Saw First Fiat

Driving by the local library parking lot, I spotted a small white car. Much smaller. Curious, I slowed for a closer look. A Fiat 500. Also saw a Smart car parked in a drive way. Even in my small town we get some interesting cars.

A coworker bought one. Loves it...not a car guy, though. Local Fiat dealer refuses to bring one to an autocross for us to beat on....

Still waiting to see the abarth in person

Still waiting for them to mix the Abarth and convertible models together.

Saw my first Fiat (plural) at the autoshow las month both convertable and coupe, the five of us (all fairly large lads) Jungle Gym'd all over it; in and out, put the seats up and down, climbed in and out of the back seat, got 4 of us in it (that was a sight) and finally put our 6'5" friend in the driver's seat and saw if any of us could still get in the back seat. It was fun, meaningless, but fun. That is all I have to add.

My first glimpse was last summer when i passes a yellow one on my way home. But at a combined speed of 110+ I didn't have long to look it over.

I've seen a few around here (NY metro). Somewhat surprisingly, I saw a pretty large concentration of them in and around Newport, RI last month.

mad_machine wrote: Still waiting to see the abarth in person

The commercial is better!

the commercial is great.. and as anybody who has owned an italian car will know.. very accurate!

I've seen a few of them, or maybe just the same one or two in different places? The ones I've seen have been either red or white...no other colors. I have no idea where the dealer is for them, at least the MINI dealer advertises.

They do look like VERY small cars, the same size as a smart...yet they manage to seat 4?

We're in DC for the weekend and saw one parked next to a c30 just like the gf's to compare the two. She really likes it, maybe I can get her to take a look at them if they're still around in a couple years...