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Where do you insert the coins?
Tragedy. Where’s the stick?
What a fun little car this has to be. I wouln’t be complaining if it were in my driveway.
“Where do you insert the coins?”
I’ll take a stab at this one. See the center console stack where you would expect a shifter to be? The round area with two two smaller round slots. In there. Probably only takes 1€ coins.
Guess it makes sense in Italy.
Triumph or Tragedy? Since it’s an Abarth the answer is both. It will be insanely fun to drive, but it will also have some major detail overlooked, like not being able to get into the back seat, or difficulty in keeping the engine cool.
Its like having a crazy friend who gets you into trouble but also has given you more memories than anyone else.
Wish I could afford one.
I love the steering wheel! It’s hot, hot, hot.
come to daddy
It comes with a sign that says:
“You must be THIS HIGH to ride”
But it’s a maximum height.
Seriously, it’s like a white T Shirt with a Ralph Lauren Polo logo on it. It derives more value from the logo than from what the object itself.
“ Ask the Best and Brightest: Triumph or Tragedy? ”
RICE
But at least the thing has power to match the looks.
Where do you insert the coins?
EPIC!!!!
There must be as many special editions of the Fiat 500 than there are special edition Mustangs.
I guess the interior is no less busy and overdone than the Mini and it seems to sell just fine.
“Triumph or Tragedy? Since it’s an Abarth the answer is both.” – COTD!
This is the British girl with slightly bad teeth and an AMAZING body. Or the crazy Italian one, with red hair and a 20 year old Alfa who is batshit insane sometimes, or the german girl with no sense of humor, but amazing legs.
You tell your friends at the bad you wouldn’t, that you have higher standards, that you wouldn’t give in. And then you ride all night long in douche bag sunglasses and a pink shirt. You fit the role, because occasionally it feels good, and it’s good for you.
I’d like mine in black on red though plz.
carbon fiber is played out, but oh does that look like a fun little car.
I agree with wgmleslie>
No stick = no buy.
Are the Italians sourcing their interiors to MINI now?
If there’s any tragedy here at all, my guess is it has to do with the application of the “Ferrari” name. Shame on Fiat for that little WTF.
I’d like it just fine with a manual trans and no carbon fiber.
Are there (at least) paddle shifters?
Don’t worry; at the next SEMA show there will be a vendor selling a ‘carbon fibre removal kit’ for the Abarth.
Whether or not this is a car you like or dislike, the sad part is, it will never have a prayer of sitting in the showroom down at your local Chrysler dealer. That’s the tragedy.
^too true Commando; the Philistines!
Another interior designed by the boom-box engineers at JVC. I once owned a Fiat Spyder. Now that car had a classy interior designed by real Italians.
http://tiny.cc/N5DMe
I don’t think that interior is up to modern fit and finish standards, but admittedly, I’ve never sat in one.
Can I get a major league “ewwww” for that steering wheel?
It looks like it’s going to have a lot of rattles and squeaks eminating from the dashboard in about 10,000 miles.
no stick = tragedy
Only BMW are allowed to make cars that are Triumphs.
Word has it the next MINI will be a triumphant!
Oh, the Rocky Horror!
Those two buttons aren’t the coin slot. The top one is for puree, the bottom one is for coarse chop.
You pay via the slot under the center air vents. $100 bills please, no change.
If it’s a Triumph, it has to be the new Vitesse. It’s a tragedy for Fiat otherwise.
Sometimes less really is more.
I had a Logitech Steering wheel like that.