The new 2020 Fiat 500 Hybrid - Is the 500 still good enough to be dominating our roads? FULL REVIEW 

I really appreciate that, thank you so much for the support!! 😊

Timeless design; the others swell more and more

Thank you. They’ve certainly nailed their Target audience with looks and interior!!

Much appreciated! I’m glad it was helpful x

Really glad you’re using N, I imagine 99% of owners don’t even know about it. It was hard to fault it, does exactly what you need it to ☺️

@@AutoSocialUK absolutely do. Less emissions and usage of petrol as its hybrid. When its stop start in a city its great. Im no petrol head and had to get rid of my last fiat for a bigger car/Ford for kids sport kit. Now grown went back to a fiat a few months ago. Im a small person and the seats give you a hug 🤣 amazed that my kid is 6ft 2 and fits in the front fine with leg room. Reliability, compact, tall people in the front little ones in the back 🤣

Thank you! Hope you’re well too 😊

So no need to be in neutral? To be honest it is difficult sometimes because I read things online and the results are often mixed. That’s a really good combination MPG though…. Much better than my Abarth!! 😂😂😂

@@AutoSocialUK Part exchanged our Abarth convertible to drive this economical hybrid abroad ......

Thank you 😁😁

Thank you for watching!

Hi Robert, sorry delayed response 😅 been looking at pictures of the electric 500, looks nice on the outside but I agree, pretty dull on the inside 😬 Exactly, it was never built for speed!!

Speed is irrelevant these days, average over thousands of miles including motorways and mixed driving is likely to come up in mid 20s ! After many cars and hundreds of thousands of miles, I reckon a car that you like the look of, that makes you happy when you get in it or see it in a car park and is fun to drive and suits your needs is the one to have and Fiats are some of my favourites, so enjoyable to drive and in my experience reliable ( 3 Puntos and a Cinquecento), all those Italians can't be wrong!

So glad you’re enjoying it 😁

Do you find the brake pedal offset to the left. My daughter and I picked one up yesterday. I'm finding that's taking some getting used to.

I know tons of people that don’t get on with it but I genuinely really like it! It’s gotten me out of trouble a couple of times. I actually think it teaches you to be a little bit of a better driver as well, I know that when I had the technology on my car it taught me not to break so late but I completely get where you’re coming from and I don’t think you are alone in your opinion. Some cars you can actually delay when it comes on which is handy because it’s still there but not over sensitive

Omg, hi 👋🏼

I couldn't agree more

No I 100% agree and I think that has to still be true to an extent, especially as the 500 is one of the only city cars without autonomous breaking. I still can’t see a single fiat 500 driver doing it!

It’s still considered less safe to coast, that’s now in the Theory Test.

Don’t know who told you that you don’t have full control or what that means, but in emergencies you are to steer and brake, and you have those two abilities. If you’re ever in a situation where you need to out-accelerate something, you can take the extra fraction of a second to put it into gear. You’d need to change gears for that most likely anyway… In fact, going from N to a gear is faster than changing gears, and you could actually even do it without the clutch, if you absolutely had to in an emergency. You were simply taught wrong.

@@elaine_1111 The theory test is wrong. That has ZERO factual support in engineering.

@@afcgeo882 I seem to remember being told by an ADI that engine braking was important and to stop safely and efficiently the car should be braked while in gear and the clutch depressed prior to stopping so as not to stall. This also saved wear on brake pads and discs, although materials have improved and pads are not as likely to fade these days, it is another cost which can be reduced by driving style.

Completely depends what you currently drive?

So as to say that the theory test was written with 1950’s technology in mind by a flawed human being based on flawed testing. There is ZERO danger or mechanical risk to coasting.

Ironic K, promoting coasting in a car that isn’t fitted with anticollision 😂

Much better the timeless design of the 500; the mini swells more and more

What full control aren’t you having exactly?

