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[SailDesign]

Originally Posted by tomato

Do you get good gas mileage when you jump to conclusions?

I wasn't comparing Fiat's to anything out of Detroit, now was I?

Now that you brought it up, I'd be curious to know which countries in the world prefer FIAT over other brands. I don't mean just an article in a magazine from some car geek, I mean consumers opinions.

Tomato, I know you're not comparing FIAT's to anything out of Detroit, but the anti-FIAT thing is a very US-ian problem. I drove a FIAT in the UK before I left - my sister-in-law still drives one (a baby 4WD about the size of a Smart, but nicer), my mother drove one for years, and the FIAT line sells very well over there. Italy loves them (duh!) and the French still won't drive anything not made in France. They are SO like the Yanks it isn't funny, they even hate us as much as we hated them after 9/11.
I'm not sure anyone prefers them "over other brands", but they sell very well in a great deal of countries. There used to be a rumor here that FIATs would burst into flame for no reason, and had been banned because of that.

Detroit Kool-Aid.....

[tomato]

Originally Posted by SailDesign

.... Italy loves them (duh!) and the French still won't drive anything not made in France. They are SO like the Yanks it isn't funny, they even hate us as much as we hated them after 9/11...

Detroit Kool-Aid.....

No, no, no, no... that's not it.

I travel to Europe often, France especially, and they drive all kinds of cars, over there: many Japanese, German cars (a lot of Audis), a lot of SMART's, too. The Toyota Yaris, has a excellent reputation in France BTW.

As to the rest of your comment, looks like somebody's been watching too much FOX news talk about Kool-Aid...