Transforming the Fiat 500 sold in the European Union into the 2012 Nafta model required dozens of small changes. Here are some of them:

Fascias European license plates are considerably wider and narrower than plates in the United States. The Nafta 500’s front and rear fascias were modified for American plate proportions. Additionally, the United States market also has a more aggressive looking package for the Sport model, which gets its own front fascia. Pop and Lounge model fascias are more similar to other global 500 market offerings.

Front Seat American engineers felt that European Union500s were hampered by a clumsy front seat; it took too many steps to move the front seats out of the way to allow passengers to get into the back seat. The new mechanism allows for easier, smoother operation. European markets also feature handsome seats that were deemed too small for North American backsides. American seats provide more support. Additionally, Nafta front seats have an armrest; European seats do not.

Cup Holders Nafta 500’s have a spot for a Big Gulp. European cars don’t.

Steering Wheel It includes cruise control buttons in Nafta 500s. There are no such buttons on European cars.

Radio European-spec radios tune to even decimals, making them useless to North American listeners tuning in odd-decimal channels. While the European and Nafta radio control units (called “heads”) look similar, their internals use different programming. There is a USB port in the glovebox to connect MP3 players on Nafta 500s , but because European models don’t have a glovebox, the USB port is in the console.