Fiat Readies Seven-Seat 500XL, Patent Drawings Show

When Fiat’s five-door 500L debuted last February, the best excuse for the company would have been to claim an epidemic of cryptomnesia in the design studio. How else to explain the 500L’s strong resemblance to the Mini Countryman? Derivative or not, the 500L will distance itself from the Countryman—as well as add some distance between [...]

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