Fiat 500 will become an American by end of 2010
By Chad Waite | February 12, 2010
Not much can get us revved up for Chrysler. A new Town & Country? Boring. The all-new 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee? Eh, not so much. A Fiat 500? YES PLEASE!
Today Dodge CEO and Chrysler Group design head, Ralph Giles, announced that Chrysler would be bringing Europe’s hottest hatchback to the U.S. by the end of 2010! We’ve known that the 500 would be state-bound for a while now, but to have an actual time line just gets us that much more excited.
What’s to be excited over?
The Fiat 500 is a great car in and of itself for starters. Throw in a turbocharger, lowered suspension, and a big ‘Sport’ button and you’ll get the peppy performance version called the 500 Abarth. Simply put, this is the most exciting B-segment car we can think of. No, we’ve never driven one to tell you how it drives. In fact, we’ve never even seen one in the flesh. But our hot hatchback sixth sense is going wild over the 500 and the fact that Top Gear raves about it should do it credit.
