Controversy and Negative Karma

[Jeff]

Do you think that ultimately the resale values of the PE cars will be effected?

[Scorpion]

No. Not from these early hiccups. The "general" car buying public is unaware of all that is going on. We are all enthusiasts and are too close to the issue.

But, it remains to be seen what the 500's resale value will be. I hope they have the type of halo that MINI enjoys, but I'm not sure that is going to happen.

[MrJones]

Scorpion wrote

The "general" car buying public is unaware of all that is going on.

Unless they want to do even the smallest amount of research and type "Fiat 500" into any search engine-- Hello Fiat 500 USA Forum!

[Jim McKenzie]

No I don't.  However I don't the market for them as a separate edition was very high anyway, or much higher than a normal 500.

The new Gucci edition, the forthcoming Abarth, the potential Ferrari and Zagato editions all indicate Fiat's plan to release multiple "special editions"...so assuming there are (potentially) four, five or six special versions, I'm not sure one will stand out that much.

The PE owner's are getting a cool, unique version and I don't ant to take anything away from that experience.  I just don't see them (or any 500 for that matter) selling as collector cars later on. Could easily be wrong about that.  

I do know that I'd much prefer a Gucci version over a PE from a side by side comparison.

The karma will blow over anyway, and fairly soon.

[Giallo Edizione]

I think the 500 will follow the demand, sales and resale pattern of the PT Cruiser.