#Minicar La Dogana di Livorno ha sequestrato 134 esemplari del quadriciclo elettrico #Fiat#Topolino di #Stellantis (derivato dalla Ami Citroen) provenienti dal Marocco dove sono costruiti, perché portavano una etichetta della bandiera tricolore italiana, in possibile "fallace indicazione sull’origine del prodotto" (articolo 4, comma 49, della Legge finanziaria del 2004). Il ministro competente, Urso:"La legge è uguale per tutti, in ogni settore"
Ancora problemi per #Stellantis nel suo rapporto con il "Made in Italy". Il 15 maggio, 119 #Fiat Topolino e 15 Fiat Topolino Dolcevita, sono stati sequestrati dalla Guardia di finanza e dall'Agenzia delle dogane e dei monopoli al porto di Livorno.
Le macchine riportavano degli adesivi con la bandiera italiana. Per questo motivo è stata contestata la "fallace indicazione sull’origine del prodotto". Ricordiamo che la Fiat Topolino viene prodotta in Marocco.
Today, we’re back at Techno Classica Essen 2014, with the pretty little Fiat 850 Coupé, which was based on the Fiat 600. The 850 Coupé was designed by Fiat itself, and was first introduced at the Geneva Motor Show in 1965.
Today, we’re looking at Fiat’s mid-engined X1/9. I should logically have done this one after I covered the Fiat 128 as it uses the 128’s engine and gearbox shifted to the rear - rather in the manner of the later Metro/MGF ‘flip’ I also featured recently. The X1/9, introduced in 1972, was designed, and later manufactured, by Bertone. It carried that company’s badge, rather than Fiat’s, from 1982. I saw this one at Techno Classica Essen in 2014.
More sporty Fiats today with these two quite similar Fiat 500s that have been given the Abarth treatment. On the left, a 500 “upgraded with the Abarth Classiche 595 Engine Tuning Kit” and on the right, one “with Abarth ‘record’ tuning”. Both cars were on display at Techno Classica in Essen in 2019.
In 2016, Fiat introduced the 124 Spider, which was designed to capture something of the character of the 1966 124 Sport Spider I featured yesterday. This car was based on Mazda’s MX-5/Miata and manufactured by Mazda as well. But the appearance was modified quite a bit, and the engines came from Fiat too. Geek point - the cooperation with Mazda was initially aimed at producing an Alfa, not a Fiat. Snapped at the Geneva Motor Show in 2016.
Most Autobianchis sold in small volumes. The exception was the 1969 A112 hatch, which was seen in significant numbers all over Europe in the 1970s. It stayed in production until 1986. Under the skin, it borrowed much from the larger Fiat 128, and also provided the basis for Fiat’s own pioneering super-mini, the 127. Always really liked these. This one was at Automotoretro in Turin in 2016.
Today, the most important car most people have never heard of, the 1964 Autobianchi Primula. Fiat often used Autobianchi as a test-bed for new ideas - one of those was the end-on gearbox set-up later used in the Fiat 128. You’ll read a lot of stuff this year about how ‘innovative’ the Volkswagen Golf is as it celebrates its fiftieth anniversary - but the Primula, also available as a hatch, had it all ten years before. Pic details: see alt txt
Do people just argue for the sake of it? This person took issue with what I wrote and when I asked them to explain, we wind up pretty much with what I originally said. #Reddit#car#Fiat#Tofaş
Now we’re on the subject, I thought I’d do a few more sporty Fiats. This is the 128 3P Coupé, which I snapped at Automotoretro in Turin in 2016. The ‘3P’ is a reference to the three-door hatchback body. The original 128 coupé was launched in 1971 as a two-door fastback, with the 3P hatch being introduced later on. Based on the Fiat 128 saloon/sedan, but with a shorter wheelbase. Orange.
Italian verve #Fiat has brought the 500 bang up to date as the 500e, an electric #car with plenty of Italian style and character. And, as Jack Yan found out, you can forget about range anxiety
Reminder that BEVs are still a fad. The will eventually drop out of the market, despite all of the hype. People will want normal cars, and if ICE cars are to be replaced, it will be something that work identically to ICE cars.
Today in Labor History March 29, 1973: Workers launched a wildcat strike and occupation of Fiat plants at Mirafiori. This came during a wave of Italian student and worker protests going back to the 1960s.
Each one of my #LimitedEdition#Handmade#Human illustrated #Bitcoin#GreetingCard sets will be numbered with a nostr note ID and stamped with my seal.
Note IDs are long, but inmutable, searchable, & recorded #forever in the nostr protocol, so the note ID will be included on the box (for a set), or in a separate tag inside the card (for individual cards).
I will be limiting sets to 21 sets of 12 cards.
Hence the need to number and record them for posterity in #Nostr.
I will also limit individual cards, but I'm unsure to how many.
Why limited edition:
Because they do take time to make. I do invest energy, time, love, creativity in making them. I also want to remain creative. Limiting the output will force me to innovate and continue designing different ones, keeping me challenged and getting my brain juices flowing.
Where will they be available?
Plebeian.market when I open my stall. I will have information about my cards on my website as well, but primarily for informative purposes. isabelsydow.art
Will you accept Fiat?
I don't think so. The truth? It will depend on your constraints & the situation. I will work with you, but I honestly am trying to contribute to the bringing of a Bitcoin #economy & I don't want us to perpetuate the eternal #violence of #fiat.
Does anyone know if there's a way to max out the volume on an iPhone when bluetooth-ing to an already paired car audio system? It basically just stays at the volume it was at pre-pair, even if it was at zero. #iPhone#Fiat
See, this is exactly how it happens. This is the reasoning being employed today, right?
Giovanni Agnelli, FIAT WWII:
“The Agnelli family say that Giovanni never believed in fascism and was only with Mussolini for business reasons. They saw themselves living in an amoral world, and he was only doing what anyone smart would do.…
“Blue states like California and New York have high housing costs in part because these states tend to house “superstar” industry #clusters like #SiliconValley, #Hollywood, and #WallStreet.”
Always admire this #Fiat Premier Padmini #car and the owner when I walk past it - takes some sorta stubbornness (and love) to keep such an old car like this still running and so well maintained.
Small trivia for non-Indians: Before liberalization, Indians could have only two cars - this one and the Hindustan Ambassador. @mastodonindians