Talk:Fiat 500 (2007)

Engines
Does anyone have any information about the enginees to be used in the car? I want something with a small volume but turbucharged. ;) Kerem Ozgur 22:21, 29 November 2006 (UTC)


 * If you want information to help you with a buy, this is not the place; this talk is intended to help to build this article, not to discuss about the car. If you want to search for more information to add it to the article, you can check some websites like World Car Fans. -- NaBUru38 20:48, 2 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Sorry I thougt discussion part was a fire free zone Kerem Ozgur 19:17, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

March 20
Tomorrow, FIAT will present the new 500. However, answering to Kerem, the new 500 will probably use the 1.1 and 1.2 FIRE gasoline engines, and the 1.3 Multijet. But in 2009 there'll be a 900cc straight-two (back to the future, uh?) with 60, 90 or even 110 hp (turbo). The 1.4 liter turbocharged (120-150hp) is an exclusive of Abarth versions. See you tomorrow! ;) (and, as usual, forgive my English!) Frihtrik

July 14
Under Competition, some parts of it aren't written the way a normal encyclopedia article is written, I'll take care of that. :)

Abarth 500
The 500 Abarth are no future, it's now! --Pava (talk) 02:21, 27 November 2008 (UTC)

"3 MB is no big deal"
I'm not going to get into revert wars here, but 3 MB is definitely a big deal even on broadband connections. Someone browsing over cellular would find this "no big deal" extremely annoying. Further, the animation doesn't add any actually useful content. The "neat" and "for posterity" aspect can be entirely satisfied by linking to the image page. WP:NOTPAPER but it is a web page, let's try to keep some limits of web decency. Even NOTPAPER itself notes "Keeping articles to a reasonable size is important for Wikipedia's accessibility, especially for dial-up and mobile browser readers". --99.236.241.209 (talk) 22:30, 8 March 2009 (UTC)


 * I understand the limitations of small bandwidth connections and you are raising valid points but I don't think that we should degrade the capabilities of the online version just so people with dialup or cell phone browsers, already slow as it is, can enjoy marginally faster downloads. I don't know what broadband you are using but mine loads it quite fast. If you look around you'll see many articles with panoramic pictures of 7, 8, 11 MB or more. My browser does take some time with them but when they are fully loaded and expanded they are spectacular. No need, in my opinion, to unnecessarily restrict the medium. Anyway even at 3 MB the picture you see on the article is just a thumb. Don't click on it if you have a slow connection. That's when you will receive a larger (but still not 3 MB) preview. Clicking on the larger preview will lead you to the 3 MB version. Moral of the story? Don't click on it, while on a slow connection, and you'll be fine. Anyway that's just my opinion because I like this animated picture which instantly reminds me of the potential of an online encyclopedia versus a paper one, but if a majority of editors expresses the opposite opinion I will not object. Dr.K. logos 23:50, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

I am fully in support of capturing a single frame from that GIF and displaying that, with a link to the full animation - but don't dump 3 MB worth of GIF data on unsuspecting users. haven't seen articles with 11 MB images embedded directly as opposed to click-through to full versions (which again I am fully ok with), but if I did, I'd raise the same concern. --129.97.20.154 (talk) 14:38, 9 March 2009 (UTC) (same person as 99.236.241.209 above)
 * In fact, viewing the article as a guest, without being logged in, the image being displayed is http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ab/Fiat500Presented.gif - the full 3123.62 KB animation, 12 frames. Desktop browsers are mostly fine, but just attempting to load the article on my internet tablet caused it to seize up for a good minute trying to figure out what to do with all this data.


 * No, I was talking about the click-through versions, not the full size ones. As far as the Nokia tablet difficulties I guess you are touching on a matter of policy. I am not aware about the policies covering small internet devices and similar and if there are any related restrictions on GIF size. I would guess there aren't any but I don't know for sure. Best thing to do is ask at WP:VILLAGE PUMP. Dr.K. logos 17:44, 9 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Again, I am in full absolute support of keeping the full size animated version available somewhere on the server, but including a thumbnail which still ends up being 3 MB in an article - when a text link using a relevant template which I don't know off the top of my head - would suffice. I don't know of policies, but I don't think it takes a policy to be able to tell that including a non-essential 3 MB image directly in the article is silly. (Can you tell the 3 MB really grind my gears?) Is common sense policy now? --99.236.241.209 (talk) 03:33, 11 March 2009 (UTC)


 * It depends on your frame of reference. If your objective is to maximise the performance of the browsers of small devices at the expense of regular computers this makes sense. It's a tradeoff. That's why I'll ask at the pump. Dr.K. logos 03:22, 12 March 2009 (UTC)


 * I posted the question here Dr.K. logos 03:30, 12 March 2009 (UTC)


