I had a Lancia Fulvia in the early 70s and it put me off Italian cars like Alfa , Fiat .( moved over to Volvo's ) It dropped to bits in my garage everytime I closed the door or boot lid a bit fell off on the floor it was just a bag of rust with the salty air up here . I called it my bag of crisps because if I swept up the bits of rust it looked like I had spilt a packet.
Do you remember the saga of the Lancia Beta Coupes? Lovely looking car, but it rusted as soon as a cloud appeared in the sky.
As to the new Fiat 500, I'm not sure; but friend that have modern Fiat Pandas really rate them.
Bud
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2003 - 4/4
