RIP Fiat 500: cancelled in North America (it's official)

[MetroMPG]

Another small car bites the dust!

A Fiat executive has said that the next gen (2020) Fiat 500 will be EV only.

[UPDATE - confirmed cancelled for North America - see post #32.]

Fiat in the U.S. could not reveal any more information about the Centoventi or its production intent, saying it’s just a concept. But FCA chief marketing officer Olivier François told Top Gear something quite different: that it previews the strategy behind an all-new Fiat 500e due just a year from now—one that will be electric-only.

Source: https://www.greencarreports.com/news...utive-confirms

An EV-only option will not meaningfully reverse the 500's sales in the U.S., which have been plummeting:

U.S. Fiat 500 Sales vs. Mirage Sales:

Year	Fiat 500 sales	Mirage sales
2012	43,772	-
2013	36,375	2935
2014	33,708	16,708
2015	25,084	21,515
2016	15,587	22,226
2017	12,685	22,386
2018	5,370	24,316
2019 (Jan/Feb)	468	3362

http://carsalesbase.com/us-car-sales...fiat/fiat-500/

You just have to look at what happened to the Smart Fortwo's sales when it went EV-only.

Mirage is poised to continue taking a bigger slice of a shrinking small car pie (eg. thread: RIP Nissan Versa Note - report says it's cancelled &nbsp


Ciao, 500!

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Related thread: Fiat leaving U.S? Trying to boost 500 sales with turbo-only engine for 2018