I went to sicily few weeks back and was shocked at how little 500s there was.not many at all.i was there for 10days and only saw 3a500's and one ape and that was right at the end of my holiday.A fiat salesman told me a a500starts at around 18000 euros.so maby its the high price of the things?back in the day the original 500 was sucsessfull because one reason.....it was cheap.