2027 Fiat Topolino Finally Earns Street-Legal Status in the States

• The Fiat Topolino has officially earned street-legal status in the United States through its low-speed vehicle designation.
• As a low-speed vehicle (LSV), the Topolino can only operate on roads with posted speed limits of up to 35 mph.
• Now street legal, the Topolino is also gaining a handful of new exterior colors, including Corallo Orange and Luna Greige, as well as an Open-Air body style.

Someone send notice to The Villages: The Fiat Topolino has officially earned street-legal status in the United States. There’s one big caveat to that legality, though, which is that the tiny Topolino is designated as a low-speed vehicle (a.k.a. an LSV). Under the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s rules, LSVs are limited to a top speed of between 20 and 25 mph and a gross vehicle weight rating below 3000 pounds.

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Given that the Topolino’s 5-kWh battery and 8-horsepower motor already cap its max velocity at just 25 mph, there’s no surprise that it earned the LSV designation. The drawback of being branded an LSV is that you can’t drive it on roads with a posted speed limit of more than 35 mph, but you can cross over roads with a higher limit at intersections.

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Along with its new legal status, Fiat confirmed that the U.S.-bound Topolino is gaining two new exterior colors and a new body style. The colors include Corallo Orange and Luna Greige. Inside, they’ve also been updated with a full-color digital cluster. Fiat says the American market will also get the Open Air body style with the rollback soft-top roof, rather than just the hardtop. Plus, the brand showcased a special Topolino built in collaboration with Sanlorenzo Yachts—perhaps as a play to appeal to the sort of buyers Fiat expects to be interested in the car.

Pricing for the Topolino starts at $14,985 and includes complimentary delivery within a 50-mile radius of the purchasing dealer—a number likely limited by the Topolino’s 46-mile range.

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