Automotive

But the Wandering Purist informed me, the orange paint seduced me, and my wife convinced me. I should have bought Tim J's BMW roadster, but I already have two red roadsters and my wife needed a present that is NOT another JLC Reverso. Last spring, Fiat Ch...  

Hi, Mike, Hopefully you will find the Cinquecento e a nice contrast to your other soulful cars. I find that when I am behind the wheel, I tend to drive it completely differently than any other car I've ever driven, and even mentally I find myself in a com...  

Hi Thomas, Thanks for the feedback. In addition to Lotuses and Jags and Volvos, we have been driving a 2006 Honda Insight hybrid (plus Citroen 2CVs for many years). The Fiat is about the same size as the Honda but much heavier and much quieter, and it has...  

.. personally i would prefer the Abarth esseesse .. which off course is something different :-) AND most of all the EXTRA bonus of making Marchionni loose another 14K is great (hope he has to pay it out of his own pocket). I've actually never heard of thi... 

Those numbers are roughly what the road test magazines have found. The specs in American numbers are 122 city 108 hwy MPGe 0-60 8.4 seconds 147 hp 88 mph (if you get to 89 the car goes back to the future, so it's governed at 88) "We all understand the ser... 

150 km isn't bad .. but it isn't good either .. perfect city and around the block car though ! Enjoy it .... :-) Bim

Hi, Bimb, The US doesn\'t get many models of the Abarth, only the base platform and various options. Interestingly, the 500e handles as well or better under most conditions due to its lower center of gravity, and it just might be faster off the line too. ...  

Over here there are a lot of iterations ... though the only 500 i ever drove was a 1.2 69hp automatic ... in Israel :-) ... not particularly a car-minded country ... but the road to the Golan was pretty cool ... coming out of the hairpins i could have use... 

I can't get this car out of my head!

Looking forward to seeing it in person. You can get here on one charge right ;) Cheers, Tim

of course it will go that far. It's the only range I checked before buying it... :-) ...  

Cool Looking Car, hope I get the chance to drive one soon. S

A nice looking electric car with a nice price! Cheers, Anthony

Looks like a blast to drive. Enjoy! Best, CaliforniaJed

It doesn't even feel like driving a car - it's like "the magic bus" Controls are flush and unforgiving - you have to push deliberately (no random swipe at a knob or lever) Shifter is really annoying - no smacking the lever from Reverse into Drive and floo...  

. . . deserves . . . . . . electric accompaniment ;-) . . .