That’s a shame Peter. These scratchy plastics never wear very well. I hope you find a suitable one soon!

Holding in the clutch for prolonged periods isn’t recommended. It wears out the clutch springs and there’s a chance your foot may slip and you’d be in the wrong gear. It’s just easier to put it into N and then when you need to go into gear, just clutch in and go into whichever gear you need to. It takes a fraction of a second.

I wonder if they would sell in AU.... what do you think?

@@AutoSocialUK Doesn't look like Au will get the hybrid. We do no get most hybrids or EVs. Because Shitsville 'Stralia. The ICE 500 sells ok here, see quite a few around. Well manuals you see as all the autos are broken..

Yeah I don't know why neutral is required

@@martinw245 Maybe it’s to allow the person to push the car to somewhere, for example the gas station if they run out of gas.

@@DaveDVideoMaker 😁 I was referring to the feature in the 500 where when you coast it recharges the battery. I mean coasting is also just depressing the clutch, so I'm not sure why it couldn't regenerate the battery then too, not just in neutral.

@@martinw245 I think Tish got the recharge wrong. There is no ability, with a manual transmission, to re-charge while in neutral (or clutch depressed.) It charges while you’re engine braking, remaining in gear, but off the accelerator, via a generator.

I have a back injury. No trouble at all getting in and out in my daughters car. The roof line is high.

And yer girls buy them in their millions 😅😅😅😅

@@AutoSocialUK To be fair, most girls have NO clue about cars, nor want to. They just buy it because it’s “cute”. They also grow out of them very quickly. It was the same with the Ka as well. There are just better cars out there than a regular 500.

Ironically, coasting downhill uses more fuel, as it's technically idling, so it's using the idle amount of fuel. When you go downhill and let off the accelerator in gear, engine vacuum is negative and most cars do what's called 'overrun fuel cut', where the injectors will not be firing at all, and only kick in once engine vacuum rises above zero. Obviously only in manuals, not automatics.

How? How is it dangerous? Do your brakes not work? Does steering switch off? Are you suddenly unable to simply pop it into proper gear if needed (which is faster than switching from one to another)? I simply don’t see ANY logic in that!

@@dlg78 While it is true that engine braking uses no fuel, while coasting uses idle fuel, it consistently slows your vehicle, which may not be what you want to do given the slope and moving traffic. To keep speed constant you’d need to upshift until you’re practically idling, and then keep pressing some gas. That will still net you slightly more fuel use, and will likely require you to downshift once you’re off the slope. There’s ZERO reason not to coast in that situation.

@@afcgeo882 no, when the engine is in manifold vacuum mode but moving by inertia, a modern fuel injection car cuts all fuel. It's specially called deceleration fuel cut mode.

@@dlg78 I’m aware. Do you know that’s called “engine braking”? Everyone driving a manual should know this. It works with carburetors too. The vacuum makes the pistons slow down its movement by resistance, and since they’re still connected to the driveshaft via the clutch, it makes the wheels slow down - engine braking. If you own a manual car, try it. You will feel a very effective braking force when you do it. It’s also why it’s called “DECELERATION fuel cut mode” (emphasis mine.) It’s a great way to slow your car without using your brakes and it saved my life once when my old car’s brake fluid pump failed and I lost brakes on the motorway. By downshifting and engine braking I was able to slow to about 5mph, after which I coasted to a stop. However, if you don’t want sudden braking, like when a hill is gentle and long, you would do better to just coast in neutral until you get either too fast or too slow, which is when you put it into gear and either engine brake or accelerate. Idle RPMs are around 800rpm, but if you’re cruising on the motorway, in gear, they’ll be around 2000rpm. As soon as you lift your foot off the accelerator the car will brake unless you clutch in or go to neutral. The larger displacement the engine, the more brake force will be applied. Turbos don’t play into it. If you do this on a slippery surface and you have a large engine you can also cause “shift slip” which cause the wheels to spin out and you to lose control.

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