The United States doesn't want small cars, and the Fiat 500 will no longer be sold in the country

In the United States it is normal to find huge cars, which tend to be popular with buyers. In big cities, traffic and, above all, parking problems mean that small city cars are more common, but that is not the norm in the country. Rural territory is very vast in the United States, and many city dwellers choose not to have a car in the cities, so it is not unusual for the best-selling cars to be large, powerful and suited to long distances. So the news that the Fiat 500 will stop being sold in the United States doesn’t take us by surprise.

For now, the Fiat 500 and the Fiat 500e will remain in the catalogue until the end of 2020, which will allow buyers who want one of these models to buy it for a few more months. For now, only these two variants will be discontinued in the United States, since the Fiat 500L and Fiat 500X versions will remain on the market, along with the Fiat 124 Spider. These, apparently, do enjoy the confidence of Americans.

The launch of the Fiat 500 in the United States took place in 2011 and was not entirely bad. Sales in that first period were 46,999 units, but throughout 2018 sales fell to 5,370 Fiat 500s sold. So far this year, only 1,692 units have been registered, which shows the lack of interest in this model in these variants.

And yet the Fiat 500 offers a 1.4-litre MultiAir turbocharged engine with 135 CV and a maximum torque of 203 Nm, and it comes with two gearboxes, a 5-speed manual and a six-speed automatic. Even so, it is still a type of car that American buyers tend not to like, so it will disappear from the market to make way for larger, more powerful models.

This is not the only city model to have suffered this problem, as several manufacturers are removing their smallest cars from the American market. For example, Smart also plans to withdraw from the country, so this type of news will be quite common over the coming months.