Fiat 500 sport

[vten]

just took delivery on my black fiat 500 sport last saturday ...very nice built indeed !! they even offered a lifetime warranty for $100 deductable for $2400 ..nice gesture indeed Fiat !!

and I thinking to get another one soon next year with the bigger hp (abarth ) in white ...:thumbup: and Im on the first on the list ..yay !!

while im waiting for it, enjoy this video from torino italia ...Ciao Fiat !!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzRKfofLr-o&feature=related

[Kioshi]

They look so funny in that video...reminds me of those small pull-back cars i had when i was little. Pull them back and let them go :)

Cant wait to see yours though. What mods you will end up doing to it.

[Klink10]

I like.

[TLyttle]

One of these days, there will be a pic of the new 500 and the old original 500. I remember the original, and, like the Mini, it was WAY smaller than the new one...

[Shroomster]

went through doing pdi fleet stuff on a batch of new fiats and all I can say is welcome to the ptcruiser revamp.....

an Italian car manufactured by an American company (I know fiat bought chrylser get over it) made in Mexico

[vten]

Hey guys ,
No mods for this one except the hids for both the headlights n foglight soon .

As far as the Italian car with an American engine n build in Mexico ... It's all about to bring the price down ... But the engine design is Italian design and still the same with the european models . Can't wait for my abarth to come Soon ... That's all I can say :)

[BluYrs]

One of these days, there will be a pic of the new 500 and the old original 500.

Ya think? :)

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[cali yaris]

I remember the original, and, like the Mini, it was WAY smaller than the new one...

Doesn't look like it from the pics.

[Shinare]

Both older cars seem extremely small when approached. But once you get inside its a while nother story. I'm 6' 1" and I fit in both easily. I imported a right hand drive 1972 Leyland Mini (in color "Tobacco Road") from Auckland New Zealand about 12 years ago. In the same container was a red fiat 500 imported in by the same company that imported in mine. I really liked it as well, but I couldn't get over how it's engine was half the size of my already small 1000cc engine in my mini.

Unfortunately, in a bone-head move I can only chalk up to youth ignorance and extreme need to pay the rent, I sold my mini for less then it cost me just a year after going through the nightmare of getting it imported into the US and titled and I really regret it. Its been my favorite car to drive I've ever owned, and I've owned quite a few. The thing drove like it weighed as much as a go-kart and really held the road. The "rubber cone" suspension was just a kick to drive. If I ever have the means to buy another old mini someday I will do what it takes to get one.

[TLyttle]

Thanks, BluYrs, all the proof I need. The original was indeed very small, and typical of most European cars of the era. Compared to my 850 Morris Minor, I never could understand how one could get 4 people into a 500, almost like a college phone booth challenge...

[thebarber]

i drove a base 500 last month

was a nice car, but small and tall

and im spoiled with blitz power in the yaris....

so in summary, i wasnt super impressed

(and i was getting crazy glare from the beige steering column plastic so i couldnt read the gauges)

[vten]

Been driving my black 500 sport for a week ... I need a little more power indeed. Compare to my yaris with all the mods it is slower ...but hey it is a stock car with a smaller engine ... But the abarth is another story .

I guess stock to stock , the fiat is a better build quality . I dunno how much the brand new yaris 2 door cost right now , but the fiat with a leather seats , Abs brakes, 8 airbags, sunroof , disc brakes all around and a set of 16" rims for around $19K is hard to beat ...

I'm actualy torn between either keep the yaris and add the supercharger for around 135 hp or sell it, loose some $$ n get the abarth for 170hp .... Decision decision decision

[Shroomster]

Been driving my black 500 sport for a week ... I need a little more power indeed. Compare to my yaris with all the mods it is slower ...but hey it is a stock car with a smaller engine ... But the abarth is another story .

I guess stock to stock , the fiat is a better build quality . I dunno how much the brand new yaris 2 door cost right now , but the fiat with a leather seats , Abs brakes, 8 airbags, sunroof , disc brakes all around and a set of 16" rims for around $19K is hard to beat ...

I'm actualy torn between either keep the yaris and add the supercharger for around 135 hp or sell it, loose some $$ n get the abarth for 170hp .... Decision decision decision

has the abarth even been confirmed for stateside yet?

[ROCKLANDTOYOTA]

has the abarth even been confirmed for stateside yet?

YES SIR, rumors abound about it being a JCW MINI killer....

[kimona]

I dunno how much the brand new yaris 2 door cost right now , but the fiat with a leather seats , Abs brakes, 8 airbags, sunroof , disc brakes all around and a set of 16" rims for around $19K is hard to beat ...



$19K for a Fiat 500?!!! I paid right around $12K for my Yaris with auto and power package... and I think that's all it was worth. I recently bought my new Camry LE with leather for way less than $19K. Yes, I know it's apples and oranges, but I just can't rationalize spending that much cash on a Fiat.

[Klink10]

As I said, like the car but at that price....nope.

[vten]

Oops ... I bought my 08 S hatchback used for $13500 back in 09 .. haha I didn't know if its only $12k ..

Anyway the base fiat is start at $15.5k ... Man I start to sounds like their salesman now .. Lol ... I'm just a happy buyer at this moment .. Lol

[john21031]

I sat in the fiat at the dealer in downtown LA and quiet honestly, I was disappointed. The car felt and screamed - CHRYSLER!

The pedal area is very uncomfortable to operate the clutch. The clutch itself has an uneven pressure when being released. The headrests are weird and uncomfortable (also unsafe in an offset crash?). The rear seat space is a joke. The cabrio's trunk is good for three 2-liter bottles of soda. The bare metal on the dashboard... was that really necessary?

All in all, cute car from the outside, CHRYSLER made in Mexico on the inside. Cramped engine compartment... and very flimsy seat release/rear access lever.... that screams LOW QUALITY PLASTIC CHRYSLER.

To completely spoil the deal, this fiat has almost nothing to do with the European one. It used completely different platform, different (american built engine), different suspension, and different body panels.

Sorry, I did have high expectations for this car, but I was disappointed to see it in person. No wonder Fiat has a reputation of an inexpensive, sub par, and struggling brand in Europe.

[Shinare]

...No wonder Fiat has a reputation of an inexpensive, sub par, and struggling brand in Europe.


Funny, I was thinking I saw on Top Gear that its the subcompact everyone else is trying to measure up to.

[Hershey]

Here's a review of the Fiat CABRIO by Motorweek , http://www.mpt.org/motorweek/reviews/rt3048a.shtml . Takes premium gas , got 37 m.p.g. with the automatic , not bad .

[Hershey]

Found a video of same FIAT reviewed by MOTORWEEK , here it be . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IUpQlmm4yY&feature=fvwp&NR=1 . Like it more . Looks like fun .