Seven-seat Fiat 500XL leaked ahead of Paris debut

The Fiat 500 continues its program of aggrandizement, going from the five-seat 500L and 500X to the seven-seat 500XL – that is, if these patent drawings and snapshots from Fiat's Centro Stile are accurate pictures of the future. The 500 is 11.6 feet long, appending the L added exactly two more feet, and the XL is said to be another six inches longer in the rear overhang to make room for that third row. The platform it sits on is rumoured to also be finding its way under "a future B-segment Jeep crossover."

While the Fiat 500L is on its way to dealerships this year, the 500XL (if that ends up being its production name) isn't expected to hit showroom floors until later in 2013. It is believed that it will not be coming to North America, the rumour being that Fiat doesn't think we're quite ready for a tiny seven-seater yet. We might see all of them at the Paris Motor Show next month and get a handle on which 500 will go where.

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