2022 Fiat 500 hybrid review - is there a good car behind that cute face?

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  • Опубліковано 18 лис 2024

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  • @lvpelt
    @lvpelt Рік тому +35

    I've had a Fiat 500. It was my first car. Since I drive mostly in the city and was quite inexperienced, it was the perfect car: it's easy to park, and you're always on your lane. i'm also not rich, and mine (1.4 version, manual gearbox) was very low maintenance (and not a heavy drinker). But it is a city car, and you must be aware of that when you buy it. Don't shove your whole family there to go on holiday, ffs.

  • @Nanou197373
    @Nanou197373 Рік тому +34

    Thanks Tim! I've had a 500 hybrid for about 2 years now, and I'm very happy with it. As you say, it's not very punchy on the motorway but it's not what it's been designed to do in the first place (the Abarth would fix that). I'm 5'6 and the steering is on the left - meaning that my left foot can rest on the side unlike the right hand drive - worth pointing out. It's cheap to buy, cheap to run because to compensate for the "punch" it's not using up much petrol, it's very easy to park, it's fun to drive, and if I'd had a penny for every time someone told me how beautiful it is, I'd be a millionaire by now! I've had 2 minor incidents with it. The first one when a tree branch crashed on the bonnet as I was driving (I'd have preferred winning the lottery on the odds of that!!) and I've had to replace the part - my insurance covered it. 2nd incident more recently: a deer ran across the road as I was driving at 50 mph on a country road and I could not avoid it. I hit it. Damage? luckily no other car was around me, and I didn't brake hard or veered off the road - it stayed well put on the tarmac as I slowly stopped the car. The bumper took all the shock, and moved very slightly. The pieces of chrome smashed, but none of the lights were broken. The part that holds up the radiator broke too, but that was it. I didn't even claim it on insurance because it didn't cost much to fix. As for the deer, it escaped!! It carried on running and I never saw it again - so I guess it survived. This experience taught me that it's actually a very secure tough little car as well as being cute, cheap and fun.

    • @motorpoint
      @motorpoint  Рік тому +6

      Gosh! Thanks for the comment, and glad you're OK! Guess they're tougher than they look… - Tim

    • @Nanou197373
      @Nanou197373 Рік тому +2

      @@motorpoint thank you! that was my exact reaction after what happened. I felt very fortunate to be unhurt, and the deer too! It could have been a whole lot worse. My 2nd thought after that was: that little car is actually very tough!

    • @YogaNorthernIreland
      @YogaNorthernIreland 5 місяців тому +1

      Is it not? I seen a colleague driving one on the motorway and left me in the dust!

    • @Nanou197373
      @Nanou197373 5 місяців тому

      @@YogaNorthernIreland It depends on the slope :D If it's on flat, fine, but if there's a climb, it's a bit of a challenge. I have to stop the cruise control and go down a gear to push it back to speed

  • @dalepinney5001
    @dalepinney5001 Рік тому +20

    Being a fiat employee I often watch videos on fiat products and here goes :-
    Q Not much room in the back ?
    A What did you expect it to have ?
    Q Boots small
    A It's a small car
    Q It's not very fast
    A It's a 1.0
    Q It's a bit plasticy
    A It's a cheap car
    Ok I might be sounding a bit biased as a fiat employee but I myself ran a 1.2 500 for 2 1/2 years and in all honesty it wasn't a bad car for what it was
    So would I buy 1 or recommend 1
    Yes but here's the but !!!
    1.2 ONLY !!!
    Check for noises from the front suspension
    Check the Speedo works ok
    Blue and me go wrong often on early cars
    Buy a warranty as big as you can budget certain repairs could be expensive
    But on a whole 50mpg easy to park cheap to repair mostly ie tyres brakepads decent enough to drive and good residual values

    • @celiazed7494
      @celiazed7494 7 місяців тому +1

      Many thanks!! and you are so hilarious hahaha

    • @davidhaiducu3621
      @davidhaiducu3621 4 місяці тому

      What model and year do you recommend?

    • @Mudmagnet007
      @Mudmagnet007 Місяць тому

      Is the 1.0 mile hybrid any good ? I had a 1.2 a couple of years ago and it was a good little motor . It’s now time for my daughter to start driving and we are looking at a 1.0 . Not worried about the hybrid aspect just want a reliable first car

  • @lea24457
    @lea24457 9 місяців тому +3

    I’ve had a Fiat 500 for 4 years now absolutely love it best car I’ve ever driven (I’m a woman and like little cars) I’m off to pick up my new Fiat 500 hybrid tomorrow and can’t wait . They are quite cheap to run and mine hasn’t had a problem fingers crossed I get another nice no hassle 4 year out of new one 😊

  • @geofffd1
    @geofffd1 9 місяців тому +8

    We drove through France to Spain with ours rear seats down and filled with luggage it was great, overall 64 mpg over 2100 miles.....

