Can a cutesy-faced crossover put Fiat back among the big sellers in Ireland?
While the 600 will be available as a fully-electric 600e model it’s likely that for Irish customers the more significant model will be the 600 Hybrid.Distinctive styling and a pleasant driving experience, but Fiat has much work to do convincing Irish buyers that it’s worth a punt again
The fall from its lofty perch has been painful for Fiat, and it eventually had to surrender both its majority stakeholding in Ferrari and become a merger partner with PSA Peugeot-Citroen-Opel to form the vast Stellantis Group. The 600 does so while looking rather good. Okay, so for the most part it’s the same formless blob of SUV-ish shape that everyone is doing right now, but the detailing around the lights – the mascara effect at the edges of the headlights, and the complex lines of the brakes lights – gives it a bit of character, and it makes a better fist of up-sizing the 500′s style into a larger, four-door car than did the unloved old 500X.
Well, good-ish. When it comes to practicality, the Fiat lacks the full-width dashboard shelf of its Jeep cousin, and space in the rear seats is really quite limited, especially in terms of legroom. The back of a Fiat 600 is no country for growing teens. It produces 100hp and 205Nm of torque, neither of which sound very much but actually the 600 feels pleasantly fleet when out and about. The little three-cylinder engine thrums happily when revved, and the 600 will default to electric-only power for short bursts.
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