FWIW She liked it!
I took one for a test drive a couple of weeks ago in McKinney. They have a gray sport model there and I just saw a red one as well. It has a 5 speed in the gray one I test drove and it shifted real smoothly through the gears. The damping on the shock was quite a bit softer that my MSM. It handles okay for the short trip I got to drive it. Weight is around 2200 lbs. It is supposed to get 38 MPG on the highway.
05 MX-5 Mazdaspeed #1024 Titanium Gray Mica
What SCCA class?
M3 is always the answer.
Sales are way down. Sergio did a fine job convincing these dealers to sink millions into stand-alone dealerships with the promise of more Fiat models and the return of Alfa. Those have been delayed and all they have to sell is a single car with rapidly declining sales. Good luck paying that monthly nut on the dealership.
Shaddap you face Jimmy!
They are actually banned from running in stock class due to rollover risk. If they were allowed they would dominate H stock IMHO. I put in around 20-30 runs in one on a test course a few months back. Even on stock crap tires it was mind boggling fast through some elements due to its narrow 64 inch width.Originally Posted by ken o
Pssssttt... Heath Ledger, not Val Kilmer...We are also not a fan of the current Val Kilmer/Joker version of the Mazda 3.
Nice Abarth advertisement (Seduction), and besides Clarkson loves the Abarth, so it must be good.
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Only took ya 307 days to pick up on that! Try and keep up......Pssssttt... Heath Ledger, not Val Kilmer...
I still think we may get one on a lease and the market troubles Fiat is having will only help in the negotiating. Heck they have a $500.00 rebate in place now.
They have my attention, but seem to be just a little too pricey for what they are. I would like them a lot more if they dropped the prices about 15% across the board. I saw a comment on Facebook from one of you guys a few months back that struck a cord... Something to the affect that this may the best chance to check off the bucket list item of owning a new Italian car.
That is made in Mexico by Chrysler.
Shhhhh... don't tell my heart!That is made in Mexico by Chrysler.
Great....a Fiat / Chrysler made in Mexico, what could go wrong?
You'd think after all your problems with the Mini you would have learned...
This car is too little, too late - if they'd brought it over here in '07 (when it was released in Europe), they might have made some market inroads when gas prices rose. As it is, there are far too many small cars that offer A) more features, B) lower price, C) better fuel economy, or D) all of the above for this car to succeed here in the states.
The only things about this car that stand out are that it's cute and it's Italian (via Mexico), neither of which are exactly compelling reasons to buy. I give Fiat two years before they turn tail and leave the US market again.
Iain
"We don't stop playing because we grow old, we grow old because we stop playing." - George Bernard Shaw
I did... If I ever owned one, it would be under warranty. The $199/month 39 month leases they are offering peaked my interest, but they want 2k down which soured it for me. If they offered that lease at $500 down, I would give it more thought.
So where is that Ford Fiesta built again? LOLThat is made in Mexico by Chrysler.
Assembly Plants:
Almussafes, Spain
Nanjing, China
Cologne, Germany
Cuautitlán Izcalli, Mexico
Rayong, Thailand (2010 on)
Valencia, Spain
Chennai, India
So what vehicles are still built in America by overpaid and disgruntled Union workers?
Never mind. Answered my own question. Here is the list.
Regardless of where the thing is built, I think good old fashioned Eye-talian injuneerin' will take care of Fiat before Alfa can once again vomit cheap plastic and spooky handling all over our shores. My prediction? Fiat will be gone before the 500 gets a re-do.
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8/16/08 (bone stock): 103.1 hp/99.0 lb-ft - Dynojet
8/23/08 (Borla cat-back): 108.2 hp/104.1 lb-ft - Dynojet
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