Fiat Compact Sedan to Debut at Istanbul Autoshow

Well the Coda was based on the Hafei Saibao which is based on the fifth gen Lancer/Mirage. The Mirage was built by Diamond Star Motors in Normal, IL during the late 90s-early 00s. This was a joint venture with Chysler, which is now owned by FCA. It is the full circle of $hittiness.

@bball40dtw You win today's game of "Six Degrees of Shitty OEM Tooling."

@bball40dtw Amazing info there! @Marcelo: we really do need that article on "The Origins and Genesis of FIAT vehicles 1995 - 2015". Worthy pursuit of the "truth" if you ask me.

@Vipul Singh They still sell Mitsubishi based Jeeps. They're selling ancient Mercedes based Chryslers, Dodges, and Maseratis. They have a current Mercedes based Jeep. They're getting ready to rebadge some Mazdas as Fiats. They've got some old GM bones under small vans sold as Rams and Fiats. They've got PSA DNA in their large vans. I'm sure I'm missing something.

@Mark Stevenson The body dies for the fabulous looking Cord 810/812 ended up being used to make the rather funny looking Hupmobile Skylark and Graham Hollywood. Not as unfortunate looking as the catfish looking Packardbakers of 1957 and 1958, but still not beautiful. Graham is my favorite unknown automaker. I love their Spirit of Motion aka Sharknose.

@CJinSD They say mutts make the healthiest dogs.

@CJinSD We used to have a Magnum R/T. It just seemed like a heavy car teetering around on the overwhelmed suspension of a much lighter car that had been costed out to the point where the transmission lacked a dipstick. With 100,000 miles, it rode like an NYC hack Crown Vic on its way to the shredder. Various dashboard components shape shifted with age to the point that they fell off too. OTOH, a friend has a CLS 500 of the same vintage and half the miles. He purchased it new, and its durability would have Rudolf Uhlenhaut spinning in his grave.

@CJinSD It seems like LX cars have improved a lot since they first came out. Much cheaper for Chrysler to refine the old car, than to start from scratch. Seems to be working, as twice-refreshed cars are getting much better reviews.