Fiat 600e

115kW Red 54kWh 5dr Auto [2024]

To describe the Fiat 500’s success as a blessing and a curse for Fiat would be a step too far, but there’s no doubt such popularity has brought challenges. Chief among which is the desire to replicate it again and again with various other models in the range. Fiat has tried numerous different tactics, from copying the 500 formula to ignoring it altogether, and the results have been varied. The Tipo and 500L have been discontinued, while the 500X and Panda have both fared remarkably well.

But now it’s time for another attempt, and it seems Fiat is aiming somewhere between the two approaches. With the 600 models, Fiat is once again reviving an old name, but it’s a name that has long had links to its little sister, the 500. As the original 600 was essentially an overgrown 500, the same is true of the new equivalents – at least on the face of it. But times have changed, and the 600 is being offered initially in electric 600e form, while the styling has also become more modern. So can the new battery-powered 600e charm customers in the same way the smaller 500e has done, or will it be little more than another footnote in Fiat’s back catalogue?