Ciao, Yaris!

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Originally Posted by auxmike

These cars are REAL nice build quality inside and out. They are smaller than the Yaris and look real sharp going down the highway. Unfortunately there appears to be only one studio in my county so I'd be stuck with them only unless I want to travel far for the next dealer. I think the dodge dart shares the same engine as the 500 and the engines are US built. The cars I examined at the local fiat place were made in mexico...
Price starts at 15.5k with the 5 speed. Power windows etc. Are standard equipment.

This post piqued my curiosity, namely re the engine source...so I did a few searches. Yes, the engine is built in Michigan by Chrysler LLC. That's all I needed to know. If we had a federal government that cared more about the rule of law than selective political expediency, then the bondholders wouldn't have been left out in the cold while sixty percent of the equity (in what became Chrysler LLC) was handed to the UAW pension fund. The 500 could be twice as reliable as a Yaris, get 70 miles to the gallon combined, and cost $10,000....if it still had an engine from that source I wouldn't buy it just for that reason.

P.S. I would consider a Ford, if everything about the vehicle fit my parameters, but not a vehicle From GM or Chrysler because of the bailouts/bondholders left out in the cold....and the engine being shared with a 'sister' company (at least in this case)...no...too much...too close.