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Title: It's here! Post by: MFAWG on September 13, 2011, 10:46:04 PM http://www.youtube.com/user/fiatusa?blend=7&ob=5
I see what they're doing: Trying to ride the retro gravy train that the New Beetle and Mini did. There's one BIG problem: The Beetle and Mini were beloved in their time , where the Cinquecento was universally loathed by anyone who ever owned, rode, or even sat in one. Title: Re: It's here! Post by: MFAWG on October 04, 2011, 06:45:00 PM Well, I saw one in person today. They've faithfully recreated the craptacularness of the original, I will give them that.
Title: Re: It's here! Post by: Aske on October 05, 2011, 07:21:39 PM pics of GTFO
;D Title: Re: It's here! Post by: MFAWG on October 05, 2011, 07:34:05 PM Live, or memorex?
(http://www.tuningmag.net/images/news/carzone_fiat_500_18012008/Fiat-500-NEW-vs-OLD.jpg) I'll bet I have more than one picture of them in a scrapbook somewhere. The basic problem was this: They pretty much started rusting the day they rolled out of the factory, and by the time one was even 5 or 6 years old it was a complete rustbucket. This wasn't helped the fact that the 'Weatherstripping' consisted of strips of wax covered cardboard (I'm not making that up') that wouldn't last through a Seattle spring. The ONLY good thing you could say about it was that it would generally run if the right curse words were used in combination to get it started. |