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Fiat 500 meets its ancestor video

Fiat 500 meets its ancestor video

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How does Fiat's new TwinAir compare to the 500? Grey: Is the new Fiat 500 a good small car? Absolutely not. In no way does it resemble a small car, neither does it have the character of the original. Sure the old one rots to buggery & requires double de-clutching to change gear. I'll always give the original more admiring glances than the new punto based car. I've never driven an original 500 but I've driven a new one & it is horrible. The driving position is too high, you can't see the ends of it, the clutch is horrid in delicate manouvers (which is more important to me given as I work at a body shop where we put the cars away every nice & have to get them in as tightly & as neatly as possible) & the gear change is about as crisp as a spoon in porridge. That is why I'm always glad when I get back to my old Mk2 Fiesta which is fun to drive, easy to fathom & very comfortable
Date: 2022-04-17

Comments and reviews: 9


both are amazing but i grew up with original fiat 500 the OG so i wut love to drive OG Fiat 500 the problem is im too tall im 6. 6 feet tall so i cant drive it; ( thats why i bought Zastava 750 or as Balkans call it Fiat 600 its a bit tall and longer then original one but i dont mind driving the new fiat 500. but the thing is its a bit tall and longer which is a good thing for what they did to it but again it is sapoust to be small but i dont mind driving new one not newest no i prefer old cars so im happy with Zastava 750
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I feel like the new 500 gets a lot of crap for no reason. Half the people I talk/listen to complain about it being too small. The other half complain about it not being as small as the original. When it comes to 2 door, 4 seat cars, the new 500 is about as small as it gets when it comes to modern vehicles.
I do love the classic 500, but I wouldn't want to own one. I doubt those little 17hp cars would fair well in a mountain area. Plus not being able to do 65 is kind of a deal breaker.

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I had one built about 1968. My first car, taught me how to use a gear box. Synchromesh on the way up crash on the way down. Changing down you needed to get the road speed and engine speed right. As for the top speed I had four in and we reached 70 mph in about 5 minutes. 50 mpg plus. Great first car and fun to drive but I doubt many young people could drive one today.
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As silly as it looks, I still love my 500 Abarth! Sure, I catch hell for driving a tiny car in America, but I don't care because this car ALWAYS puts a smile on my face. That glorious exhaust note, the surprising quickness and the ability to make believers out of people who know nothing about it or do not like it all put a smile on my face.
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You don't know ass from a hole in the ground-
Phoenix to north LA county in a fiat 500.
CAR TRAIN; three to six cars in close formation to keep the big rigs from
cutting you off. 85 mph +
The little fiat leads the pace.
Wide open roads in Arizona. what would a brittunculi know about that? LOL

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The BMC Mini was the best small car ever made, it handled better, drove better, had more room than, and was much more successful than the Fiat 500 ever was.
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Twin Air engine is amazing, I had a Lounge Model it was so quick, so fast! It flew along the highways here in Australia overtaking everything in its path!
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why do they always choose tall persons to review these small cars and by so doing, make them look even smaller then they are!
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I bet 0to 60 in the new twin air is less dan 11sec. you really need too know how to drive it, it's like driving a scooter
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