Fiat’s return to the United States spectacularly crashed and burned, but the company isn’t ready to throw in the towel quite yet.
The automaker’s sole remaining product, the 500X, is getting a handful of updates for 2022 and the most notable is the addition of an optional Al-Fresco roof.
It’s a retractable soft top, which allows for a “truly open-air experience” similar to the ill-fated 500C. Fiat declined to say how much the Al-Fresco roof will cost, but noted it will be available on all four trims – Pop, Sport, Trekking and Trekking Plus – and offered with four different exterior colors.
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Additional changes are limited, but the 2022 Fiat 500X gains a new Yacht Club Capri Edition. The model is based on the Sport trim and features a Blu Venezia exterior with a blue Al-Fresco roof and exclusive 18-inch alloy wheels. The interior also gets an upgrade thanks to exclusive woodgrain trim and special ivory leather seats with blue piping. The model also sports Yacht Club Capri badging and satin accents.
As a refresher, the 500X features a turbocharged 1.3-liter four-cylinder engine that produces 177 hp (132 kW / 179 PS) and 210 lb-ft (285 Nm) of torque. It’s connected to a nine-speed automatic transmission, which sends power to a standard all-wheel drive system.
Of course, no one really cares as Fiat sales have fallen off a cliff and into a dumpster fire. U.S. sales of the 500X peaked at 12,599 units in 2016 and have fallen every single year since then. Pre-pandemic sales plummeted to 2,518 units in 2019 and this year the company is on track to sell a little over 1,300 units in America. That’s dismal and Smart was smart enough to pull the plug on U.S. sales when they dipped to 1,276 units.
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