(G) 500

hi there im new to this site and im not sure im in the right bit??? Im looking in to getting a 500 1.2 sport but I dont know how long it will take? it will be an automatic so will that take longer??? i heard its 3 months waiting , is that true? thanks for your help

Production of the 1.2 Dualogic hasn't started yet, so it would be at least 3 months wait I'm afraid

But don't let a 3month wait put you off.

If you order one, unless the dealer has stock, you'll probably be looking at the thick end of 3 months wait anyway, and I'm guessing that after the Fifth Gear review, coupled with a load of 500's being let out to play on 1st March raising public awarness, that the wait will, for the time being, only get longer.

Patience is a virtue, I recived mine after a 5 month wait, worth every minute of the wait though.

Coolgirl,

Where in Surrey are you? It may be worth popping into Mill Lane Fiat in Aldershot () and asking them when they can get one for you - or Bishops Fiat in Guildford ( I have been boycotting Bishops for 3 years of s*** service on our Alfa).

Frensham Engineering, south of Farnham, don't have any 500s, as I think they're too small. I went in there recently for a chat and they didn't really have much knowledge of the obvious questions I was asking.

I think Simon at Wessex (aka Scrogg) may have some stock coming in.

Not with the dualogic gearbox though - at least not for a few months at least.

As Scrogg said, best thing to do is place an order with your dealer for a dualogic and wait the three or so months

Oh yeah, stupid me, forgot about the gearbox.

There's a review of the 500 1.2 Dualogic by Autocar here.

Thanks for that. That was actually a solid, sensible review and served to get rid of what little interest I had in the dualogic anyway....