The Fiat 500X is a front engine, front wheel drive, five door hatchback crossover sport utility vehicle (SUV) manufactured and marketed by Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, since its debut at the Paris Motor Show. As Fiat's second four door hatchback, following the 500L (introduced for model year 2014), the 500X is highly related to the Jeep Renegade. Both are manufactured at FCA's SATA plant in Melfi, Italy.
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Specifications
The 500X is based on the Small Wide 4×4 architecture, a platform evolved from the GM Fiat Small platform used for the Fiat Grande Punto and Fiat 500L.
The Fiat 500X is available with several engines with optional all wheel drive with most. At launch, engines available outside of North America included: one petrol, the turbocharged 1.4 MultiAir2, and two MultiJet turbodiesels displacing 1.6 and 2.0 litres.
In North America, the Fiat 500X features:<
- A 1.4 litre turbocharged four cylinder engine, with a six speed manual transmission available only with front wheel drive.
- A normally-aspirated 2.4 litre four cylinder engine, with a nine speed automatic with standard front wheel drive and optional with all wheel drive.
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Trim levels
In the United States, the Fiat 500X comes in Pop, Easy, Lounge, Trekking, and Trekking Plus trim levels -- with optional all wheel drive on all but Pop trim level. In Europe, it comes in Pop, Pop Star, Lounge, Cross and Cross Plus trims, with the all wheel drive available only on the 2.0L Multijet diesel, and the higher powered petrol versions with automatic gearboxes.
Safety
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety named the 2016 Fiat 500X small crossover a 2015 Top Safety Pick+, its highest rating.
IIHS testing simulates:
- a side impact with a large SUV or pickup truck
- a moderate offset frontal impact
- a small offset frontal impact
- roof crush consistent with a rollover
- a rear collision capable of inducing whiplash
In each test, the all new Fiat 500X recorded the highest possible score of "good".
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