On Apr 30, 2:01 pm, Andy > wrote:
> Dimitri said...
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> > "Andy" > wrote in message news:Xns9BFD865694DF6CotD@
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> >> I'll never!!!
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> >> I'll never put a dime into buying a Flat!
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> >> Never ever ever!
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> >> Especially not to rescue Chrysler.
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> >> Who's the fool?
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> >> Flat is the no purpose car company America ever heard of.
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> >> Name a flat model off the top of your head!??
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> >> Andy
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> > Fiat 124 Spyder
> > Topolino (worlds most popular car at one time) AKA Fiat 500 1937
> > Fiat Abarth Coupe
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> > For many years FIAt was the # 1 car maker in the world.
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> > They been around for a few years.
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> > Dimitri
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> Dimitri,
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> While a great car and a great model line as you so expertly pointed out,
> whose going to make a better Fiat?
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> You and I and most others know Chrysler won't improve the Fiat line. Rather
> just succeed in destroying it.
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> That said, I haven't seen many Fiats on the roads in and around town.
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> Best,
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> Andy
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> Eat first, talk later.


I have. Fiat and many European models bowed out of the US market when
the testing got too expensive. Now the EU testing may be even morte
expensive, but now everyone does it, not just one market. They've
recently talked about re-entering the US market, and not just Fiat.
There are several EU cars I love that aren't in the US SEAT, Lancia,
lots of middle European marks. They reckon if the US manufacturers
WON'T make the small efficient cars needed, they might as well offer
theirs which are cheaper, cheaper to run and easier on disappearing
resources.
Just because you don-t know a car doesn't mean there isn't a market
for it. Fiat is popular all over the world, and although some Fiats
have a problem record, I also see 25 and even 50 year old Fiats on the
road still serving their owners well. No one thinks of them as
classics, just as cars.