  • @tomvansoelen6557
    @tomvansoelen6557 Рік тому +10

    I have a 2015 convertible here in the states. Automatic. I believe 1.4 ltr. I love it for what it is. I had a 2012 5 speed which was much quicker and much better mpg. Auto mpg tops out at only 27 mpg. But I still love it. No problems with either one except for power window actuator on both cars. But not a huge expense.
    I wish they were still selling the 500 POPs here in the states.
    Great fun around town inexpensive car.

    • @kiohaha
      @kiohaha 7 місяців тому

      Wait 27 mpg in states (= 32 uk mpg) vs 53mpg in uk?? Do they change the engines to crappy ones when exporting them over?

    • @brunoheggli2888
      @brunoheggli2888 7 місяців тому

      The manual version is way better!

  • @BigDuke6ixx
    @BigDuke6ixx Рік тому +9

    These are fine on the motorway. Get them to 60 you'll get there and get good MPG. I think some reviews forget the the speed limit is 70 on the motorways and these will do 70. He calls it a 'compromise car' but what car isn't?

  • @milosciric5612
    @milosciric5612 6 місяців тому +6

    I bought one today for my gf. In this price range was either this or hyndai i10, it's crazy how much car prices went up this days.... I could buy decent used car for same amount only few years ago.

  • @paulphillips9228
    @paulphillips9228 Рік тому +8

    Quite fancy the Dolce vita Plus, because it's now one of a very limited range of 3 door cars. OK the Mini is still on sale, but the bumpers, front and back, just look hideous. The 500 may not be the biggest for rear legroom, but in the 6 years I've had my 3 door Swift, the back seats have been used twice. Seems that car companies expect drivers to want ever-bigger cars and down sizing isn't catered for. Personally, I really don't want an SUV or a crossover but some manufacturers just expect me to like it or lump it.

    • @NikTheGeek
      @NikTheGeek Рік тому

      I drive a Twingo which I'm happy with but when I eventually replace my options are looking increasingly limited thanks to manufacturers veering away from small affordable cars. My partner drives an SUV but I'm happy to stick with a small city runabout for our child and me. As manufacturers switch to electric we're going to see costs of new cars dramatically increase keeping an already inflated used car market sky high. We'll see what happens, but if I can stomach a 3 door with my child I do fancy a Fiat 500 somewhere down the line. Best looking cars on the road IMO.

  • @TheMildperil
    @TheMildperil 8 місяців тому

    I have just one of these as a hire car in Spain for 10 days. I grew really like it. It performed brilliantly on tight, twisty single track mountain roads where narrowness is a boon for passing. It needed to be worked hard, but could carry more speed through the corners than most other cars on the road. It was less convincing on the motorway, where it struggled with hills was a bit bouncy at speed. The computer calculated range was all over the place going from 100km to 0km climbing 400m up a mountain, back up to 150km by the time I reached the nearest petrol station.

    • @karimtemri1664
      @karimtemri1664 Місяць тому

      I also rented the 500 hybrid in spain and had good fun

  • @PaulReaney-Sygrive
    @PaulReaney-Sygrive 6 місяців тому +4

    We love our Fiat 500 it is a 2020 model and it is brilliant around the city We do the odd long trip and it's fine as it has cruise control and very good MPG we average about 56 MPG on a long run The car is well built for a cheep car and let's face it you see loads on the road so that says a lot Bear Hull UK

  • @mtedwards
    @mtedwards 7 місяців тому

    I currently have one of these 500 limited edition mild hybrids as a courtesy car. My regular car is a Honda Civic Type S GT. Well, I was pleasantly surprised by the way this little Fiat 500 drives and handles. It's a fun car to drive. It oozes style and pizzazz. Most of my driving is around town. I'm thinking about buying one now!

  • @GO500GO1
    @GO500GO1 6 місяців тому +3

    I never had a problem with them after 70000km!

  • @JustRupes
    @JustRupes 3 дні тому

    Sorry but I've had a Fiat 500 1.2 Cult for the last 6 years, after having a BMW 325, Jaguar XJR, S Type, MK2 Gold GTi, the Fiat is a little pocket rocket, chucked on a set of Yokoyama's and there is little that can keep up with it down through the twisty back lanes. It's incredibly sure footed and driven right you can smoke most things on handling. Sure straight line it's gonna get smoked by most things. I put just over 100,000 miles on mine and all it had in that time was servicing, a gear cable linkage, brake disks and pads, and an exhaust backbox, Regular servicing includes the CAM belt (budget circa £500) every 60,000 miles, mine had 20,000 on it when I bought it, so I put 2 CAM belts on mine. My fiancée has it now, as her car went pop (I think she always had her eye on my Fiat!) I have literally just ordered a replacement and yes it's another Fiat 500! Love it. Just a note the Blue and Me is a pile of S*** on the early models, rip it out and you have to get someone to code it out the computers or the ODO flashes at you! The Cult was the model I had which had full leather, climate control and the flash TFT screen, new one I just ordered is the Rockstar which seems to be similar to Cult spec with Cruise Control and 6 speed manual.

