See Photos of the Updated 2019 Fiat 500X

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November 26, 2018 at 9:00 AM

<p>It doesn't take much to give a car a new look these days-fiddle with the headlamps and taillamps, reskin the front and rear bumpers, maybe swap in some new wheels, and presto! The car can take on a whole new countenance. Well, three years after its debut, Fiat's most SUV-like vehicle, <a rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://www.caranddriver.com/fiat/500x" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:the 500X crossover;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link ">the 500X crossover</a>, is entering the 2019 model year having undergone all of the aforementioned mid-cycle styling procedures, and-huh? Did anything change?</p>

<p>After close-very close-inspection, we saw that indeed, the headlamps look slightly different, as do the turn signals, although their roundish shapes remain the same.</p>

<p>As for those "redesigned" fascias? All we've seen so far is the new-for-'19 Trekking Plus trim level, and compared to the 2018 500X Trekking model, only the lowest edge of each fascia has changed, with the front losing its silly suggestion of a skid plate and the rear banishing the tailpipe to a dark place somewhere behind it.</p>

<p>Just as significant-even more so from a marketing standpoint-is that all 500Xs will get the formerly optional on-demand all-wheel-drive system standard.</p>

<p>Fiat's preliminary specifications show the curb weight as exactly the same as last year's 500X with the 2.4-liter and all-wheel drive.</p>

<p>Fuel economy is projected to rise as much as two miles per gallon, however, with an estimated 23 mpg city, 29 highway, and 26 combined, according to Fiat.</p>

<p>The cloth-upholstered Pop trim still serves as the base version of the 500X, but now comes with the more powerful engine, standard autobox, and all-wheel drive; its price climbs by some $4500 to $25,785.</p>

<p>The more rugged-looking Trekking model starts at $27,290 and includes dark-tinted windows, quilted upholstery, a cargo shelf, and a driver-information display in the gauge cluster, plus a one-year satellite radio subscription.</p>

<p>New 17- and 18-inch wheels have supplanted last year's array of 16-to-19-inch wheels, but beyond that, it's the same old 500X.</p>

<p>The previously rectangular fog lamps have become circular, too, while the squarish taillamps get new-look innards of their own, now rendered in high relief.</p>

It doesn't take much to give a car a new look these days-fiddle with the headlamps and taillamps, reskin the front and rear bumpers, maybe swap in some new wheels, and presto! The car can take on a whole new countenance. Well, three years after its debut, Fiat's most SUV-like vehicle, the 500X crossover, is entering the 2019 model year having undergone all of the aforementioned mid-cycle styling procedures, and-huh? Did anything change?

Fiat

For its mid-cycle update, less attention was paid to restyling the 500X than re-engineering it.

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