[MaryWhitehouse]

That’s good news. They’re a great little car if rather expensive. Was your 1st gen expensive?

 

[MaryWhitehouse]

For a period, the first-gen was offered in the US under favourable financing contracts where you could lease one for $0 down with a payment under $200 USD per month. Lots of people got one then, including me. We will not see deals like that again.

Thanks. I'd have jumped on that too. Be interesting to see the 500e price with you this time. I wonder if building stock for you is why they aren't building RHD at the moment.

 

[MaryWhitehouse]

I think, but don’t know, the hardware and connectivity for the new car is a bigger burden on the dealership. From the sound of some problems one thing could be the need for a live link from the car to Fiat for the duration of the upgrade. Some of the file sizes seem fairly big and not all dealerships have the network to cope. They probably should, but they don’t.
Also here the health and safety around working on a vehicle with a high voltage system seems to have got rather more serious but with not enough training or equipment.