I understand they are better today in some ways, and the same in others but they fit well with a Dodge.
I lived in Italy from 2000-03, we had a Lancia and a Fiat Tipo. The Lancia was a 2.0L sports sedan which was OK, I preferred the Tipo, it was a little 1.4L four door that was much more fun to drive than the Lancia. It was used and we had very little maintenance issues.