Car and Driver June issue

[jamesday24]

In the MINI you can have a digital display of your speed on the tachometer in front of you.

[RedVespaBlur]

kzod wrote

Where did you buy the 500c from?  And what type of deal offered?

Bought on Vancouver Island.  Expected to arrive prior to end of May.  I did not get much of a deal - but I think they will end up being popular and I will have it before summer.  I exchanged emails with a Calgary dealer who basically was offering a 500C for October.

[kzod]

Wow, getting it this month is crazy fast.  I assume you bought one already on order by the dealer?  I ordered mine on spec, with a guaranteed may build date.  So, I should get it by late June.

[RedVespaBlur]

kzod wrote

Wow, getting it this month is crazy fast.  I assume you bought one already on order by the dealer?  I ordered mine on spec, with a guaranteed may build date.  So, I should get it by late June.

Yeah, they actually had exactly what I wanted on order - Pearl White/Red Leather/automatic/Ivory so I put a deposit on it - I think before the unveiling in NY.  I think it was supposed to built/shipped ~19 April but its a long way to Canada.

Did you get a deal at all?

[Fiat500USA]

They built 792 Fiat 500c cabriolets last month.

[Fiat500USA]

I finally had time to read this. What a lousy review, then again, I never cared for John Phillips.  Too bad David E Davis didn't have a chance to review the 500 for Car and Driver.

David E Davis:

"...‎ Marchionne is quite different from most of his predecessors—more like Walter P. Chrysler …At some point, he’ll merge Chrysler with Fiat, and we’ll have better Chrysler products with access to some of the most desirable Alfa Romeos and Fiats. A new Fiat 500 is calling to the Davis family."
 -Car and Driver, Last paragraph, last column, April, 2011


Thanks Sam for posting that on your FB page.  

[Prima148]

The Mazda2, Fit, and Mini were on my short list.  Frankly the Mini was never gonna be my car unless I fell ass backwards into a wheelbarrow on money.