  • @fenegroni
    @fenegroni 4 місяці тому +1

    Got one at the moment as a courtesy car. It ‘ok’ for short journeys but my commute to work is about 23 miles each way mix of town, A and B roads, and motorway.
    I get 60 mpg without tying, it can do 70mph on the motorway it simply seems unhappy at that speed.
    I find the seating position the worst thing about it though, for me it’s too uncomfortable.

  • @susanlindsay1071
    @susanlindsay1071 14 годин тому

    I think the fiat colours are the classiest on the road. I’ve borrowed one a couple of times. The seats were the MOST uncomfortable I’ve ever sat in.

  • @cal87249
    @cal87249 8 місяців тому +2

    I'm italian and hearing you saying "grazie mille" killing me bro...🤣 you sayid very good congrats!!!🤣🍻cheers

    • @brunoheggli2888
      @brunoheggli2888 7 місяців тому +1

      We all love italiens ur nice europen brothers!Looking for a Fiat 500,i think a 1.2 pop manual is more reliable then the mild hybrid!What you think?

    • @cal87249
      @cal87249 7 місяців тому

      @@brunoheggli2888 the 1.2 is really a never ending emgine, very affined by the years, but now they only produce 1.0 hybrid for emission shit! it is to young for be reliable like the 1.2 but i used for 9 kkm in 1 month and i can affirm, that it consuming nothing like 27km for a liter of gasoline crazy not even a scooter 😂

    • @cal87249
      @cal87249 7 місяців тому

      @@brunoheggli2888 and but the way i love you guys i love London i been 5 times there.... and i have so much English Scottish friends that i meet in the university and campus here in Italy 😍😂. I'm so disappointed about brexit but is all ready did, I'm in Sicily the south sun shine island all ways warm... I'm graduated in law i don't know if i want to move and work there if is gonna be very hard now😔 i just noticed that I'm on my coach with a comforter with english flag on it 😍

    • @brunoheggli2888
      @brunoheggli2888 7 місяців тому

      ​@@cal87249I am from Switzerland but i am sure the Scotish people are great!Brexit was wrong,we all have to work better together here in europa and enjoy what Europa has to offer from every region!

    • @cal87249
      @cal87249 7 місяців тому

      @@brunoheggli2888 o really? nicee i love Switzerland tio soo green, and every think clean so perfect like i love to be all my things! infact every time i get angry i say i will go to live in Switzerland where you open the windows in the morning and know that everything's is in the place it have to be! 😍🤣 love you guys to even if I earing a lot of swiss people that don't like italians and call them mouses that came up from fognature ( suppost to be italy 😅) and stolen our jobs 😅 but the way I don't like some italians too! I will came some summer to enjoy the green grass in a chalet between mountains 😍 i don't like cold and snow at all thats why i will came in summer time 😍🤣

  • @markwell4720
    @markwell4720 Рік тому +2

    Thanks for explaining the mild hybrid feature.

  • @JNAMOTORSPORTS
    @JNAMOTORSPORTS 18 днів тому

    For the love of God Bring back the fiat500 petrol to America! They made so many good changes!
    WTF why aren't we getting this!

  • @RideOnTime1
    @RideOnTime1 Рік тому

    Thanks for a great review and you are hilarious!!
    Can you review the Aygo X please?

  • @michaelkaligis3042
    @michaelkaligis3042 8 місяців тому

    thanks Tim, I am going to rent this car in Positano, do you think I can put 2 big luggage size 79 cm and 2 cabin size in the car with back seat folded ?

    • @motorpoint
      @motorpoint  8 місяців тому

      Hey - I reckon you'd manage it with the rear seats down. Might have to do some squishing (and you don't want a bigger car for driving around Positano - get a 500 or a Panda. Anything bigger will be a pain!)

