We had a very important important meeting about uh…procuring appropriate transportation for local firearms and shooting events in the Seattle/Metro area.
Fiat 500 Abarth, image from Fiat USA
Honestly, this little guy would make a perfect little friend for the official Gun Nuts car, because sometimes roads have these things in them called corners, and the best way to get a 400ish bhp Charger around a corner is sideways in a cloud of tire smoke. While that’s freaking sweet and whatnot, it’s also not entirely practical at 4pm in traffic.
We will now return to your regularly scheduled gun content. Now excuse me while I go see if there’s a way to mount an M249 on a Fiat 500 Abarth.
Did you see the commercial for this during the superbowl? Awesome!
I think that’s why this got posted.
FYI that commercial has been around for a while, surprised airing it in the States they didn’t subtitle it though.
We’ve actually blogged about that commercial here on Gun Nuts before – it’s been on TV in the States before. I think that subtitling it would make it lose a lot of its humor.
Yeah, I forgot to mention that originally. That’s where I’d learned of it first. It’s good in the foreign language or subtitled, no doubt. I don’t know about you but humor isn’t exactly the emotion that pops in my head first…
Hadn’t seen it on TV before here. Oh well, great spot though and was glad to see it make a Super Bowl slot.
More like mounting a Fiat to the M249.:)
Good thing you’re mostly a pistol shooter, but larger cars have problems carrying gun cases, too.
When I went to the range in my Sebring convertible, the trunk was too small for my case. The car was too narrow to lay it across the backseat I had to put the top down so I could lay my riflecase on the floor at an angle and then put the roof up. :)
I guess if you don’t have to transport any long guns… :D
I would rather have the new Shelby Stang with 800+ HP from factory plus you would get to destination quicker. The fiat is kind of nice but it is not American remember the job you save may be your own.Auto workers might read your thread now that gun nuts is getting out to more Gun lovers!
I think that’s why it’s being viewed as an accompaniment to the Charger rather than a singular car purchase of its own!
Which is why I drive a Dodge Charger…
Of course Fiat now owns Crystler/Dodge so…
um, anyway I saw a rerun of TopGear last night that featured this in the SS package. Interesting car, lots of fun for not much money. I’m still a fan of the American muscle car, but it is tempting to get something like this or a mini and find a twisted up road somewhere to push it to the limits.