菲亚特500L在500系列车型中处境尴尬，它比500空间更大，但不如500X。菲亚特目前正在努力全面提升车辆，最近谍照记者拍到了500L最新照片，这款七座500L Living改款车当时进行了重度伪装。车厂开发人员掩盖了改款后的车头，用盖布遮盖大灯，虽然无法看清细节，但至少告诉我们这部分进行了改款。不过，大幅改款的格栅还是能看出来，它的底部更窄，顶部更宽。测试车整个外观都进行了伪装，但车身侧面轮廓并没有很大变化。车尾采用了新的3D效果尾灯组。虽然这次没有拍到内装照片，但预计内装将与去年更新的500保持一致。内装改变包括信息娱乐系统进行升级，重新设计的方向盘，升级座椅，改款中控台。目前还不清楚新车动力系统，但预计也将进行大幅改进。500L和500X两款车之间的差别会越来越大，菲亚特正在开发500X Abarth，该车将使消费者更愿意考虑跨界版车型。

 

Fiat 500L refresh spied testing with a new grille

The Fiat 500L is the awkward middle child in the brand’s model range because it offers more space than the tiny 500 but no appreciable advantages over the 500X. Fiat is now working to improve the vehicle’s prospects, and a new batch of spy photos shows the 500L and seven-seat 500L Living with a heavily camouflaged facelift.

 

Fiat’s development team hides the tweaks to the front end by concealing the lights with covers. The pieces distort their true shape but tell us that changes are on the way. The engineers can’t obscure the significant changes to the grille where the lower portion becomes narrower, and the top section looks a little wider. The entire exterior of this test mule has swirling camouflage, but there’s no evidence of major design changes to the model’s profile. The rear has new taillights with a three-dimensional look.

 

These photos don’t provide a good view at the 500L’s interior, but the changes might follow last year’s refresh for the 500. The smaller hatchback received infotainment system updates, a redesigned steering wheel, updated seats, and a revised center console.

 

Nothing is known about any powertrain tweaks for the 500L. Don’t expect this refresh to include any major changes, though.

 

The gap between 500L and 500X could grow even more in the near future because Fiat confirms a 500X Abarth is under development. The variant would give buyers one more reason to consider the crossover.