 * I thoroughly disagree with your implication that including the full GIF in the article maximises anything for anyone using any browser. I am going to let this drop now. --99.236.241.209 (talk) 21:11, 12 March 2009 (UTC)


 * I've replaced the 3 MB image with one reduced to the size used in the article. The quality in the article should be the same (possibly better, if you're using a browser that doesn't scale GIFs well) but the image size is 385 KB. Its still the largest image to download with the article, but its a lot smaller. Mr.Z-man 04:11, 12 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Thank you very much Mr.Z-man for providing the solution to this problem. The Nokia tablet must be working better now. Dr.K. logos 04:34, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

Fuel Economy?
What is the fuel economy or efficiency of the various versions? -kslays (talk • contribs) 18:00, 8 May 2009 (UTC)

I second this. It seems to be a general problem with Wiki car articles, although it's the first thing I look for. 161.11.121.245 (talk) 13:16, 11 June 2009 (UTC)

Floor pan
Is the new Fiat 500 based on the Fiat Panda floor pan? The car size and launch date would make this likely but I can't find anything in the article - information on this (either way) would be useful to readers. It would also give a clue what Fiat could do in the future with this model (4x4!). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.218.213.209 (talk) 18:54, 5 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Its in the infobox related field --Typ932 T&middot;C 19:06, 5 July 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the info. I was looking for something more obvious in the text - does this mean that when the info boxes on car pages have "related to" it means the floor pan is basically the same for all the cars listed? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.218.212.235 (talk) 22:33, 5 July 2009 (UTC)
 * I think in most cases yes, but dont count on it, there might be some diffrencies how the field has used --Typ932 T&middot;C 08:09, 6 July 2009 (UTC)

Cinquecento is Italian for "500"
Unless someone can convince me otherwise, I will delete the mention of the car being "rebadged" as the Cinquecento because it literally means 500 so it's not an alternative name at all. CGameProgrammer (talk) 02:58, 23 March 2010 (UTC)

-It's an italian car... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.234.214.121 (talk) 21:24, 30 May 2010 (UTC)

Diesel Engine List Needs Updating
The 1.3 Multijet has been updated. It is now referred as "Multijet II". It has 95 PS, 200 Nm max. torque. Lower fuel comsumption, lower emissions. I tried to update it, but I don't know how. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.193.204.102 (talk) 08:40, 19 June 2010 (UTC)

Fiat Nuova 500
This model is not labeled Fiat Nuova 500; the 1957 was marketed as Fiat nuova (new) 500 (check ) since the old one was the Topolino.--Carnby (talk) 10:56, 26 March 2012 (UTC)

Controversial move
This page was boldly moved today and subsequently reverted. Discussion should now take place before any further move is carried out. Malcolmxl5 (talk) 22:28, 16 August 2012 (UTC)

frustrating
This article and the other online articles are very frustrating in the lack of simple technical details.

The earlier Fiat 500 was a rear engined rear wheel drive, which I think made it a very stable vehicle to drive. The new Fiat 500 has the engine under the bonnet, so is it a rear wheel drive or not?AT Kunene (talk) 09:32, 7 May 2013 (UTC)

What is a PS?
It is a unit of measure listed next to the engine displacement. Jc3s5h (talk) 18:49, 15 June 2013 (UTC)

It's used in advertising as an abbreviation for metric horsepower see PS. May need to be changed but the manual of style for Wikiproject Automobiles is a bit vague in this area. WikiProject Automobiles/Conventions Mighty Antar (talk) 21:29, 15 June 2013 (UTC)


 * I spelled out the first use and wikilinked it; I also provided a footnote indicating that conversions are located in the table. Jc3s5h (talk) 23:03, 15 June 2013 (UTC)
 * PS is used unit for metric horsepower in WP:CARS, there isnt really any better unit, of course we could use some other like cv, hk, pk, ks, ch. -- >Typ932 T&middot;C 04:57, 17 June 2013 (UTC)

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Fiat 500 - 350 GP Giannini (YouTube): € 153.000,00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhijNRAlqzY — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.38.65.148 (talk) 04:42, 25 March 2019 (UTC)

Missing photo
I took a photo of a 2015 Abarth 500, why did it get removed??? TERGY 22:12, 3 July 2022 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tergy (talk • contribs) 22:14, 3 July 2022 (UTC)

Special editions
Way too much weight is put into all the various special editions of the Fiat 500. Not all of them need their own section. I know who is behind this; they're notorious for adding a new section for each special edition to numerous car articles, starting each paragraph with "It is", and often making one paragraph per sentence -- very frustrating to fix over the years. Anyway, it all needs to be edited way down; removing the least notable editions, and trying to work the rest into a single section. --Vossanova o&lt; 16:54, 10 January 2023 (UTC)