General Fiat 500 US Sales Surge

[stuartmunn]

I see that the Fiat 500 is starting to take off in the USA... a massive increase of 384% selling four times what they sold in April 2011.

http://www.detroitnews.com/article/...48/auto01/Chrysler-s-April-sales-surge-up-20-

Also Chrysler top selling brand in Canada

Hopefully this will continue upwards...

 

[krossi]

Well let's hope they sort out the a/c problem - the Americans love their a/c and won't be too happy to discover that expensive problems will start to occur once the car is three/four years old. As as been suggested mesh would protect the condensor and Fiat should seriously think about designing something to protect the condenser.

 

[RobinPJ]

I doubt that many US 500's will spend their lives on the motorway/freeway as yours has, so this is unlikely to be an issue.

I can't remember anyone else raising the issue in the last 2 years since I have been here.

 

[alexGS]

Well let's hope they sort out the a/c problem - the Americans love their a/c and won't be too happy to discover that expensive problems will start to occur once the car is three/four years old. As as been suggested mesh would protect the condensor and Fiat should seriously think about designing something to protect the condenser.

What?

The article is a general overview of many brands, with the 500 getting only a tiny mention - it's a discussion of brands in general (GM, Ford, Kia, Hyundai, and Honda seemed the main ones). Definitely no mention of any "a/c problem" - possibly a mention (implied) of limited market appeal: "...its sole offering".

-Alex

 

[johnda]

"The company's Fiat brand posted the biggest gain, with sales leaping 336 percent year-over-year. Its sole offering, the Fiat 500, was just being launched a year ago."

From The Detroit News: http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20120501/AUTO01/205010374#ixzz1u0ABClHg

The sentence isn't big, but the numbers are!

 

[306maxi]

yes, but its easy to increase a small amount of sales by 300+ percent so its not as impressive as it sounds.

 

[Fiat500USA]

Well let's hope they sort out the a/c problem - the Americans love their a/c and won't be too happy to discover that expensive problems will start to occur once the car is three/four years old. As as been suggested mesh would protect the condensor and Fiat should seriously think about designing something to protect the condenser.

The HVAC system has been redesigned on the NAFTA Fiat 500 and it generally gets good reviews. Quite a large number of Fiat owners here in the US commute in the car (1-3 hours daily - 15,000 - 30,000 miles per year), and I haven't really heard of any issues. Of course, the NAFTA 500 has only been on the market for 1 year, so we'll see how it all pans out.