The car's weight

Posted by ciddyguy on
URL: http://fiat-500-usa-forum-archives.194.s1.nabble.com/The-car-s-weight-tp2810103.html

I've just realized tonight that the weight given in reviews seems to vary, and the Edmund's review quoted 2,430# curb weight, when I've heard on here and via Chrysler the car is more like 2,333# or so and other reviews have it being 2,360 or some other variation.

And as a commenter on the blog here itself commented about the lack of correct facts from many reviews/sources, sadly, this is becoming more and more prevalent in journalism itself as reporters don't research enough, or at all or simply don't listen intently enough to get facts right, nor do they seem to verify facts to ENSURE they are correct and the weight discrepancy is just one factor.

As you, Chris pointed out, there will always be those who have a negative viewpoint on certain cars, or as Michael Karesh over on the Truth About Cars site was found saying in his review of the car in March was that he's seeking that "fun factor" he once had with an old 1981 Civic, same for Muralee Martin at the same site when he once had an '85 Honda CRX (essentially a 2 seater Civic and currently drives a 1993 Honda split tailgate Civic with I think 105HP, but in a slightly larger 1.5L displacement motor) and while Muralee's review was less negative (his parents had note one, but 2 Fiat 128's in the early 70's when he was 7), both found the motor average at best. True to a point as the Fiats of today are more conventional than they used to be, but that is part and parcel to making your product sell-able, not just here in the US, but everywhere else too and to adhere to safety regulations, but not all is conventional (the window switches being placed on the shifter console) but the funky light switches of yore have since given way to the multi-use stalk that practically everyone else but a few marquees use for the lights these days.

As someone who's also driven a 2nd gen Civic once, it's hella fun for sure and yet, I found the Fiat the closest to what that Civic had, but with safety features that it never had and yet still be a fun car to drive. This high revving technique that Fiat requires isn't unusual, but is true of most small motored vehicles anyway due to to how the torque is created in such a small displacement configuration.