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The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:

> On 02/04/2026 21:11, rbowman wrote:
> > On Thu, 2 Apr 2026 12:05:46 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
> > 
> >> British sports cars and British and German luxury brands were all that
> >> ever made it over., And VW bugs for some reason.
> > 
> > Fiat is still trying. I see one of the new 500s around town. After my
> > short fling with a Spider I have no interest in Fiats. Italian body
> > designs are great, engineering not so great.
>
> Actually the Fiat Punto was one of the best handling hatchbacks of its
> time, for the first two years before it rusted away.
> 
> They are very good designs but made out of metaqllised toilet paper, so
> very light but they simply did not last.  [...]

That was characteristic of many Italian cars of that era.  I was told
that Italian manufacturers in those days were obliged to use mostly
recycled steel which, being full of impurities, was subject to a lot of
electrochemical corrosion.

Muggins here bought a Lancia Beta HPE just before the news broke 
about engines falling out because of rotten engine mounts.  To be fair,
it drove very well until something went wrong with the electronic engine
management and it lost the sparkle from its performance.

-- 
^Ï^.          Sn!pe, bird-brain.          My pet rock Gordon just is.

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