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Maybe they should have stuck to refrigeration.
Fix It Again Tony
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Cincocento
was the Italian beetle. I wonder if Moussolini concieved it.
Even so, Fiat designs became standard fare in eastern european, and Soviet Russia post war car platforms. Polski Fiat, Zastava, the Lada was a Fiat 124, etc.
Even in Spain, most Seat's were Fiat based or clones.
was the Italian beetle. I wonder if Moussolini concieved it.
Even so, Fiat designs became standard fare in eastern european, and Soviet Russia post war car platforms. Polski Fiat, Zastava, the Lada was a Fiat 124, etc.
Even in Spain, most Seat's were Fiat based or clones.
cfz2882
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very cool 
if that appeared in a swap shop in my area,I would buy it on sight...I haveone Italian fridge now-"topp"mini fridge made in 1968,Tecumseh license Aspera compressor.There are several vintage Fiat cars I wouldn't mind owning
riginal 500,850 coupe,124...Did have Russian version of 124:1987 signet 1500
if that appeared in a swap shop in my area,I would buy it on sight...I haveone Italian fridge now-"topp"mini fridge made in 1968,Tecumseh license Aspera compressor.There are several vintage Fiat cars I wouldn't mind owning
riginal 500,850 coupe,124...Did have Russian version of 124:1987 signet 1500 
That's really pretty, love the logo.
Fiats and farts.... the two Fs that only the owners like.
Well, I owned Fiats (Italian and Brazilian made)
Believe it or not, they were great cars and never failed on me. (except the Tipo)
My father owns a small pick up truck, Fiat Strada Adventure, made on the same platform the Fiat Palio was made. It's a great little truck and way better than the expensive VW Saveiro, which was the market leader for over 30 years.
I'd love to have a Strada here in the USA. It's a size never seen here (the close that comes to it is that old chevy El Camino in late 1970's, but even the El Camino was way bigger) that actually looks like a sedan with a bed instead of a back seat. It can easily transport 4 washers and it's extremely cheap and the gas mileage is impressive. Super easy to park anywhere because it's tiny and the perfect solution for somebody that needs a pickup truck once in a while and don't need a giant bed/load capacity or a super strong motor.
I personally owned Fiat Uno (horrible, hard, ridiculously simple, but reliable. people in Brazil call the older version "orthopedic shoes" because of the square design), Fiat Tipo hatchback (horrible Italian crap), Tempra Station Wagon (I regret so much I bought that POS even knowing the Tempra was basically a Tipo Sedan and Tipo SW), Palio (2x) I loved that little thin, Palio Weekend (It's a Palio station wagon, wonderful car) and 3 Fiat cinquecento (That i bought only to invest and resell after 3 or 4 months, great tiny car and incredibly huge inside almost like the TARDIS) My father is a Volvo man, but he's on his 3rd strada (the second was totaled by a drunk driver that hit us months before I moved to the USA) simply because he once in a while needs a pick up truck to transport some things that wouldn't fit or to dirty to put in his Volvo.
I can't understand why the Fiats sold in the USA are so crappy. When I arrived here and I saw that 500 that looks like a mini SUV I was desperate to own one. Until the day I saw one at a dealer and decided to sit on it.... OMFG, what a crap! Cheap plastic everywhere, horrible design mistakes, and even worse stories about lemons.
In Brazil Fiat had a huge problem with the Tipo/Tempra and a decade later with Brava and Marea, Fiat literally repeated the Ford Pinto mistake and made it worse. The gas tank would explode in 12mph rear collisions or simply out of nowhere while driving because somebody was stupid enough to design a tank with a hole to pass the muffler through it and hide the tank right behind the rear bumper and have the bumper brackets screwed to the tank), plus the infamous case of the Stilo that had a Skywindow (also known as "skyshower" because the roof was actually a series of small glass panels mounted on a track and obviously they all leaked like crazy and the cars would literally fill with water if parked on the street and it rained all night long) but those were isolated cases.
Overall, Fiat is a great reliable car made for people that want peace of mind. Not a surprise Uno is the favorite car for over 30 years for companies that need cheap, economical and reliable cars in their fleet.
en.wikipedia.org
Well, I owned Fiats (Italian and Brazilian made)
Believe it or not, they were great cars and never failed on me. (except the Tipo)
My father owns a small pick up truck, Fiat Strada Adventure, made on the same platform the Fiat Palio was made. It's a great little truck and way better than the expensive VW Saveiro, which was the market leader for over 30 years.
I'd love to have a Strada here in the USA. It's a size never seen here (the close that comes to it is that old chevy El Camino in late 1970's, but even the El Camino was way bigger) that actually looks like a sedan with a bed instead of a back seat. It can easily transport 4 washers and it's extremely cheap and the gas mileage is impressive. Super easy to park anywhere because it's tiny and the perfect solution for somebody that needs a pickup truck once in a while and don't need a giant bed/load capacity or a super strong motor.
I personally owned Fiat Uno (horrible, hard, ridiculously simple, but reliable. people in Brazil call the older version "orthopedic shoes" because of the square design), Fiat Tipo hatchback (horrible Italian crap), Tempra Station Wagon (I regret so much I bought that POS even knowing the Tempra was basically a Tipo Sedan and Tipo SW), Palio (2x) I loved that little thin, Palio Weekend (It's a Palio station wagon, wonderful car) and 3 Fiat cinquecento (That i bought only to invest and resell after 3 or 4 months, great tiny car and incredibly huge inside almost like the TARDIS) My father is a Volvo man, but he's on his 3rd strada (the second was totaled by a drunk driver that hit us months before I moved to the USA) simply because he once in a while needs a pick up truck to transport some things that wouldn't fit or to dirty to put in his Volvo.
I can't understand why the Fiats sold in the USA are so crappy. When I arrived here and I saw that 500 that looks like a mini SUV I was desperate to own one. Until the day I saw one at a dealer and decided to sit on it.... OMFG, what a crap! Cheap plastic everywhere, horrible design mistakes, and even worse stories about lemons.
In Brazil Fiat had a huge problem with the Tipo/Tempra and a decade later with Brava and Marea, Fiat literally repeated the Ford Pinto mistake and made it worse. The gas tank would explode in 12mph rear collisions or simply out of nowhere while driving because somebody was stupid enough to design a tank with a hole to pass the muffler through it and hide the tank right behind the rear bumper and have the bumper brackets screwed to the tank), plus the infamous case of the Stilo that had a Skywindow (also known as "skyshower" because the roof was actually a series of small glass panels mounted on a track and obviously they all leaked like crazy and the cars would literally fill with water if parked on the street and it rained all night long) but those were isolated cases.
Overall, Fiat is a great reliable car made for people that want peace of mind. Not a surprise Uno is the favorite car for over 30 years for companies that need cheap, economical and reliable cars in their fleet.
Fiat Strada - Wikipedia
cfz2882
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Strada in US...
...was the Ritmo-a neat little car sold here 1979-82
...was the Ritmo-a neat little car sold here 1979-82
For what I know Fiat only made appliances under license of Westinghouse. In fact Fiat only assembled parts made in USA. I saw a few Fiat refrigerators with the Westinghouse compressor.
You can take a look at these washing machines. They are Westinghose.
You can take a look at these washing machines. They are Westinghose.
I sent the link to my mother in law, her first car was a FIAT. Fix it again Tony is right, she was lucky that car was so small she could push it out of the way by herself and wait for a tow when it broke down. It got her in trouble once because she broke down in West Hollywood and she had to call her dad to come get her, and that was not somewhere she was allowed to go. I wonder how reliable the fridges were, at least if nothing else it IS beautiful.
