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I really hope this (Exhibit 128) is an student comp(rehensive layout) or Onion® product. But if it is one of a paid campaign (in testing), I hope most of all this make and model will be comfortably priced to fit the budget of the sophomoric consumer for whom it is apparently designed. Say, the maximum "cash for clunker" credit, valued $6,000.


Source: R.Dawg

The value proposition (if true) is invisible. The execution is absurd on several levels of design including but not limited to illustration. So a tidy portrait of the creative direction of green economy in the US.

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by Cat on Tue Jun 30th, 2009 at 03:59:58 PM EST
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I'm actually quite excited about this car coming to the states.  Fiat does make some neat-looking stuff.

And it won't cost twenty five to thirty grand like a Mini.

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin

by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Wed Jul 1st, 2009 at 06:41:34 AM EST
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It is a very nice car to drive - roomier than you'd think. It also has a bluetooth connection that recognizes your mobile when you get in and enables built-in hands-free.

We have one parked outside ;-)

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by Sven Triloqvist on Wed Jul 1st, 2009 at 06:55:20 AM EST
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According to Wiki, there's an electric version that can go 55 miles on a single charge, too.

That I would give some serious thought to.  We'd never have to buy gas again.

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin

by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Wed Jul 1st, 2009 at 07:54:29 AM EST
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US passenger cars used 75 million gallons in 2006. Average miles per gallon = 22.4. The Fiat 500 does 56 mpg. You yanks should all buy Fiats. QED.

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by Sven Triloqvist on Wed Jul 1st, 2009 at 08:46:52 AM EST
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I rented one this week-end, it did 6.3l/100km (ie close to 40mpg) on full highway driving (at roughly 120kpm/75mph) averages. It was indeed roomy and comfortable.

In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes
by Jerome a Paris (etg@eurotrib.com) on Wed Jul 1st, 2009 at 11:03:13 AM EST
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