cazalea
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I never thought I'd be buying one of these
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 Chrysler Automobiles Chief Executive Sergio Marchionne said he hoped to sell the minimum number of 500e cars possible to satisfy the state of California.
"I hope you don't buy it because every time I sell one it costs me $14,000," he said about the 500e. "I'm honest enough to tell you that."
Although the 500e starts at $32,650 before tax credits, consumers are not willing to pay a price that covers all Fiat's costs so it loses a lot of money on the 500e, so there are special lease deals that cost the company even more money.
"I will sell the (minimum) of what I need to sell and not one more," Marchionne said of the 500e.
But Marchionne isn’t about to turn his back on America’s largest automotive market, so he needs Californians to embrace the Cinquecento elettrico in a way that he hasn’t.
Consider it embraced.
I've noticed the paint is already covered with tiny, confused bugs licking the paint and wondering where the nectar is
Speaking of embraces, we are going to have to keep clothes and hands clean when driving this car - no running down to the salvage yard for used parts, or slathering ourselves with sunblock and racing to the beach.
Who could resist a face like this?
I like the thought of running out in my pajamas to "fill 'er up"
No performance reviews are available yet, although I did "burn rubber" a couple of times already.
By accident, of course.
Cazalea
This message has been edited by cazalea on 2015-04-16 14:55:22
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I never thought I'd be buying one of these
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Congrats! The offers are just too ridiculous to pass up...
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Great choice although ...
.. 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...
Power is sufficient (0-100 km 8.4 sec) range is adequate (150 km)
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...
Thats fast !
150 km isn't bad .. but it isn't good either .. perfect city and around the block car though ! Enjoy it .... :-) Bim
Abarth Esseesse
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. ...
Ach so :-)
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...
Ah ha, so you did it! Congrats on a new motor...
Looking forward to seeing it in person. You can get here on one charge right ;) Cheers, Tim
As long as I can plug it in while playing with watches!
of course it will go that far. It's the only range I checked before buying it... :-) ...
Hey, congrats, Mike. I somehow missed this. Great color!
Looks like a blast to drive. Enjoy! Best, CaliforniaJed
It's a Magic Bus, and makes it to my watch dealer and back, no problem!
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