Production chronology1957–1975
Sourced production or model lifecycle range used by the main catalog timeline.
Wikipedia lead ↗19 years
← Fiat
Fiat / Model record
Fiat500
Production1957–1975
Recorded originItaly
ClassCity car
Also known asNuova 500
Background
The Fiat 500 is an economy / city car that was manufactured and marketed by Fiat Automobiles from 1957 until 1975. It was sold as a two-door semi-convertible or saloon car and as a three-door panel van or estate car.
Text adapted from “Fiat 500” on Wikipedia ↗ · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗ · retrieved 2026-07
Chronology ledger
Dates with their meaning intact
US EPA model years2012–2019
Model years represented in FuelEconomy.gov; a US-market observation, not a worldwide production range.
EPA FuelEconomy.gov ↗Observed bounds
Canadian NRCan model years2012–2019
Model years in Natural Resources Canada retail fuel-consumption data; Canadian-market evidence, not a worldwide production range.
Natural Resources Canada ↗8 years
Netherlands RDW first-admission observations1907–2026
First-admission years observed in Dutch vehicle registrations; this is market evidence, not a worldwide production range.
Netherlands RDW ↗120 years
EEA EU registration observations2025
EU passenger-car registration monitoring years; this is a market snapshot, not a worldwide production range.
Swiss TAS/TARGA approval observations2020–2026
Swiss type-approval years; approval dates are not production chronology.
Swiss ASTRA TAS/TARGA ↗7 years