Inovev forecasts 100,000 units per year of the new Fiat 600
- The Fiat 500 is a small 3-door sedan available in a thermal version (500) and in a battery electric version (500 e). Until recently it was supplemented by two 5-door versions: the Fiat 500 L (estate) and the Fiat 500 X (SUV). After a few years, these two 5-door versions gradually saw their sales plummet. Fiat's response to this situation is the launch of two new 5-door versions, the 600 (with internal combustion engine) and the 600 e (with a 100% electric motor) launched at the end of 2023.
- The Fiat 600 and '600 e' may target not only former 500 L and 500 X customers but also some Fiat 500 customers, especially those who have had children: the Fiat 600 is more spacious as it is 4.17 m long, while the Fiat 500 does not exceed 3.57 m. Like the Fiat 500, the Fiat 600 takes the name of a mythical model of the brand, produced in Italy at nearly 2,7 million units between 1955 and 1969. Fiat intends to capitalize on this name as it has already done with the 500.
- The new model generally takes the line of the 500 X but it is however very different because it adopts the e-CMP platform of the Peugeot 2008, Opel Mokka, DS 3 and Jeep Avenger, and no longer a Fiat platform. The engines also come from these models, meaning a petrol engine and a 100% electric engine (BEV). Its electric motor (600 e) delivers 156 hp (115 kW) and its battery offers a capacity of 54 kWh which allows a range of 400 km according to the WLTP cycle. For the thermal version (600), it is a mild-hybrid (MHEV) as on the Fiat 500 and Fiat Panda, based this time on the 1.2-litre three-cylinder petrol engine with 130 hp already known from Stellantis.
- The Fiat 600 will compete with B-segment SUVs such as the Renault Captur, Peugeot 2008, Citroën C3 Aircross, Jeep Avenger, Opel Mokka, Ford Puma, VW Taigo, etc. It will be produed in Tichy (Poland) alongside the Jeep Avenger and Fiat 500. Inovev forecasts 100,000 sales per year of the new Fiat 600 (in its two engines, thermal and battery electric). As we can see on the graph, the launch of this model will not be enough for Fiat to regain the volumes reached in 2016 of the whole 500 family models.