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**pouslytut** · 11-25-2008, 04:48 PM

Zippy: The detachable door handles were standard equipment on Fiats up until about 7 or 8 years ago.

Luca: I don't know how sales figures will be for 2008 but Fiat 's 2007 sales in Europe are a huge success. You can't do that with bad reliability.

Some figures:

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/20...nt_7433426.htm
http://www.autocar.co.uk/News/NewsAr...llCars/235315/

Fiat Panda reliability:
http://www.topgear.com/content/carsu...ures/01/1.html

I contend that the 500 will have an even better showing.
http://www.channel4.com/4car/rt/fiat/500/2162/3
http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/news/au.../fiat_500.html
http://www.parkers.co.uk/cars/review...el=1662&page=4

Oh, by the way, while we're at it: how's the British car industry doing these days?

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Ablarc: That Maserati design is by now about 6 or 7 years old, IMHO it still looks great. Certainly the big new sedans from Germany top it, but IMHO the Maserati has an allure that they can't match. IMHO it's even nicer than the Bentley:

11-25-2008, 04:48 PM	#27
pouslytut Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 527 Senior Member	Zippy: The detachable door handles were standard equipment on Fiats up until about 7 or 8 years ago. Luca: I don't know how sales figures will be for 2008 but Fiat 's 2007 sales in Europe are a huge success. You can't do that with bad reliability. Some figures: http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/20...nt_7433426.htm http://www.autocar.co.uk/News/NewsAr...llCars/235315/ Fiat Panda reliability: http://www.topgear.com/content/carsu...ures/01/1.html I contend that the 500 will have an even better showing. http://www.channel4.com/4car/rt/fiat/500/2162/3 http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/news/au.../fiat_500.html http://www.parkers.co.uk/cars/review...el=1662&page=4 Oh, by the way, while we're at it: how's the British car industry doing these days? ------ Ablarc: That Maserati design is by now about 6 or 7 years old, IMHO it still looks great. Certainly the big new sedans from Germany top it, but IMHO the Maserati has an allure that they can't match. IMHO it's even nicer than the Bentley:
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