning and sets a speed limiter of 50 miles per hour to extend the range as much as possible .

Here's how the dreaded new 500 is going to bring electric motoring to the masses at the time of this video with financial deals starting at just £199 per month and a range of between 115 and 199 miles. Yes, this car could help fuel an electric city car craze that relies on retro styling. style that we all love, but now it has a smart and well-built interior, it drives better and some models have a range that rivals a larger Peugeot E-2008. This is easily one of the best, most well-rounded and most desirable electric cars on the market today.