General yanks chattin bout stilo.

[Lorddean]

Found this while trawling.

Thought it might be interesting to some of you guys! dunno what other fiat stuffs on there...

http://forums.autoweek.com/thread.jspa?forumID=31&threadID=14080&start=0&tstart=0



"That Stilo would make an excellent Pontiac" -----read it and weep .

 

[Deckchair5]

The absolutely love the Stilo in Brazil. Car of the year no less

http://www.italiancar.com.au/pilot/art037.htm

They love them here in Bath too. Along a street near me this morning there were around 15 parked cars in the road, 3 of them were Stilos!
People have a taste for style here too!

 

[SLOVAC]

the reason we aren't seeing Fiats on the street here is that they suck.

Sounds like the yanks really don't like Fiats. In typical fashion they are basing there impressions on data that is 20 years old (Fiat left US in 1982), and they come across as knowing everything there is about the brand. All I can do is laugh at them....

 

[The Negotiator]

They drive American cars like that Ford pick up, enough said.

 

[SLOVAC]

They drive American cars like that Ford pick up, enough said.

Nah... I think dirivng a car/thing (Hummer H2) where the fuel consumption can only be calculated in gallons per mile instead of miles per gallon is funnier to me

I just finished reading the whole thread on that US forum... as expected, by the end of the discussion the guys were basically declaring war on each other

Thanks for the link LordDean I love reading comedy on a Monday afternoon!

 

[The Negotiator]

I too read it and laughed at how so many were happy to state Fiats were rubbish after not seeing one for over 25 years! At least in the UK people have kept seeing them.

 

[Big Black Stilo]

if thats the new shape Stilo, I wont be buying one. Its minging. Looks like a citroen C5 mated with a PT Cruiser and then that offspring mated with the love child of a peugeot 407 and a vauxhall astra, then that offspring had cosmetic surgery go wrong whilst trying to shape its arse like a Bravo

 

[Koa]

if thats the new shape Stilo, I wont be buying one. Its minging. Looks like a citroen C5 mated with a PT Cruiser and then that offspring mated with the love child of a peugeot 407 and a vauxhall astra, then that offspring had cosmetic surgery go wrong whilst trying to shape its arse like a Bravo

It's not as bad as you think it is, especially in nicer colours. Take a look on this thread.
https://www.fiatforum.com/showthread.php?t=28340&highlight=stilo+2006

 

[Big Black Stilo]

That little triangle of glass and the door mirror look ****

 

[kev1]

let the americans keep their trucks and truly ugly cars and let them pat themselves on the back at getting 21mpg out of a 6.2 engine. The last thing we want is for more of their pickups over here.

If fiat returned to america (its potentially biggest market) it will start to design cars that end up looking like every other car on the road

 

[SLOVAC]

if thats the new shape Stilo, I wont be buying one. Its minging. Looks like a citroen C5 mated with a PT Cruiser and then that offspring mated with the love child of a peugeot 407 and a vauxhall astra, then that offspring had cosmetic surgery go wrong whilst trying to shape its arse like a Bravo

LMAO

 

[cmc]

I actually think it's a great looking car. Only thing is that is very similar to the new leon.

cmc

 

[Big Black Stilo]

Compared with the current one, its a minger.

 

[SLOVAC]

Compared with the current one, its a minger.

Excuse my ignorance... but what is a "minger"? (English is not my first language, and UK slang is not even my 5th)

 

[Big Black Stilo]

Someone, or something that is ugly/disgusting/rank

comes in the form of ming/minger/mings/minging

as in that fart was minging

That womans a minger

That new Stilo is minging

see also www.mingers.com

 

[Bo~Select@]

:yeahthat: Lol

 

[Lorddean]

i did wonder where this thread would go, but with the minger definition it has certainly exceeded all expectations!

The only car the yanks would probably pay attention to would be the new chroma but even then they wouldn't appreciate it. Fiat would be wasting thier time going over there and it'd probably kill the company off for good.

 

[serin]

whos this SeaX19 on that forum???

he must be on here, cuz he showed us as good examples of Fiat-specific sites