In fairness, those big sales figures come because it’s a car fresh onto the market. The longer the car has been out, the more have popped up on the secondhand market, thus diluting new sales. Lack of a restyle doesn’t help much either, though how one would restyle a 500 (or Smart for that matter) is an interesting…

“with the ability to carry 4 people with cargo in the trunk” Yeah, it’s *possible* but deeply unpleasant and best only for a few blocks. I’ve sat in the back seat of my own 500, there’s like an inch of padding between ass and bare metal and your knees have nowhere to go, even when you’re 5'4.” You can carry a fair…

They bring in a whole lot more people than Smarts. Where I live, there’s actually more Fiats than Minis, likely because the nearest Mini dealer is a 5 hour drive while Fiat is right in town. If you want a small car, you’re probably in a 500 here.

Know the feel, Fiat is mostly in the same boat, but with historical reliability issues added. Great cars, but they are definitely more urban vehicles. Smart also suffers from a lack of dealer network. While a Fiat can be serviced at Chrysler/Jeep/Dodge of Po Dunk in a pinch because it’s more or less a Dodge Dart, a…

I’m not a huge fan of the big inflatable party slide type things and these just seem like an overgrown version with an added pile of bodies to smash into at the bottom. I’m sure it’s great if the plane is on fire, as I said, it’s better than the alternative of burning to death, but it really doesn’t look like fun to…

Seconded. When I travel, the handbag I take is very small, kept at my feet, and full of the more critical things I tend to travel with such as wallet, documents, phone, and keys. It takes zero time to grab it and is nowhere close to large enough to obstruct anyone so yeah, in an emergency, I WOULD take it.

Hmm, there’s often a clearly drag prepped Mustang parked on my block and I do have some extra halloween hand-sticking-out-of-dirt decorations. Perhaps I should add a little sharpie blood and stick it in his grille for a laugh. Is it still breaking the “never touch another mans car” rule if it’s done carefully and in…

That’s what I was thinking, I think you have to trek into base camp on the Nepalese side.

My uncle spent a good part of his career in Russia and central asia just after the fall of the Soviet Union, if I showed up in a Lada, I think he would die laughing.

I’ve always kinda noped out at the thought of airplane slides (granted, the alternative is obviously worse) and that just confirms it. 0/10, do not want to ride.

Seems this dude went via China/Tibet.

Well, the husband won’t mind and the plan is to get one of these in a few years once they’ve depreciated, but I will admit I now want to borrow it less.

My nextdoor neighbors are Russian immigrants. I wanna roll up in a Lada some day and see their faces.

I aint even care it’s police “spec,” my want for a Le Car is waaay too strong.

I think you’re asking how many Jalops are millenials and/or divorced.*

I don’t even own a watch and it prolly has more power than my car

I read somewhere that the “computer” in my 82 Corvette is capable of a whopping 60 calculations per second!

Never thought Fiat would be smarter than Caterham, at least half the buttons on my wheel are on the back side.

I literally took the road straight from north of Denver to just about Dallas, haha

I have a Collectors Edition Corvette resplendent with such badges. It also says “crossfire injection” down the sides.