Commentary: Constructive Criticism for Fiat

**nadepalma** · 12-31-2007, 01:34 PM

I thought this was pretty good:

http://www.autoobserver.com/2007/12/...l-ce.html#more

Hope you all enjoy it...

Bravada · 01-01-2008, 07:32 AM

A rather meaningless composition of well-known facts and popular cliches. I hate it when journalism = filling out empty colums.

One good point he makes is that when engineers run a car company, nothing good comes out of it. Another example - VAG.

As to Fiat not having success in large cars - obvious. I believe the Lancia turnaround should start with a stab at the midsize/compact executive class, with a Passat-rivalling sedan, be it on the Alfa Premium Epsilon or Croma Epsilon platform, or on the stretched Bravo's (after all, Passat is now back to being a larger Golf) chassis - but not the pregnant tapir-shaped minivan nobody wants.

12-31-2007, 01:34 PM	#1 (permalink)
nadepalma GMI Staff Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: NJ Posts: 5,579	Commentary: Constructive Criticism for Fiat I thought this was pretty good: http://www.autoobserver.com/2007/12/...l-ce.html#more Hope you all enjoy it... __________________ Email: nadepalma@gminsidenews.com "La vita è come un albero di Natale..c'è sempre qualcuno che ti rompe le palle!" "You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves" -Abraham Lincoln "Democracy is the worst form of government except for all those others that have been tried" -Winston Churchill "In my many years I have come to a conclusion that one useless man is a shame, two is a law firm, and three or more is a Congress" -John Adams

01-01-2008, 07:32 AM	#2 (permalink)
Bravada 70 MPG Two Mode Saturn Hybrid Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Warsaw, Poland Posts: 10,732	Re: Commentary: Constructive Criticism for Fiat A rather meaningless composition of well-known facts and popular cliches. I hate it when journalism = filling out empty colums. One good point he makes is that when engineers run a car company, nothing good comes out of it. Another example - VAG. As to Fiat not having success in large cars - obvious. I believe the Lancia turnaround should start with a stab at the midsize/compact executive class, with a Passat-rivalling sedan, be it on the Alfa Premium Epsilon or Croma Epsilon platform, or on the stretched Bravo's (after all, Passat is now back to being a larger Golf) chassis - but not the pregnant tapir-shaped minivan nobody wants.

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