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Brand new Fiat 124 Abarth. I remember the Fiat 124 from way back in the day. Yes, it was just as unreliable as all of the jokes indicate, but it was a very pretty car, fun to drive, and in a very small class of such fun, lightweight convertible sports cars.
The new one is a Mazda Miata underneath, so it is dead nuts reliable. The engine is a fiat 4-cylinder of 160HP. We'll see how unreliable it is.
I’ve seen an orange McLaren twice in three days here. Someone hit a jackpot of some sort.
Also seen an 80s Nissan Hardbody, three Smart cars (one in hot pink!), and a Fox-body LX notch with a five-oh. I keep seeing various possibly interesting VW Beetle builds as well.
Keep in mind that this is the kind of town where big money buys Platinum F150s or other high-trim domestic biggies. They’re usually fairly low-key.
I don't know that I'd call it particularly interesting so much as unexpected: A Renault Duster zooming down I-57 in Illinois. I couldn't make out the license plate location but it was a North American-shaped plate, so I can only assume it was from Mexico or elsewhere in Central America.
That's a small CUV that is sold in Europe under Renault's Dacia economy brand name. I like a lot of the Renault vehicles, much better than some of the weird looking things they produced 10 or so years ago. It was probably a vehicle from Mexico, where they sell under the Renault label. The base price in pesos listed below for Mexico converts to about $15,000 US dollars, so pretty low price.
Brand new Fiat 124 Abarth. I remember the Fiat 124 from way back in the day. Yes, it was just as unreliable as all of the jokes indicate, but it was a very pretty car, fun to drive, and in a very small class of such fun, lightweight convertible sports cars.
The new one is a Mazda Miata underneath, so it is dead nuts reliable. The engine is a fiat 4-cylinder of 160HP. We'll see how unreliable it is.
One of my good friends growing up was one of the youngest people in our class. He didn't turn 16 until a couple of weeks into our junior year in high school.
He found the car he wanted before he had his license, and his mom bought it for him.
His mom would let me drive it after she bought it (I had my license), but not her son.
Both of our families owned companies where the car insurance for multiple households within each family was a corporate policy.
This was in the 1970s. The car was a Fiat, and it was the car in which I learned to drive a manual.
Brand new Fiat 124 Abarth. I remember the Fiat 124 from way back in the day. Yes, it was just as unreliable as all of the jokes indicate, but it was a very pretty car, fun to drive, and in a very small class of such fun, lightweight convertible sports cars.
The new one is a Mazda Miata underneath, so it is dead nuts reliable. The engine is a fiat 4-cylinder of 160HP. We'll see how unreliable it is.
The Fiat 124 uses the FCA 1.4L MultiAir motor and Aisan transmissions and the MX-5 uses their own 1.5L SkyActive motor and transmissions. Although there have not been any complaints on the FCA combination, one can't say it's all Mazda underneath.
The Fiat 124 uses the FCA 1.4L MultiAir motor and Aisan transmissions and the MX-5 uses their own 1.5L SkyActive motor and transmissions. Although there have not been any complaints on the FCA combination, one can't say it's all Mazda underneath.
The 1.5 is the base engine in other markets with the 2.0 optional, but here in the USA the 2.0 is the only engine available.
Last night, while driving home, I saw a 1967 Pontiac Catalina (finally got close enough to the side to see the model name). It had a rag top. I wasn't aware that was an option on a Catalina, thinking maybe before I saw the emblem it was a Bonneville or an Executive at the very least. Car was red and had Louisiana tag 1966-1967. I knew it was a 67 by the body form. First old car I've seen in a while.
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