General Mini 500c roadtest

[keeforelli]

Those sites all steal stories off each other so as not to be caught out and be seen to be behind the other sites.

As I said the 500c shell probably wouldn't be rigid enough for an Abarth so they'd have to retool the production line so it's not simply a case of Mario saying to Luigi "Letsa go and a makea an Abartha 500a ca. Eh Luigi! Go and email Janusz in tychy and tell him to start putting Abarth engines and suspension in the 500c shells". This is one of the reasons why 500c's are being delayed, Fiat simply couldn't afford to shut down parts of the production line to retool for the 500c's as they had full order books for the Panda, 500, Abarth and Ka.

Sadly logic and reasoning is lost on most people here so I'll give up and let time prove me right that there will be no Abarth 500c or that if there is one it's not as good a car as the hatchback Abarth 500. It frustrates me greatly when I try and show a reasoned argument and someone comes along and attempts to combat it with stuff like "would you rather have a 500C or an Abarth 500C?" or "I can't see why not". I can't see why I don't have a bedroom full of horny supermodels but that doesn't mean if I go next door they'll be waiting.

Also AFAIK the Abarth coupe/roadster has been shelved for the forseeable future due to the current economic climate. If I had to guess at a new Abarth model I'd say a roadster is far more likely than a 500c.

maxi, im quite puzzled as to why you seem so keen to prove there wont be a 500c abarth?

i mean none of us are fiat product planners/engineers....so its all, your opinion included pure speculation!

however, to rubbish autocar as a source for info is a bit shortsighted, many many of their scoops i seen followed thru to creation...they do have industry info and sources from years and years of publication/networking

its far more respected than the likes of auto express.

We will see- i would like to see you promise to metaphorically 'eat your hat' if the 500c abarth is released, and its good to drive!

ps you have two threads now on the same thing...moderator aware!..ive been slapped for this by you before!