Published on enthusiast forum Cochespias.net, the image shows the side of the XL and reveals that it is taller than any Fiat product in recent memory. Â Drawings that leaked out of a European patent office late last year confirm that the van is nearly identical to the 500L when viewed from the back and from the front.
In its home country of Italy, the 500XL will be powered by the usual assortment of Fiat's gasoline- and diesel-burning four-cylinder engines. Â The two-cylinder TwinAir mill will not be offered.
Official details about the 500XL will be unveiled in the coming weeks and the van will go on sale throughout Europe next summer.   One of the leaked patent images clearly depicts a U.S.-sized license plate bracket which provides, if not a confirmation of U.S. sales, a decent indication that the van is earmarked for export to North America.
