Tom Cruise Drives an Electric Fiat in New "Mission Impossible" Film

18 Jun 2023 | Abstracted from Car and Driver

"...the average [Fiat] 500 moves slower than a four-course Italian lunch. But in the world of Mission: Impossible, there's a trick up every sleeve. We first encounter the little yellow Fiat...unusual hero car is a vintage Fiat 500, built specially with electric power to be faster and wilder...

"Gone is the clattery two-cylinder engine, and based on the whir of acceleration, it seems to be powered by an electric motor."

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