In an important milestone for the new Fiat 500’s history, the 500,000th example of the Italian automaker’s retro-styled mini rolled off the production line this week at the Fiat Auto plant in Tychy, Poland, 21 months after its market launch. The commemorative model was finished in a so-called “Funk White” color and powered by a 69HP 1.2 engine with Start&Stop.
The new Fiat 500 is sold in 83 different countries around the world, from Italy to Brazil, and South Africa to Japan.
According to the Italian automaker, the ten biggest markets for the first 500,000 cars have been Italy with 244,755 units, France with 58,425, Great Britain with 51,445, Germany with 48,319, Holland with 13,682, Switzerland with 10,765, Spain with 10,103, Belgium with 9,548, Japan with 9,030 and Austria with 8,648 units.
If the Fiat Group sticks to plan, then we’ll be seeing the Fiat 500 making its way to Chrysler’s U.S. showrooms before the end of the year.
