FIAT Brings the 500 Back Home With New Hybrid Torino Edition

FIAT Brings the 500 Back Home With New Hybrid Torino Edition​

A Hometown Tribute Built In Turin With Hybrid Power​

FIAT is bringing its most famous city car back to its roots. The Italian brand has revealed the new 500 Hybrid Torino, a special edition that marks the return of the 500 to its hometown of Turin and its historic Mirafiori Assembly Plant. This debut isn’t just about another model—it’s about heritage, identity, and a new chapter for FIAT as it blends tradition with modern hybrid technology.

FIAT Brings the 500 Back Home With New Hybrid Torino Edition

FIAT brings the 500 back home with the new Hybrid Torino Edition, celebrating heritage and modern technology.

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[patfromigh]

This particular hybrid setup would flop here in America. It doesn't have any horsepower. It's sad because it would be nice to have a basic Fiat 500 model. It would also be nice to have the Grande Panda offered here as well. Now that we've seen the American built version of the EP6 1.6 liter four cylinder engine, I'm wondering if that will fit under the hood in place of those Euro 3 cylinder units in either the 500 or Grande Panda. I like the idea of a six-speed manual with a BSG, but combined instead with the Dundee built four which has 2 and 1/2 times the horsepower of the 1 liter three cylinder of the 500 Torino Hybrid model. That would make an awesome Abarth model.

Latin American Fiats are getting the 1.5L GSE-T operating on the Miller Cycle, and combine that with a six-speed automatic, using a single electric motor in place of a torque converter. Products like that are why The Latin American operations keep Fiat alive.

 

[TripleT]

Grand Panda should be build here.


My Daughter wants to replace her 2015 500 and the 3 cylinder hybrid is fine for her.

 

[patfromigh]

The sales of the Fiat 500 in the US do not justify a facility to build that model here. The 500 is built on a different platform than the Smart based Grande Panda. Is there a business case for building vehicles based on the Smart platform here? I think so, but I don't know which facilities are available for that.

Fiat has three new Smart based vehicles in the pipeline, a C-segment SUV (F2U), a fastback C segment crossover (F2X), and a global lifestyle pickup similar to the Strada currently made in Brazil. (The term "lifestyle Pickup" is an American idiom that I use, Europeans don't use that term.) The next Jeep Renegade could be derived from the F2U and the fastback crossover could be a Chrysler or Dodge model. If the vehicles are built here, they could have styling unique to the American brands. The Grande Panda could also be built here avoiding any tariffs.

Some of the European enthusiast websites are saying there is a very credible rumor that the 1.2 liter, EB2 Gen3 three cylinder engine will receive all the same upgrades that Dundee, MI built 1.6 liter four cylinder received for North American hybrid duty. Both the 3 and 4 cylinder engines are of the same engine family and share the same architecture. It wouldn't be difficult to build the 1.2 three cylinder engine in Dundee, since it also shares many parts with the 1.6 four.

The Fiat 500e could be repurposed into a PHEV using an American built engine and transmission along with other domestic supplier parts to minimize the tariff hit.

 

[The Mopar Junkie]

Fiat Revives A Legend With The New 500 Hybrid Lineup​

Heritage Meets Modern Hybrid Tech In Turin-Built City Car​

The Fiat 500 Hybrid is officially here, bringing together everything enthusiasts love about the iconic 500 nameplate—style, personality, and unmistakable Italian flair—now paired with modern hybrid efficiency. Revealed during a special media drive event in Turin from November 21st to 28th, the 500 Hybrid marks an essential return to the small-car roots that made Fiat a global favorite while also giving Mirafiori a major production boost.

Fiat Revives A Legend With The New 500 Hybrid Lineup

Explore the Fiat Revives A Legend With The New 500 Hybrid Lineup, combining style and hybrid efficiency in a classic design.

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[patfromigh]

I suspect the reason North American Fiat sales are lackluster is because the marketing for Fiat in North America has been lackluster. Fiat should be shaped into the entry level brand here, like the small Mitsubishi products once were for Dodge and Plymouth in the 1970's through the 90's. The Fiat 500 Hybrid and the Grande Panda both should use a 48V mild hybrid system. They need to feature American built engines and transmissions. The power train investment can be readily recovered because there will be a Jeep Renegade replacement and two C-segment vehicles as well, one for Chrysler and one for Dodge.

 

[bill burke]

I would like to believe my Italian heritage has nothing to do with this statement, but let’s just say I eat pizza every Friday, and pasta every Wednesday and every Sunday and leave my full disclosure at that.
Conscience clear, I believe that Fiat could be a very competitive brand in the U.S. frankly competitive with brands like Toyota, Nissan and Honda. I am encouraged by the product range and sales figures I see in Latin America. Why are these products not here? How could Fiat have blown their launch in America so completely with virtually only one product, one not likely to succeed and at the same time, leave the other stuff back in Europe? It seems all things Italian from music, to clothing, to jewelry, to food and wine, not to mention exotic sports cars are wildly sought after and admired here, why not the Fiat? Ferrari good-Fiat bad ?
I have no answer, but Brazil seems to have a great suggestion to present to us.
I do too. I know you readers all love just about everything Italian and should be knowledgeable about the achievements my people created, recognized as the foundations of Western civilization, so take it from a son of Italy, Fiat will, yes WILL get there and conquer the U.S. market as their forefathers did with the whole of Western Europe, Eastern Europe and North Africa for over 1000 years. SPQR.
Fiat succeeding in the U.S. a piece of pizza pie by comparison.