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Brazilian Uno Caught on Video
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Marcelo de Vasconcellos
(IC: employee)
Published: July 11th, 2010
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As part of our ongoing coverage of the new Fiat Uno, undoubtedly Fiat’s Brazil most important launch yet (see here and here and here, too), not to mention the biggest launch this year in our market, I’m bringing you this little video of the car. Grab your dictionaries and for those of you knowledgeable in Spanish, can you make anything out? Priceless the faces this car provokes on the streets (as you can see at the very end of the video).
Fiat honchos have promised me a car to test drive. Until it happens (the World Cup is over, so things are coming back to normal), take the video like an aperitivo. The video is courtesy of Brazilian website vrum.com.br.
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Published July 11th, 2010 5:12 AM
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There are 2-3 decades I wait for something exciting from Fiat. Still nothing. This looks like the basic transportation with nothing to excel. Good, but not good enough. For some reason the exterior makes me think that it was designed in the '90s. The new 500 is an exception ( I have to say I like it a lot) but it's a redo not a new concept. Italians have innovative designers with a lot of talent, and vision, still I don't understand why Fiat doesn't know how to make good use of them.
Hi guya, Thanks for the interest. remeber those mileage figures were for mixed city/highway. Also keep in mind that that's with BRAZILIAN gasoline. So low grade stuff with an ethanol content that can legally vary between 22% and 29%. So, with high grade PURE gasoline, you're looking at numbers anywhere from 25 to 35% better. Case in point is Educatordan's question. The Ecotech GM engine, though fine and durable is considered quite the thirsty pig when it comes to consumption. The joke is buy a car with one but be sure to buy a gas station, too. Stingray, he said the plastics look hard but feel nice to the touch. So for this price and category of car in Brazil, win, win! Much better than competition, trust me (have you seen the plastics in a |GM celta????) As to Fiat quality, Fiat and Volkswagen are the go to brands here. In other words. They've got the brand (and that means market trusts and believesd in them). Kinda crazy but maybe with live in some kind of bizarro world. Carlos, you got the original Fiat 500 in Chile, didn't you? Well, think of it in this vein and it'll start to make sense. And really, no comparison between it (or things like the Citroen C2 or VW Beetle) and the Uno. The Uno is the modern incarnation of cars like that. And much, much better. Hope to have clarified your doubts.
Marcelo, sorry to hijack, but I just checked your local Chevy site and the Omega is not available for sale. Are you having any import restriction over there or it's done by quotas?
I understand the awkwardly high ground clearance, but what's with the ginormous d-pillars? Do carmakers insist these days that drivers have the largest blind spots possible?