Comments on: La Dolce Vita: Italy's 20 Greatest (plus five duds)

By: Damage

Damage — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 04:25:16 +0000

Fiat 500 style icon no matter what

By: dave

dave — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 18:42:58 +0000

How many have you actually driven?

By: Granville

Granville — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 18:41:55 +0000

Having owned and/or driven the following: - 127 sport, alfasud, strada cabrio, supermirafiori, x1/9, cinquecento sporting, uno turbo, 128 3p, lancia beta coupe/hpe, lancia monte carlo, lancia thema, lancia integrale, fiat 500L, alfetta, 127 special, 127 1050, tipo 1.9TDi, uno 1.7D, tempra, bravo, brava, superstrada, etc. etc. I agree!
Every time there is a survey like this, all the results are based on pipe-dreams and not realism...

For the record, the alfasud had the most sublime steering and handling, the 127 sport was the most under-developed supermini ever (almost deadly in the hands of an enthusiastic 17 y.o.!) I test drove a main dealers' integrale for 1 mile before it broke-down!
FIAT have such a poor dealer coverage where I live (North Yorkshire) these days that its' simply not viable to own one.

By: John

John — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 08:46:04 +0000

Whoever decided the Alfasud was a dud clearly never drove one. It is the sweetest handling front wheel drive car ever. Period.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 21:03:40 +0000

so where are the 20 greatest car’s ? i can see the 25 dud’s

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By: David Wilson

David Wilson — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 20:20:38 +0000

I like the Multipla (pre-facelift anyway), but it seems we are in a minority!

By: Adam

Adam — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 19:30:25 +0000

I resent the fact the 500 and Countach are in the 5 undesirable cars list. The other three deserve it though.

Well done for including the Stratos, possibly my favorite car of all time.

By: ciaran

ciaran — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 08:04:36 +0000

Well I love the 131 sport, what a car, velvet inside, dark green lighting to the dash board, the colours such as the bright orange, or the dark gray. with tinted windows, awesome car a real classic, the simple engine, and design.
But I can’t go without a word for the 128 3P a little pretender lol

By: Luke

Luke — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 18:31:34 +0000

Where are the Pre FIAT Lancias?

First Monocoque body? The sliding Pillar Lancia Lambda. Most famous car in Tintin? The B20 Aurelia.

And Rally car that put Lancia on the map long before Stratos? The wonderful FULVIA HF — an example of which I just raced at Cadwell and matched race E type 3.8 litre lap times!