Report: Chrysler to build Fiat 500 in Mexico

The Boston Herald ^ | Monday, August 17, 2009 | Associated Press

[GOPsterinMA]

...please kill me quickly...

[mowowie]

When your not driving it you can mow your lawn with it!!

[perfect_rovian_storm]

We joke about that, but if they actually offered an attachment, I’d consider getting one for a grocery-getter/riding lawnmower.

[MediaMole]

A Mexican-built Fiat. That will be the worst car ever made. It’ll make the Renault Alliance look like a Porsche.

[GOPsterinMA]

</B>HA!</B>

Worse than the Yugo or Pinto? That would be a sight for sore eyes.

[GOPsterinMA]

No sh*t!

[GOPsterinMA]

HA! Worse than the Yugo or Pinto? That would be a sight for sore eyes.

[Kenny Bunk]

H, that FIAT 500, with the 1.1 liter turbo diesel is backordered over 250,000 units in Europe. 1.6TD an option. You are talking about 65mpg, and peppy performance. (No, not 0-60 in 5 seconds! Under 10 seconds.) It is a cool car.

It is (or could be) absolutely the VW Beetle of the next generation, IF The Green Wienies allow the Diesel in. Put in AC, a CD player, and the supersecret FIAT automatic (actually the old DAF Automatic improved)and it can be delivered around what .... $16 Gs?

As an added benefit, taking on an 18-wheeler full of lead pigs means "0" survivors, so it lowers the cost of The Great Obama Health Plan and puts stimulus money in the hands of reconstructive undertakers. That's on Page 1836, Paragraph 122, Sec B, para 3 (KIA) not the car, the acronym, which might also be the same thing.

[Kenny Bunk]

The new Fiat 500 is proving to be quite popular in Europe where the crew from the Top Gear web site had a chance to try out the 1.3L diesel model. The cute little 500 draws plenty of attention on the streets of London, but it's what's under the skin that counts. The handling and steering are far superior to what one might expect from a little car like this. It corners flat and turns in smoothly. The 75hp 1.3L MultiJet diesel provides plenty of performance and still delivers 56 mpg (U.S.) on the EU combined cycle. According to Top Gear's scribe, even when the fashion aspect of the 500 fades, this will still be one fine little ride.

Heres a review by an English motor writer that contains better facts..

[Red Badger]

Rest In Peace, old friend, your work is finished.....

If you want ON or OFF the DIESEL ”KnOcK” LIST just FReepmail me.....

This is a fairly HIGH VOLUME ping list on some days.....

[Kenny Bunk]

That damned thing looks like a suppository.

Hey, Americans are fat ... but not quite THAT fat ... are they?

[Kenny Bunk]

b4, there's a problem. FIAT also sold this platform to Ford to use in its city "KA" concept.

[madamemayhem]

NO! stand and fight, to your last breath. refuse to go quietly into the night, refuse to bow down to the left wing extremist socialists demands. hold on to your God given rights until you stand victorious or lie dead. we will not run, we will not hide, we will not shut up, and we will NEVER SURRENDER!!

[stephenjohnbanker]

Yeah ;-)

[TexasRepublic]

Q: Do you know why Mexicans refry beans?
A: Mexicans can’t do anything right the first time!

[b4its2late]

Hmmmm. Is it in the Mustang? If so, I have to rethink.

[dalebert]

ya and since chrysler makes such crappy products they deserve it.

[Defiant]

So, they’re changing the name to “Fix it again, taco-breath”? Poor Tony is out of a job.

[Kenny Bunk]

Is it in the Mustang? If so, I have to rethink.

Relax. It's in the KA,(Now I ask you, wtf would name a machine the "KA?) a metrosexual sort of urban thing they make in Poland for Europe. Ford just borrowed the Panda platform and the 1.3L turbo Diesel.

The rally versions of these Fords and FIATS, if they ever make it here, will finally give old white guys the chance to run with those Chicanos in their buzz-bomb Honda Civics.

Take that, Ese! Plus, with tasteful ground effect neons, no one at the rest home will ignore me anymore!

[Oztrich Boy]

What does the “500” name stand for? 500cc?

1.4 litres

Actually it's a legacy name. Like the BMW "Mini". the makers are trying to emulate the success of the original Fiat 500 (a genuine 500cc straight two) of 50 years ago