I find it surprising to read about the 500's popularity in other country's around the world, now in 2024. FIAT came back into the states in 2011 and introduced the 500, it sold not great but enough to keep then in the country. Of course one of the problems was they never established a dealership network and were piggy-backing off another one, most didn't even have a sign that FIAT's were being sold there. Within 5 years after they came back in the bottom fell out, to many recalls and problems with the 500. They tried to save it with the mostly Japaneses spider but by then the public had lost confidence.
Have fun and enjoy it and welcome to the FIAT FORUM, if they don't know no one does. This ain't Wikipedia and most online innuendo where it's believe half of what you read and even less of what you hear.