  • @toyotaprius79
    @toyotaprius79 8 місяців тому +2

    It's not a hybrid.
    It's a clever 12v mild system that should've been on sale in the 1980s

  • @briansephton8777
    @briansephton8777 Рік тому

    Two questions ,how tall are you and how tall are you ?
    I had one on hire for two weeks and it was terrible on fuel doing motorway runs .It was really hard to engage 6th ,when I told the guy who hired me it he said that it is a common fault along with the clutch pedal getting stuck to the floor even on cars with less than 1000 miles on the clock ! A bubble burst as I was so looking forward to driving it ,I also found it making me lean towards the centre when driving any distance ,I suspect the pedals are offset compared with my normal car .
    I also found the battery was fully charged all the time so when it gets "used" I have no idea .I drove around Cornwall for a week so I did low speeds for lots of the time and didn't notice the Hybrid bit kicking in at all .I managed to get about 250 miles from a tank which seemed disappointing .

  • @friederich66
    @friederich66 Рік тому

    well, even if it is cheaper, i would only choose a 500e, as i did last year. it offers you so much more than the combustion version, especially in safety, connectivity and maintaining costs., the e e-motor ist much stronger and, as usual with e-engines. the torque is available at any speed, which makes driving so much easier, not to forget the wonderful quiestness insige and that there is no need for a filling station, you can charge at home with a full "tank" and preclimated cabin in the morning, or cooled down (21°C) in summer when you come back from swimming or sporting. it is lightyears away from the "old" combustion version. if you can afford it: take the 42 kW "action". and: the maintaining cost are nearly zero

  • @anglerjj3089
    @anglerjj3089 8 місяців тому

    actually this week I got one as exchange for my Jeep, which had to stay at the garage for repair some days.
    In these days I had to go 400 Km on the Autobahn.
    This has been one of the most terrible cars experiences I ever had.
    This car is ok for going 100 meters arround the house, and that's it.
    Super economical???
    7.8 liters, this is a permanent full throttle car and the e-drive is allways empty and inactive.
    I already had many Fiat cars in the past and I always have been very satisfied.
    I ask my self, why such cars are built.
    Driving this car now for three days gives me the feeling as it had a 50ccm engine and minus 10 HP.
    If the mass murderer comes to hell once, his punishment will be to drive this car for eternity

  • @1974Slipper
    @1974Slipper Рік тому +5

    You’re a great presenter. 😊 very viewable.

  • @moobaz8675
    @moobaz8675 Рік тому +1

    Good video and summary. Very helpful for my wife. 👍

    • @motorpoint
      @motorpoint  Рік тому +1

      That's great to hear, we're glad she found it helpful.

  • @bijayanandanaik681
    @bijayanandanaik681 Рік тому +1

    Lunch in India with reasonable price.

    • @68404
      @68404 8 місяців тому

      I love a good Indian lunch.

  • @julpasali
    @julpasali Рік тому +1

    I hate the driving position. The steering wheel and gear stick seems to far to reach

  • @archiebunker5256
    @archiebunker5256 Рік тому

    did you say "apple" ? then I won't get one for sure.

  • @DontPanicDear
    @DontPanicDear Рік тому +2

    I can’t believe how long it took Fiat build an electric 500 ⚡️
    30k is a tad steep though!
    Who waxed the windscreen of that car doh!

  • @kakerake6018
    @kakerake6018 Рік тому +1

    this is a daddy's girl or wife(with no kids) car

  • @johnNYgoesLA
    @johnNYgoesLA Рік тому

    The car handles exceptionally well, even at 140kmh, good suspension balanced weight ratio, good to go fast around corners. But generally it is AWEFUL. The acceleration is INEXISTENT. I think the 70hp is only with the electric support which is constantly empty unless you want to be an obstacle and start coasting 100km before a red light. Also, at 100 kmh you are at 2500 or more RPM. When trying to accelerate you are faced with the following dilemma: either no acceleration: or b: hit the rev limiter. This car is so annyoing! You have to keep it at 5-6krpm and shift through all the gears to have somewhat of an acceleration.

  • @enricomercado4671
    @enricomercado4671 11 місяців тому +1

    I don't unders5and why Europeans consider the Fiat 500 as a "stylish" car...
    I think it is more like a car that's trying to be cute, not stylish.....
    The newest Mazda MX-5 is more what I consider a "stylish" car.

  • @68404
    @68404 8 місяців тому +1

    Another English car review and guess what?
    It's fucking raining. As always.

    • @motorpoint
      @motorpoint  8 місяців тому

      Tell me about it -Tim

  • @tz6414
    @tz6414 Рік тому +1

    Driven a couple of 2022 models, horrible vague steering feels like I have huge play in the straight ahead position. Then it seems to stick with little self centering. I have driven 100s of cars but nothing as odd as this. Then the engine feels like it's 20 years old, which it probably is, gutless or what? They look cute, but they drive worse than any other modern car. A 2005 fiesta drives better in every way.

  • @antonioquintili2745
    @antonioquintili2745 Рік тому

    Nice and efficient like the seller.I bought 3 cars only for this video😂