Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,alt.comp.os.windows-11 Subject: Re: Cars, engines... Date: 14 Dec 2025 08:50:24 GMT Lines: 17 Message-ID: References: <10guib0$1ai5r$1@dont-email.me> <10h15ek$2cgcb$1@dont-email.me> <10h6jb8$5cd2$1@dont-email.me> <51ahjklsu5lfhmac7rm518jqgb7g2h2n5c@4ax.com> <10hbi4e$1di3b$12@dont-email.me> <10hgacn$2nb2a$1@dont-email.me> <10hhd0a$30anl$6@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net f513PtcS47ghG2pqNV0tCAxAgKXPGga9+Yxl+aVK4cUz30qWrA Cancel-Lock: sha1:/dtYjtILHQesm3+zPKv2IeB8Rvo= sha256:rtJ0KxC/We3SK5TFVz1BA4e9cm+DDAUbyiOEkfbgcos= User-Agent: Pan/0.162 (Pokrosvk) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:79060 alt.comp.os.windows-11:28394 On Sun, 14 Dec 2025 03:48:51 -0000 (UTC), Lars Poulsen wrote: > On 2025-12-13, rbowman wrote: >> There are a couple of the new 500s around town. I don't know how that's >> working out for the people. > > The new Fiat 500 (which like the new Minis are a lot bigger han the > original ones) have sold decently through the Chrysler (now Stellantis) > distribution, and I would expect the Chrysler network to stock spares > for them. I see some irony in my Toyota Yaris being closer to the original Mini concept than the rather expensive reinvention. The same can be said for the new Beetle and 500. Watching the originals in the SCCA races at Limerock was fun. They could embarrass much more powerful classes when the going go twisty.