[Spridgets] Le Macchine d'Italia (No LBC)

[mike rambour]

On Sat, 2009-05-02 at 10:30 -0500, Jim Johnson wrote:
> I sincerely hope that Fiat has greatly improved their quality.  I bought a
> new Fiat 850 coupe in England in 1968. It was a POS. The metal was thin and

 Of course they have greatly improved their quality.   I only sold my
1973 Fiat a few months ago, I bought it brand new in 1974 and never had
a issue with it, never left me on the side of the road ever !  I owned a
1990 Toyota that I bought new in 90 that gave me more trouble in 4 years
that I owned it then my Fiat gave me in 34 years.

 The 850 you had was the lowest priced car Fiat sold, poorest quality of
all their models, my 68 Dino is awesome and that was the top of the line
in those days.  Yeah with 2 Fiats in the garage you can guess I am a
Fiat guy but I have had 850's and compared to the Dino they were junk.
Fiat really did build a good car even back then, its just that back then
they built quality according to the price tag, high price, high quality,
low price, absolute garbage.  Most auto manufacturers did that in those
days.

 Nowdays, Fiat will easily compare with Honda or even Ford or Chevy,
they are all that good now.