Best city EV? Fiat 500e 2024 review: Long-term test of new Mini Cooper Electric rival

The 2024 Fiat 500e is resetting the standard for the much-loved Italian brand. The next-generation successor to the reborn 500 city car is - in a sign of the times - predictably fully electric, which might just prove to be the best thing to shore up its long-term future, not only in terms of increasingly stringent emissions standards, but also drivability.
We've already reviewed the new 500e three-door in Italy and in Australia, but for this expert review CarsGuide Senior Journalist Tom White lives with the light hatchback for three months to find out the good, the bad and the ugly of owning one.
In this video, he deep-dives the Mini Cooper Electric rival's pricing, features, safety, aftersales support, design and practicality, while also sharing his driving impressions of the EV. Speaking of which, its all-important driving range and battery charging is also covered from a real-world perspective.
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Timecodes:
00:00 Intro
00:21 Pricing and features
02:08 Design
03:48 Practicality
07:41 Under the bonnet
07:58 Efficiency
09:39 Driving
13:40 Safety
14:35 Ownership
15:17 Verdict
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[@matthewsammut3253]

Utterly gorgeous

[@mimo5383]

Looking to buy an acid green Arbarth version in the next 6 mths myself. As a city car the range is totally fine. I simply do not understand the whole range thing and why people need more than 150km of range for a city car.

[@ilya141098]

52.5k for a joke. Wow. The market has gone crazy

[@michaelh4484]

When I test drove it, it does make you feel joyful and it's a great car, but it's a bit expensive.

[@coldude2559]

$52k 😂🤣😅🤣😂!

[@sheyone9075]

Super cute car but too expensive for Fiat

[@Intentionallyhomeless]

Holy hell!!! 50K 😱....and I bet they aren't anymore reliable than their combustion relatives. Cant see how you could say they are 'much loved' in Oz....Ive never met anyone who liked them or had a big enough wallet to keep fixing them

[@matthewsammut3253]

The Petrol is very reliable.

[@pauld6556]

I’ve always had a soft spot for the Fiat 500, but this car should not cost more than $40,000 drive away.

[@petergaskin492]

The Mitsubishi rival will not get past Australian red tape according to latest reports

[@bboy349833591]

Wouldn’t even consider for $30k lol

[@laceyunderall68]

What an absolute joke!