This will enable Fiat to produce their marketable small cars in the USA where they
currently have next to no market at all.>>
I wish Fiat luck, as their cars look so nice on European roads, but I fear they are being a bit optimistic. Remember the Jaguar X-type counts as a "compact" in the US, and is slagged off in reviews for not being big enough even for nipping down to the shops. I came back from one trip to Florida thinking the Chrysler 300 looked a handy thing (then had one as a taxi here in the UK and it couldn't get through a vacant traffic lane).
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How weird is that I have had two Fiats and two Chryslers!
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I may know someone who can help you. Do you have any pre-existing heart conditions or any previous ECT experience?
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Oh mockers of Fiats and Chryslers mock ye may but !! :-)
I did 90,000 in a little panda without it missing a beat in my yoof!
Same with the wife's Punto, which while doing less mielage didnt have a single mechanical fault in 5 years (apart from the exhaust that fell of 4 times but was fixed by kwikfit each time in warranty)
Edited by malden blue on 20/01/2009 at 21:49
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Fiat and Chrysler both have ranges that are aesthetically challenged. I can only think of the Fiat Punto and Chrysler Crossfire that look attractive to my eyes. Oh, and I suppose the Viper and some Alfa Romeos look OK too.
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@olecruiser
May well be - when I was in New England last Summer every other sub compact seemed to be a MINI !
Edited by Pugugly on 20/01/2009 at 22:32
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If the Yanks wil buy the new Mini then they certainly would be tempted by the New 500, as long as Fiat can market it suitably.
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I currently own a Fiat Multipla (62K currently) and a Chrysler Voyager (89K currently). In my opinion this is a marriage made in heaven as both companies seem to have appalling build quality. I have been working on cars for the best part of 25 years and have never come across cars where manual transmissions break down with such frequency or that suffer from such terrible electrical gremlins until I bought these. When I encountered my particular issues I thought, hey that's bad luck, but then I started searching on the internet and hey presto found I was not alone. No not indeed by any small margin was I alone. Prior to purchasing these two demon possessed metallic objects I had only ever had Japanese cars, Nissan, Toyota and Mazda. To give you a comparative idea
1997 Nissan Primera GX - 230K miles and not a single issue (timing chain was starting to tick a bit)
1994 Mazda 323 - 198K miles and no issues whatsoever
1993 Toyota Previa - 210K miles only issue was head gasket at 178K
and this is just a small sampling of the cars I have owned. Never ever ever have I had transmissions fail until I met Chrysler and Fiat.
Now I know certain French and German cars also fall foul on the electrical side but for these two to consider a get together it must be fate. Just imagine how bad they can be when they put their minds together.
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