Fiat 500

[mauvais]

I don't really know what platform sharing means any more to be honest. A fair bit of commonality I think though.

It's this, and is also used by the Ford Ka: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiat_Mini_platform

 

[pogofish]

They did a styling mock up of a re-working of the DS a couple of years back.

I think I remember that - It was hideous!

 

[pogofish]

I don't really know what platform sharing means any more to be honest. A fair bit of commonality I think though.

It's this, and is also used by the Ford Ka: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiat_Mini_platform

IIRC Fiat and Ford have had a tie-in for years in engine manufacture - Fiat do diesels for Ford and now 3rd party factories in Eastern Europe and other places make models for several makers at the same time, I imagine a fair bit of commonality is inevitable just ot keep the costs down.

 

[sim667]

What does badman mean is that bad as in bad or bad as in good You are making me feel my age

Just think opposites, sick, phat, bad, badman = good.

dutty, gully, sickle = bad (although im not sure those words mean anything in the first place).

You can tell I live with a 23 year old dubstep dj who has mates round a lot

The new word they're trying to bring in is 'goss' as in something is worth gossiping about

 

[Shirl]

I think he means it in a 'yo dude, them wheels are badass, they're well naughty mate etc etc' style. Shirl are you an 17 year old badass from Croydon?

No I'm definitely not
I like the idea of being Cool Grannie Badass from Yorkshire though

 

[pogofish]

No I'm definitely not
I like the idea of being Cool Grannie Badass from Yorkshire though

I think you might just be able to pull that off!

 

[Shirl]

I think you might just be able to pull that off!

I'll take that as a compliment

 

[pogofish]

It was meant as one!

 

[Shirl]

I'm loving our new 500. It's a smaller engine than the last one but it's got some kind of turbo thing going on and it's a lot nippier than the old one. Not to mention it's badass black alloys

 

[dessiato]

In summer I have six weeks with nothing to do. Despite needing a practical car I fancy one of these to drive around Europe.

This one is only the 2.0E but I guess it would do.

 

[Hocus Eye.]

This is what you want really. It is the real Fiat 500 Topolino as advertised in my post before the bump.
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[Shirl]

This is what you want really. It is the real Fiat 500 Topolino as advertised in my post before the bump.
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That is just fabulous. It also looks a bit 2CVish, with a hint of Jaguar about the grill which appeals to my heart's desire

 

[dessiato]

That is just fabulous. It also looks a bit 2CVish, with a hint of Jaguar about the grill which appeals to my heart's desire

?? 2CV body on a Ferrari 355 chassis looks fun

 

[Shirl]

?? 2CV body on a Ferrari 355 chassis looks fun

Looks like a LOT of fun

 

[Andrew Hertford]

My mum had one just like this in the 60s, I think she loved it almost as much as her kids! I remember her driving us across the Pennines from Manchester to Sheffield in it during a snow storm before the M62 was built. Fantastic little car.

 

[Shirl]

My mum had one just like this in the 60s, I think she loved it almost as much as her kids! I remember her driving us across the Pennines from Manchester to Sheffield in it during a snow storm before the M62 was built. Fantastic little car.

I tried to buy one in the early 80's but coudn't get the finance Got my fill now though

 

[T & P]

I suspect Jennifer Lopez might have ruined the Fiat 500's cool factor for good now.

 

[Teaboy]

I suspect Jennifer Lopez might have ruined the Fiat 500's cool factor for good now.

Thats a proper weird advert. Woman drives car, woman is pursued down street by sexually aggresive males, woman is dragged from car by sexually aggresive males via the sunroof.

Thanks, but I think I'll suggest a car with better security to my girlfriend, I don't think gang rape is her thing.

 

[Sigmund Fraud]

Thats a proper weird advert. Woman drives car, woman is pursued down street by sexually aggresive males, woman is dragged from car by sexually aggresive males via the sunroof.
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I guess the bloke who picks up the dog is there just to watch.

It is a weird advert - or at least one that doesn't translate very well into the northern European brain.

 

[T & P]

I bet Silvio Berlusconi approves of it.

 

[Shirl]

I haven't seen the ad. Luckily my new 500 doesn't have a sun roof. Even if it did, I'm not the type or age to get pursued

 

[barney_pig]

I adore the fiat 500, I learned to drive in one a couple of years ago, and use one whenever we hire a car from the Hertz car club at the university (unfortunately Hertz's prices are ridiculously high, and we mostly hire from commonwheels now, who have a nice fiesta nearby)

 

[T & P]

I haven't seen the ad. Luckily my new 500 doesn't have a sun roof. Even if it did, I'm not the type or age to get pursued

Enjoy

 

[Shirl]

Enjoy

Jesus, what a stupid ad.
I always though Fiat were quite a cool brand

To late now though. I'll just have to drive around in mine looking nothing like Jennifer Lopez and see if I can undo some of the damage