KwaFiat sebelungiselela ukwethula uhlobo lwakamuva lwemodeli yabo engu-500, iFiat 500X.
Ngemva kokufika kwe-500L, i-MPV enezihlalo ezinhlanu, manje sekuvela izindaba zokuthi uhlobo lwe-Italian luhlose ukwengeza i-Crossover ebangeni lama-500. Le Crossover izongena ngaphansi kwesidlaliso esithi 500X futhi izokwethulwa emakethe yaseYurophu kuphela ngo-2014.
I-Fiat 500X izoba namamitha angaphezu kwamane ubude, ukuphakama okukhulu kuya phansi futhi izofika nemigqa egqamile uma iqhathaniswa ne-500L. Le ndlela iphuma ejwayelekile ne-off road system, ezoyibeka (ngaphezu kwesitayela somzimba) kumamodeli ayizimbangi njengeNissan Juke neMini Countryman.
NgoSepthemba ozayo ukufika kwe-500XL kuhlelelwe, okuyi-500L kodwa enezihlalo eziyisikhombisa. Futhi njengoba abanye abangu-500 sebeqalile, labo ababhekele iFiat sebememezele ukuthi i-500X izoba ngeyokugcina kulayini wama-500.
U-Gianluca Italia, oyiNhloko yakwa-Fiat, uthi i-500X izoba yisikhali esingcono kakhulu umkhiqizo ongase ube nakho ukubhekana ne-C-segment ngempumelelo. UGianluca uphinde waqinisekisa izinhlelo zeFiat zokwethula isizukulwane esisha iPunto nezinye izinguqulo ezintsha zePanda, eyokugcina ezothola injini entsha engu-105 hp 0.9 litre TwinAir.
Umbhalo: Tiago Luis