A Fiat won’t go 73 mph for long. In fact, a Fiat won’t go for long.
Tony, speed dial.
Having once owned a Fiat years ago, I can agree that any Fiat owner should be happy that the damned car starts at all.
Oh yes they will. I'm an American currently living in Italy. I drive a mid-90s Fiat Cinquecento (500). At one point I wrenched for a living, so I know cars, and know them inside and out.
I've driven everything from Buicks to Fords to Chevys to Jags to Caddies as well as some nice classic cars. Straight up, my Fiat's the most reliable and best engineered car I've owned. Barebones, simple, rock-solid and reliable, incredibly easy to work on. Parts for it are ridiculously cheap. Example: Several years back I completely rebuilt the front end. New control arms, ball joints, tie rod ends, dust bellows for the rack and new, hi-po struts. My cost for parts? Less than $220. My labor was about four hours - without using an impact gun. The original front end parts had lasted ~ 25 years.
The car is a basic one, little 900cc throttle body injected engine that moves it just fine. Five on the floor, power brakes and that's about it. It had 40K on the clock when I bought it~ 12 years ago. Has 160K now. Not a single breakdown and has never stranded me. The old 500s, 600s and Pandas are all over Southern Italy. Most look great and run great and folks keep them forever. And they're perfect for the narrow streets in the old medieval villages.
And BTW, mine does 80mph with more left!
even worse now that the parts are intermingled with Chrysler parts