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| Current version of Fiat Punto |
The ageing Punto is set to be replaced with the fresher version Fiat 500. After being eight years in the production with minor exterior and interior refurbishing, the model seems to be running out of steam, with recording poor sales all over the world the Italian carmaker are rethinking of replacing the model itself with their much popular Fiat 500 model.
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| Artist rendition of four door version of Fiat 500 |
The overall dimension Fiat 500 is set to be larger than the current 2-door version to make it comparable enough with other competitors in the B-segment.
So why is Fiat opting for a 10 year lifecycle given that competitors like VW choose a 7 year cycle with Hyundai and Kia bringing it down to 5? Speculations are rife that Sergio Marchionne, Fiat CEO, was not happy with the earlier proposed designs he had received from his designers. Another reason cited was deliberately delaying investments until the financially weak Europe recovers.
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| The new 7-seater Fiat 500-living |
The challenge to make the Fiat 500 liable enough for B-segment seems to be a rather easy one for Italian giant with demonstrating their flexibilty by making cars as small as a city hatchback to a 7-seater MPV(see the above pic) and the upcoming B-Segment SUV, while retaining the overall looks of the 500.
The Fiat may thus follow the trend of maintaining the same overall conceptual design while modifying it according to the segments like the ' New Fluidic design' of Hyundai, Volvo, Volkswagen which will be interesting to see as the new Fiat 500 may inspire the looks of its whole range of product.
Source: Auto edizone
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