Report: First batch of U.S.-bound Fiat 500s coming with manuals

[coolmazda5]

Fiat dealerships are just about ready to swap your money for the keys to a brand-new 500. If you are planning on being one of the first to park one in your driveway, we hope that you know how to drive a manual transmission the first units being shipped to dealers in February will all be equipped with manual transmissions.

If you can't handle the three-pedal setup, you'll be forced to wait a bit longer for your Fiat 500. Examples equipped with the six-speed automatic will begin arriving in March and April. Then again, you may have to wait that long regardless of your transmission preference, since currently, only 20 percent of the 130 Fiat dealerships are ready to open. The first one, Motor Village in Los Angeles, is set to open its doors later this month.


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[coolmazda5]

Finally somebody is making sense but now, Are they going to sell? Tough call

 

[The ManLaw]

oh hell yes these will sell i think! hell if i had the cash, i'd pick one of these up in a split second. then i'd change some things over to make it the Abarth(sp) edition. top gear's review on it made me want it so bad, that and i'm sorry, it just looks cool as s***.

 

[genericuser]

I'm going to have to drive one of these at some point.