About the folding rear seats, both my SVT focus and FJ Cruiser have that annoying problem with pulling out the headrest and trying to find someplace to store them. I'll give a +1 to the design team at Fiat for a simple solution.
The 500x is a nice departure for the American market. A more family and commute vehicle. The Tuareg presentation was a fun one, the engine and manual transmission sits better in the VW Bora/Jetta.
I had a fiat 500 Abarth, loved that car! But I traded it for the FiST, which I also really love. This 500x is impressive, like how it mimics the original 500 style. I would definitely like to get this for my wife! We'll see...
Cam anyone tell me where the cabin interior temperature sensor is on a fiat 500x please, not the one one in the wing mirror the one that controls climate control!
and diesel engine problems too, a magazine here called AutoPlus, take apart cars after 100000 kms and inspect eveery part; the two worst results were for a Citroen Picasso and the other a VW Tiguan, some of the best I have seen were a Ford Focus 3 cylinder and the the other a Mercedes B class.2gud4umenglez
Does 'crossover' mean 'don't bother looking in the rear view mirror'? Why do all these hatchbacks and crossover make their rear windows so small with huge wide pillars?
I wish ALL the car reviewers would grill the car companies as to why they use red rear turn signals instead of the higher visibility and safer and better looking amber lights
A nine-speed automatic transmission...I still think that in the next several years, every car company will follow Ford's lead and introduce aluminum bodies across their lineup. And who knows, perhaps someone will use something other than anodized aluminum? These days, there are many firearms which use a high-tech polymer with steel inserts for the frames. The frames of semiautomatic pistols began as steel, then they discovered that a lightweight aluminum could sometimes be used instead of steel. And now, well, almost everyone has gone to polymer with steel inserts. It will sure be interesting to watch and see all the new developments. I hope to see graphene being used in some capacity to manufacture new cars and trucks.
LarryC213 Polymers as structural members aren't good for collisions especially at temperature extremes. Even carbon fibre is not ideal... unless you have an additional matrix, like the Pagani titanium filaments, but that's even more expensive, and won't come into the average upscale market, let alone this category for decades. As much as Alumin(i)um is having a revival in car/truck fabrication, an interesting possibility is the next generation Steel products also. Which would offer the same weight savings, but with far easier manufacturing and repairs. However this steel development has lagged greatly in the last 2 decades because everyone raced to the bottom to compete with cheap Chinese steel, instead of improving their product to make it attractive to the Auto industry. Most reports say we won't see this new steel available to the auto industry until about 2020-22 , but by then we may already be looking towards other solutions, like graphene body panels... or hopefully that transparent Aluminium from Star Trek fame, which actually appears to be possible as is transparent Steel. Now that would be super cool... although no more driving in your underwear. ;-)
KnightShadey I didn't mean as a frame material. I just meant as a possibility for something such as a body panel. And perhaps I am not understanding your comment. Thank you for your comment.
LarryC213 It's a little difficult to see it as only body panels when using your reference to the frame in your pistol analogy. For body panels, that's precisely what everyone is doing, but there is pressure to go Alu in the frame (until recently that was the intended/perceived path for the Wrangler) as well as the existing construction of composite tubs for supercars, etc. Therefore, the assumption that the reference was to structural components seemed like a logical extension of what is already there and the comments you made. So it seemed necessary to point out that there are drawbacks to that path, which involve crash safety and repair-ability, as well as large scale recycling for composites vs the ease of recovery of Alu and Steel.
KnightShadey All right, I suppose that I could be more specific. Ford has (in my opinion) done a great job of reducing the weight of the F150 by utilizing aluminum in the body or bodies of their half-ton pickup. And it has worked; time will tell if the aluminum can stand up to the job. I was just saying that, in my opinion. other companies, such as RAM and GM will probably end up doing the same thing. Then I add that some gun companies are not using polymers in the frames of their semiautomatic pistols and that material is doing a great job. Just because I said that polymer has been used successfully in the FRAME of a handgun, some folks apparently have taken that to mean that I am saying to make the FRAME of an automobile out of polymer. That is NOT what I meant. I meant that, in my opinion, polymers could/might one day be able to be used in the body panel or panels of an automobile. I am not saying that since polymer can and has been used in the frame of a semi auto handgun, that it should or would be used in the frame of a truck. I hope to God that this will finally put to rest all these comments/complaints about my original comment. Thank you.
***** well at least the vw is a real sportcar video. that shifting he does literally looks like heavy sport to make each gear shift. did vw really mess up that diesel & gearbox on this one ? :D
Good job to Emilien, its nice to see and hear from European market. I hope to see more from France.
Merci jeune homme en France de votre contribution, il était très bon!
I've got this car it's good but slow but if you put it in sports mode it goes like a rocket 🚀
About the folding rear seats, both my SVT focus and FJ Cruiser have that annoying problem with pulling out the headrest and trying to find someplace to store them. I'll give a +1 to the design team at Fiat for a simple solution.
The 500x is a nice departure for the American market. A more family and commute vehicle. The Tuareg presentation was a fun one, the engine and manual transmission sits better in the VW Bora/Jetta.
Perfect guest review! And his buy it lease it or forget it foment was funny!
I had a fiat 500 Abarth, loved that car! But I traded it for the FiST, which I also really love. This 500x is impressive, like how it mimics the original 500 style. I would definitely like to get this for my wife! We'll see...
StevenSVT lol i was like "fist?? like a punch in the gut?" then i realized it meant Fiesta st
Lol!!!
which would you say is a more fun car? i have to know
Excellent videos. Slight correction though, "head of poduct" think should be "product" 0:54
Cam anyone tell me where the cabin interior temperature sensor is on a fiat 500x please, not the one one in the wing mirror the one that controls climate control!
Guest review was awesome!
Love your videos but I am curious on what camera was shown in this segment.
A French guy criticizing German craftsmanship, little ironic....
They criticise their own too don't worry!weirdshibainu
BTW German cars are not all that great as well, know for problems, like the rest of them
lffit Yeah like VAG's reliability
Mechanical reliability that is.
and diesel engine problems too, a magazine here called AutoPlus, take apart cars after 100000 kms and inspect eveery part; the two worst results were for a Citroen Picasso and the other a VW Tiguan, some of the best I have seen were a Ford Focus 3 cylinder and the the other a Mercedes B class.2gud4umenglez
Does 'crossover' mean 'don't bother looking in the rear view mirror'? Why do all these hatchbacks and crossover make their rear windows so small with huge wide pillars?
I wish ALL the car reviewers would grill the car companies as to why they use red rear turn signals instead of the higher visibility and safer and better looking amber lights
Do a review on the 2015 Chevy Tahoe and tahoe z71 package
Do a comparison of the nissan rogue, Toyota rav4, Fird escape and jeep Cherokee
13.08 The French motorway system would appear to have improved since I was last there❗️😆🚜🚏🇫🇷
A nine-speed automatic transmission...I still think that in the next several years, every car company will follow Ford's lead and introduce aluminum bodies across their lineup. And who knows, perhaps someone will use something other than anodized aluminum? These days, there are many firearms which use a high-tech polymer with steel inserts for the frames. The frames of semiautomatic pistols began as steel, then they discovered that a lightweight aluminum could sometimes be used instead of steel. And now, well, almost everyone has gone to polymer with steel inserts. It will sure be interesting to watch and see all the new developments. I hope to see graphene being used in some capacity to manufacture new cars and trucks.
LarryC213 Polymers as structural members aren't good for collisions especially at temperature extremes. Even carbon fibre is not ideal... unless you have an additional matrix, like the Pagani titanium filaments, but that's even more expensive, and won't come into the average upscale market, let alone this category for decades.
As much as Alumin(i)um is having a revival in car/truck fabrication, an interesting possibility is the next generation Steel products also. Which would offer the same weight savings, but with far easier manufacturing and repairs. However this steel development has lagged greatly in the last 2 decades because everyone raced to the bottom to compete with cheap Chinese steel, instead of improving their product to make it attractive to the Auto industry. Most reports say we won't see this new steel available to the auto industry until about 2020-22 , but by then we may already be looking towards other solutions, like graphene body panels... or hopefully that transparent Aluminium from Star Trek fame, which actually appears to be possible as is transparent Steel. Now that would be super cool... although no more driving in your underwear. ;-)
KnightShadey I didn't mean as a frame material. I just meant as a possibility for something such as a body panel. And perhaps I am not understanding your comment. Thank you for your comment.
LarryC213 It's a little difficult to see it as only body panels when using your reference to the frame in your pistol analogy.
For body panels, that's precisely what everyone is doing, but there is pressure to go Alu in the frame (until recently that was the intended/perceived path for the Wrangler) as well as the existing construction of composite tubs for supercars, etc. Therefore, the assumption that the reference was to structural components seemed like a logical extension of what is already there and the comments you made. So it seemed necessary to point out that there are drawbacks to that path, which involve crash safety and repair-ability, as well as large scale recycling for composites vs the ease of recovery of Alu and Steel.
KnightShadey All right, I suppose that I could be more specific. Ford has (in my opinion) done a great job of reducing the weight of the F150 by utilizing aluminum in the body or bodies of their half-ton pickup. And it has worked; time will tell if the aluminum can stand up to the job. I was just saying that, in my opinion. other companies, such as RAM and GM will probably end up doing the same thing. Then I add that some gun companies are not using polymers in the frames of their semiautomatic pistols and that material is doing a great job. Just because I said that polymer has been used successfully in the FRAME of a handgun, some folks apparently have taken that to mean that I am saying to make the FRAME of an automobile out of polymer. That is NOT what I meant. I meant that, in my opinion, polymers could/might one day be able to be used in the body panel or panels of an automobile. I am not saying that since polymer can and has been used in the frame of a semi auto handgun, that it should or would be used in the frame of a truck. I hope to God that this will finally put to rest all these comments/complaints about my original comment. Thank you.
The sales guy was finding it really difficult to go off his script. Haha
The R5 Touareg had a Tiptronic gearbox, too! It's a good car, but the 2nd gen Hyundai Santa Fe is better..
Why does it go into a Volkswagen Touareg review halfway through video?
***** Guest Viewer Review. You are welcome to submit your own.
The Fast Lane Car would a 98 nissan pathfinder be accepted? Or does it have to be a newer car
lifeisgood12341 It does not have to be a new car. Any car you want to review. We'll leave it to you.
The Fast Lane Car are you intrested by a diesel powered lr4 off road review?
***** well at least the vw is a real sportcar video. that shifting he does literally looks like heavy sport to make each gear shift. did vw really mess up that diesel & gearbox on this one ? :D
It would be nice if u could get a manual trans with 4x4
What happens if I didn't want to know anything about the Fiat 500X?
Nice Fiat
Just wait until it fails IIHS's small overlap crash test like the 500 and 500L did.
Are Fiats reliable?
***** Consumer Reports recently rated them the worst you can buy in the US.
Yes they are I've had lots with very few issues.
Not "dealer" but "studio." How chi-chi.
I dont know , Fiat looks sibeh ugly to me