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#1 Reason not to buy a Fiat 500 over a Mini:

It's a Fiat.

 

33. Fiat drivers do not need to turn their head to see the heater controls, only look down.
39. Fiat drivers do not need to turn their head to see the heater controls, only look down.

:crazy:

 

You beat me to it I was going to say the same thing, that makes only 74 reasons to buy a 500.

Thats a deal breaker for me.:frown2:

 

Now I like the roof line on this one though

 

Don't let Jim know that the drag coefficient on the Justa is better than on the 'S'. He'll only gloat.

 

The arguements are just list Pepsi vs Coke. Have you ever heard Coke mention Pepsi in their ads? When you're the leader in your product segment, the competitor will do everything to say why they're better you, whereas the market leader doesn't even acknowledge that there is a competitor

 

Looks a MINI and a classic Beetle got together and had a really ugly kid... :frown2:

 

I welcome the 500. I'm 99% percent I will never get one though. Competition(some don't think this is an actual competitor) will only make MINI better.

 

75. Enzo Ferrari drove a Fiat to work daily. Enzo never drove a Mini. Ever

I have a picture that will prove this is wrong. Somewhere......

Even so, it still does not make me want to buy one, but it does give them some talking points.

 

That second pic in particular was the one I was thinking of, however if that's an English version Mini, he was the passenger not the driver, so it still doesn't prove the inaccuracy of their claim. I remember reading years ago that he had a Mini that he preferred driving to and from work and in the city.

Notice anything different about that car?

See the driving lights mounted under the headlights, and the turn signals off to the side?

 

We took one out for a test drive. It's not bad, for what it is. Once the Abarth gets here, I'll take another test drive.
I can see having an Abarth and a JCW together.

 

If not mistaken...didn't MC2 when running their series on the history of the Mini, publish a pic of Enzo with his Mini Cooper?

 

I know new Fiats are completely new animals, but we had two Fiats and I learned to drive in a 1972 Alfa Romeo Spyder. You'd literally have to give me the Fiat500 and pay the taxes on it for me to get one.

 

That is what some folks, most likely, said when the new MINI came out. Can't really play down the new 500, simply based on the old one. As you said, completely new animal. Sure, It will have its design problems at first and may not make it, but the R50 & R53 did as well. In fact, there are still MINI owners complaining about, what they call, the "cheap" interior of the R56.

Jim

 

No words needed rrr:

 

Is this one available???? I'll take 2!!! The Fiat?....no I'm not interested in the Fiat

 

I'll keep my eye on the chinquecento. Mark, you could not handle the other one, let alone two. :frown2:

Jim

 

:eek6: A miniature squashed PT Cruiser:lol:

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