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Fiat to Add Crossover Version of 500

Fiat SpA's growing 500 city car lineup will add a crossover model the 500X at the end of 2013, says Automotive News Europe.

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Fiat SpA's growing 500 city car lineup will add a crossover model the 500X at the end of 2013, says Automotive News Europe.

The variant will go into production at Fiat's plant in Mirafiori, Italy. That facility also will begin producing a mini-Jeep in 2014 to replace the larger U.S.-made Jeep Compass and Patriot crossovers worldwide.

The 500X will replace the slow-selling Fiat Sedici mini-SUV, also marketed as the Suzuki SX4. Those vehicles are currently produced at Suzuki Motor Corp.'s factory in Esztergom, Hungary.

The 500X will join another new variant, the Fiat 500L four-door hatchback unveiled last month that the Geneva auto show. The 500L will go on sale in Europe in July and in the U.S. early next year. Fiat also plans a slightly longer seven-passenger variant of the 500L for the European market only.

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