2016 Fiat 500X: Generation X Published on April 21, 2015 in First Drives by Alain Morin Photo: Alain Morin The Achilles’ heel of the Fiat 500X (and many Chrysler/Dodge/Jeep products) is the nine-speed automatic transmission, which is poorly calibrated and unreliable. After looking at this photo, immediately go wash your eyes.