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04-12-2013, 09:16 PM
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Something interesting happened on the way to make the 2014 Fiat 500e (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/500e/) a real car. As the idea for the car was bandied about in public for many years, Fiat (http://autoblog.com/fiat)-Chrysler (http://autoblog.com/chrysler) CEO Sergio Marchionne complained bitterly, saying the only reason the car was coming to market was because mean ol' California was forcing Fiat to do so (http://green.autoblog.com/2012/05/30/marchionne-were-only-making-fiat-500-ev-because-californias-f/). This was after he said that Fiat would lose $10,000 on each one they sell (http://green.autoblog.com/2012/05/30/marchionne-were-only-making-fiat-500-ev-because-californias-f/). That's all pretty boilerplate stuff. What's interesting is that Fiat has gone ahead and priced the Fiat 500e so competitively that you'd think they wanted to sell a million of these things. Or lease a million, at least.
The Fiat 500e has a bargain lease price of $199/month for 36 months with $999 down.
That's the message we take away from the surprisingly affordable lease price of $199 a month for 36 months with $999 down. Those are the same numbers as if you went in to lease a gas-powered 500 Pop. If you want to buy the little electric vehicle outright, it'll cost you $32,500, but that's before a potential $7,500 federal tax credit and - since the car will only be sold in California, at least for the first year - the state will kick in another $2,500. Fiat is also promising company rebates that could drop the price down to $20,500, which puts the 500e well into the range of most of the people we know of in the EV buyer demographic.
The 500e is officially rated (http://green.autoblog.com/2013/01/04/2013-fiat-500e-gets-116-mpge-combined-and-87-mile-range/) at 122 MPGe in the city, with highway efficiency at 108 MPGe, for a combined 116 MPGe. The official range number is an impressive 87 miles, and from what we've seen, that might be a low estimate. Throw in up to 12 days of free rental cars (http://green.autoblog.com/2013/04/03/fiat-500e-comes-with-free-extra-cars-well-rentals/) through Enterprise and something called the Fiat 500e Pass program and you've got a non-Tesla (http://www.autoblog.com/tesla/) EV that allows drivers a long-distance solution when needed. The electric Cinquecento goes on sale in California this summer. Want one? Have your say in Comments.Continue reading Fiat 500e priced at $32,500, leases start at $199/month (http://green.autoblog.com/2013/04/13/fiat-500e-$32,500-lease-$199-month/)
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Something interesting happened on the way to make the 2014 Fiat 500e (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/500e/) a real car. As the idea for the car was bandied about in public for many years, Fiat (http://autoblog.com/fiat)-Chrysler (http://autoblog.com/chrysler) CEO Sergio Marchionne complained bitterly, saying the only reason the car was coming to market was because mean ol' California was forcing Fiat to do so (http://green.autoblog.com/2012/05/30/marchionne-were-only-making-fiat-500-ev-because-californias-f/). This was after he said that Fiat would lose $10,000 on each one they sell (http://green.autoblog.com/2012/05/30/marchionne-were-only-making-fiat-500-ev-because-californias-f/). That's all pretty boilerplate stuff. What's interesting is that Fiat has gone ahead and priced the Fiat 500e so competitively that you'd think they wanted to sell a million of these things. Or lease a million, at least.
The Fiat 500e has a bargain lease price of $199/month for 36 months with $999 down.
That's the message we take away from the surprisingly affordable lease price of $199 a month for 36 months with $999 down. Those are the same numbers as if you went in to lease a gas-powered 500 Pop. If you want to buy the little electric vehicle outright, it'll cost you $32,500, but that's before a potential $7,500 federal tax credit and - since the car will only be sold in California, at least for the first year - the state will kick in another $2,500. Fiat is also promising company rebates that could drop the price down to $20,500, which puts the 500e well into the range of most of the people we know of in the EV buyer demographic.
The 500e is officially rated (http://green.autoblog.com/2013/01/04/2013-fiat-500e-gets-116-mpge-combined-and-87-mile-range/) at 122 MPGe in the city, with highway efficiency at 108 MPGe, for a combined 116 MPGe. The official range number is an impressive 87 miles, and from what we've seen, that might be a low estimate. Throw in up to 12 days of free rental cars (http://green.autoblog.com/2013/04/03/fiat-500e-comes-with-free-extra-cars-well-rentals/) through Enterprise and something called the Fiat 500e Pass program and you've got a non-Tesla (http://www.autoblog.com/tesla/) EV that allows drivers a long-distance solution when needed. The electric Cinquecento goes on sale in California this summer. Want one? Have your say in Comments.Continue reading Fiat 500e priced at $32,500, leases start at $199/month (http://green.autoblog.com/2013/04/13/fiat-500e-$32,500-lease-$199-month/)
Fiat 500e priced at $32,500, leases start at $199/month (http://green.autoblog.com/2013/04/13/fiat-500e-$32,500-lease-$199-month/) originally appeared on Autoblog Green (http://green.autoblog.com) on Sat, 13 Apr 2013 00:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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