Yesterday we told you that the 500e Cabrio will have a Mirafiori version exclusively for the Italian market with more equipment and special details. Today, the smallest model of all those available from Fiat, with permission from the Panda, announces another novelty, expected and longed for in equal parts: the urban car will be available with a hybrid engine soon. Some time ago we told you that the Fiat 500e would also run on gasoline, but now we know that a variant will be chosen that will be called Ibrida.
Olivier Francois, CEO of Fiat and global marketing director of Stellantis, said that “To increase the number of 500s in circulation in Italy and respond to Italian customers, we have decided to produce the new 500 Ibrida.” We add: and from the rest of Europe.
What is the new Fiat 500 Ibrida like?
“The new 500 Ibrida has an Italian name, will be developed and designed in Turin and will be proudly Made in Mirafiori. It is clear that Mirafiori plays a strategic role for the brand and that we also continue to invest in Italy, in the 500 and in Mirafiori,” Francois continued.
At the moment, the only confirmed data we have is that the Fiat 500 Ibrida will go on sale in 2025. And nothing more. There are also no official images and we have opted for those of the 500e to illustrate this news. Therefore, we do not know if the hybrid engine will be an evolution of the current Fiat 500 Hybrid that has given such good results (both in terms of performance and reliability and commerciality) or if Fiat will inherit the engine from the Opel Corsa Hybrid and Peugeot 208 Hybrid.
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His extensive career also includes work in other media such as El Mundo, Coche Actual and AutoScout24, and he made his first appearance on television in the interview program “El Círculo Neox”, broadcast on the Atresmedia channel of the same name. Long before that, practically as a child, he was a reader of Car and Driver, when the masthead was directed by the Formula 1 driver Emilio de Villota, with whom he was lucky enough to work.
Within the Hearst España publishing group, Carlos has written the motor sections of magazines such as Qué Me Dices, Emprendedores and deViajes and now he does it every day in Car and Driver and occasionally in Esquire. If he is not in the office, you will find him on a plane heading to any part of the world with one purpose: to drive the latest novelty on the market, whether it has batteries or not. Ah! And he is a fervent defender of the classics, although he no longer has his Volkswagen Golf GTI mk3.
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