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Damn right I'm a MINI snob!
That's why I'm on this site- I don't have to say anything nice about other cars if I don't want to :devil:

There are a lot of other cars out there I like... But the Fiat is not one of them :frown2:

 

That's because you're to young to remember the originals. :lol::lol:

Jim

 

Variety is the spice of life....

I agree, if you listen carefully you can hear a Mini rusting away.:wink: Thankfully some have been saved by owners who consider them classics today. Same goes for old Fiats. I salute those folks. :beer

Without those old cars & their heritage we wouldn't have our New MINIs or the New 500. That would be a sad thing & life would be just a bit more boring.

New retro cars, bring em on!

 

Agree there is definately more than one car on that list that shouldn't be there, that said; do two, or in this case, several wrongs make a right?

The 500 is a neat little car but what is so significant about it to deserve such a distinction?

But given the same group, nominated the Countryman as truck of the year....what the heck do I know?

 

At least it does not look like a Mazda 3. :eek6:

 

A pile of MINI's....

 

Definitely an improvement. I'm call me a skeptic, but I'm really doubtful J-Lo spends any time at all in those 'streets that inspire' her

 

In yet another blunder by the Chrysler / Fiat people...

Fiat wanted a dealer in downtown LA so they built a flagship store. Pretty nifty until you stumble over the Cali Auto Franchise laws that say no company owned stores.

Chrysler says My Bad and enters into a deal to sell the store to someone.

Automotive News reports that the California Department of Motor Vehicles may still seek to fine Chrysler even after the automaker reached an agreement to sell its factory-owned Los Angeles dealership. Chrysler garnered the ire of the DMV by infringing on California franchise laws, though the automaker hoped to avoid any censure by selling its Motor Village of Los Angeles showroom. Now, CDMV is reportedly saying that the company made false statements regarding the dealership's ownership. If a settlement is reached, Chrysler could wind up paying restitution to private Chrysler dealerships within a 10-mile radius of the factory-owned store.

These guys can't even buy a break...

 

So a company willing to spend and build something new, something that might help that local economy and even create jobs, is going to be punished by the government even after they complied with the regulations...... Maybe they should have gotten a government subsidy and everything would be hunky dory because some idiot politician could have taken credit for it.

Yeah Kalifornia has all the answers.

Priceless.

PS: Why would you need such a regulation, would not the franchise agreements have covered this possibility?

 

Poser....

 

Fiat is going to unveil the US version of the 500 Abarth at the LA Auto Show in November. The press release did not revel many details about the model. It was full of the history of Abarth, not much else.

 

I think they did a good job with a modern interpretation while paying homage to the original Fiat 500. The problem is that the original was itself an econobox that had little sportiness to begin with.

 

^ I agree 100%.

Let us not forget the Mini was an econobox in the beginning too.

 

I went into the Wawa and came out to this:

I guess she doesn't know how much I hate these cars.....
Or she does and is just messing with me!!!!!! :lol:

 

Correct me if I'm wrong, but don't the R53s have Chrysler engines?????
Just saying' :cornut:

 

It is a motor developed by BMW and Chrysler, built in Brazil, so yes we do have a bit of Chrysler.

But we don't like to dwell on it.....lol

 

You must be talking about the "S" version of that engine, right? :lol:

BTW: How many miles is a "Brazilian" anyway?

Jim

 

I suspect they first person to show up to MOTD with a Fiat 500 will get lynched however...

 

As it should be, but everyone just calls him "Monica's husband".

Jim

 

Bonus points awarded for using "zipping" and SUV in the same sentence. :biggrin5: