I still can’t believe that they thought that the Fiat 500 was going to be flying out of the showrooms. You have to feel sorry for the dealers. Our local deal actually built an addition for it. The only thing it has going for it is weirdness; IMO no man would want to be seen driving one, except perhaps the Abarth, and that’s overpriced and unrefined.
You could catch me driving a VW camper or even a Mini Cooper they were off road mules, but a Fiat 500?
Good Lord no!
No one believed the 500 would fly out of showrooms.. The CEO has publicly stated the only reason it was brought here was to help meet CAFE standards and doesn’t want to, and won’t try to sell one more than he is legally required to. There is a very interesting interview he gave that’s on youtube somewhere where he speaks at length about what he found when he took over the company and what they have done since.