Fiat 500 Gets the Mopar Treatment
01-13-2011, 05:05 PM
#29
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those of you who have not spent time in italy have no idea how bad of a car that is. you wanna know how i know?
it says FIAT on the logo. boy americans are on for a suprise. it will make the yugo look like a long lasting great value. and safe at that.
it says FIAT on the logo. boy americans are on for a suprise. it will make the yugo look like a long lasting great value. and safe at that.
01-14-2011, 09:37 PM
#32
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The 500 has received wide press praise for its solid structural feel, premium-grade materials, and exemplary fit-and-finish--a far cry from Fiats of old. We expect the U.S. 500 will be just as good in those respects, if only because Fiat knows Americans won’t settle for less and because workers on this side of the pond already deliver top-quality vehicles for domestic and import brands alike. We still have our doubts about long-term reliability--reputations die hard--but final U.S. specifications and on-road experience may ease our minds.
Though Fiat has yet to announce sales targets or marketing plans, the 500 will almost certainly be pitched as a fairly low-volume, premium small car like its closest rival, the BMW Mini. Recent reports say that sales and service will be handled by existing Chrysler dealers. The small-car ranks are growing faster than ever, so shoppers everywhere will have plenty of good choices. Yup. Like the song says, it’s a small world after all these days--in more ways than one.
well i stand corrected. if its not like fiat's of old it might be 1 percent better than a yugo.
Though Fiat has yet to announce sales targets or marketing plans, the 500 will almost certainly be pitched as a fairly low-volume, premium small car like its closest rival, the BMW Mini. Recent reports say that sales and service will be handled by existing Chrysler dealers. The small-car ranks are growing faster than ever, so shoppers everywhere will have plenty of good choices. Yup. Like the song says, it’s a small world after all these days--in more ways than one.
well i stand corrected. if its not like fiat's of old it might be 1 percent better than a yugo.
01-14-2011, 09:42 PM
#33
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jeremy clarkson said:
The looks are so wonderful, in fact, that you probably won’t care about the drawbacks. But there are a few. The headlights are hopeless, you really can’t see what’s coming from the left at oblique junctions, the engine is defeated by hills, and the ride, thanks to the short wheelbase, is awfully bouncy. Intolerably so, occasionally. This was the genius of the Mini. BMW gave it chic, want-one looks but underneath it was, and is, a proper car. One you can use everywhere, every day. The Fiat, on the other hand, is only an A to B car, and only then if B isn’t too far away.
the biggest complaint about the 'other' little car is its bouncy ride....smart car.
The looks are so wonderful, in fact, that you probably won’t care about the drawbacks. But there are a few. The headlights are hopeless, you really can’t see what’s coming from the left at oblique junctions, the engine is defeated by hills, and the ride, thanks to the short wheelbase, is awfully bouncy. Intolerably so, occasionally. This was the genius of the Mini. BMW gave it chic, want-one looks but underneath it was, and is, a proper car. One you can use everywhere, every day. The Fiat, on the other hand, is only an A to B car, and only then if B isn’t too far away.
the biggest complaint about the 'other' little car is its bouncy ride....smart car.
01-15-2011, 12:05 AM
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I do like the tach/speedo gauge, though. I think that's a really cool design. If I lived in the city, I'd have one of these in a heartbeat. The suburbs and rural areas aren't exactly conducive to small cars like the 500.
