New Fiat....
 

...the new Fiat 500L just introduced in Europe comes with a Lavazza espresso maker built in as standard equipment. Just read this while waiting for my dentist.

Can you say "brillant"?

Fiat adds built-in espresso coffee machines to new cars | Mail Online

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La caffettiera Lavazza della nuova Fiat 500L - YouTube

Direct competition to the Suzuki Cappuccino, perhaps ?

Brilliant!

Great, one more device in a car not related to driving it. More distractions. Just wait for the first lawsuit for hot coffee in the lap.

Hope the WHOLE CAR IS MADE BETTER THEN THE LOT B4 them in the 70 and early 80s !
My god they fell apart !
I had a repair shop..always and always fiats were there !
K memebers broke on the spiders.
Transmissions on the X19
On and on.Hope they learned...........................LOL

^ I don't see what those cars from 30-40 years ago having any relevance to anything they make today.

That's like making blanket statements about Korean cars based on what they made 20 years ago.

lol :rolleyes:

Beat me to it...

I remember the first Pony (1984) were rust bucket but they are laughing now.

Lets see Vega Fell apart are they here?
pinto was no brainer dead..is it here?
Pontiac sun Bird is it here?
Gremlin
Citation
and 50 more.Just sayin //Hope they thought this through.......

This isn't exactly a brand new car. They've been selling these things in Europe since 2009 (maybe longer, I'm not sure anymore).

And lol. All of those cars you mentioned are all old as hell. In case you haven't noticed, no one is selling cars that are monumentally horrendous in build quality these days.

Better yet, why don't you go see for yourself?

What I am saying the Fiats fell apart BRAND NEW.Like a few others.
Never mind just let it go...................

Yeah. How long ago was that? You sound like a bitter old man.

Brilliant idea, yes. Fussy and poor execution in my opinion. Why not have an integration with the dash board/glovebox area so you don't have to look down and back while driving (because you know people will not limit their opportunities to when they're parked at a light)?

And don't get me started on the 500L....:rolleyes:

I had a 79 X1/9 which I drove for two years without reverse. Nice chassis in desperate search of an engine. I think it was 67 hp. My buddy and I put a 4 speed GM transaxle and a 13B rotary into it. Solved pretty much everything that was wrong. And I had reverse!

angela

Bragging rights, a catch or a hook in marketing terms.

Good for them, but they might not need something like that had the car been a better value.

no but i can say "f*cking stupid"

no one needs these kind of distractions. if you need this to keep awake on the road please pull over and take a walk

maybe make it so it works only when the engine if off, and parked. these kind of gadgets belong in the back of camper vans, or in the trunk for tailgaiting parties.

Ted,

this is the Italians, they drive crazy!

I love that they did this, it is so typical of a culture that just seems to know how to have a little bit of fun. They may have their faults but hell, a fiat with a latte machine, that is just nuts.

Could have done the same for cell phone but in the name of Freedom of Choice embedded in the US Constitution adopted on the 17 of September, 1787, part of my DNA... blah blah blah, not happening :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

Fiat
 

I think the Deluxe model has an Anchor Steam Tap.

Steve

73 911T MFI Coupe, Aubergine;)

Yes when they worked..LOL they were BRILLIANT !
AFAIK they were the 1st production car that could do 1G in a turn and hang in there......when they worked LOL