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EvanR
EvanR Dork
5/30/14 11:53 p.m.

I saw a nicely kitted-out 500 Abarth today. Adorning the back glass was a vinyl decal pronouncing the owner's affiliation with Sin City MoPars.

Without interjecting my own opinion, is a FIAT a MoPar?

Discuss.

Lancer007
Lancer007 HalfDork
5/31/14 12:11 a.m.

The oem filters say mopar on them so I guess so. Same family now anyways.

DanielCut
DanielCut New Reader
5/31/14 12:12 a.m.

Sounds like a little joke about Fiat owning Chrysler now or whatever. I dig it.

Trans_Maro
Trans_Maro UltraDork
5/31/14 12:25 a.m.

I guess that means a Ferrari is a Mopar too.

Just when I thought those Mopar owners couldn't get any more irritating..

neon4891
neon4891 UltimaDork
5/31/14 12:28 a.m.

Well, last I knew, the US market 500 is built in the Mexican neon/PT plant.

When I was car shopping last year the only new car I considered was a base 500. After 9 years and 2 neons, I considered buying an Italian car built in a Mexican Chrysler plant... What could go wrong But the real reason I didn't was the no autoX thing.

But it all reminds me of the Daimler merger, and dodges became benzes.

novaderrik
novaderrik PowerDork
5/31/14 2:55 a.m.
Trans_Maro wrote: I guess that means a Ferrari is a Mopar too. Just when I thought those Mopar owners couldn't get any more irritating..

Just wait 30 years when they start arguing about chalk marks on the firewall when they are restoring their 500's.. that will be irritating..

Grizz
Grizz UltraDork
5/31/14 5:30 a.m.
Trans_Maro wrote: I guess that means a Ferrari is a Mopar too. Just when I thought those Mopar owners couldn't get any more irritating..

We totally can.

mad_machine
mad_machine GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
5/31/14 9:34 a.m.
Trans_Maro wrote: I guess that means a Ferrari is a Mopar too. Just when I thought those Mopar owners couldn't get any more irritating..

Actually, most of the hard core mopar fans I work for.. do not consider the 500 a Chrysler product

Wally
Wally GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
5/31/14 9:54 a.m.

All the parts I bought came in Mopar boxes but my local Dodge dealer can't/won't get them for me.

stuart in mn
stuart in mn PowerDork
5/31/14 10:08 a.m.

Judging by their website, Mopar parts are available for the Fiat 500: http://www.mopar.com/fiat/500/2013/

bentwrench
bentwrench Reader
5/31/14 10:25 a.m.

Only our corporate over-lords can say for sure.

In my mind the 2 can NEVER be associated.

HappyAndy
HappyAndy UltraDork
5/31/14 11:18 a.m.
Trans_Maro wrote: I guess that means a Ferrari is a Mopar too. ..

Now Vipers really are red neck Ferraris!

And I would say that its the other way around, MOPARs are FIATs now.

1988RedT2
1988RedT2 PowerDork
5/31/14 11:37 a.m.

I should think most of the old-school Mopar guys with 440's and 383's would laugh at the notion of a Fiat being a Mopar. That may change after the last one dies of old age.

confuZion3
confuZion3 UltraDork
5/31/14 1:44 p.m.

After the 500 debuted in the U.S. there was a special Mopar car that I saw at the New York Auto Show. It might have been an optional package, but I don't remember. It was black with off-set blue stripes, a suede shifter, and lots of other neat doo-dads. It was pre-Abarth and super-cool.

Woody
Woody GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
5/31/14 1:52 p.m.

Fiats are actually tiny Plymouths.

Wally
Wally GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
5/31/14 2:29 p.m.

Nonsense, I'd never own a Plymouth.

MadScientistMatt
MadScientistMatt UberDork
5/31/14 4:10 p.m.
mad_machine wrote: Actually, most of the hard core mopar fans I work for.. do not consider the 500 a Chrysler product

I've met hard core Mopar fans who do not consider anything after the Dodge Diplomat was canceled to be a real Chrysler product. With the possible exception of trucks.

Zomby Woof
Zomby Woof PowerDork
5/31/14 4:10 p.m.
HappyAndy wrote: And I would say that its the other way around, MOPARs are FIATs now.

That's how I see it.

Appleseed
Appleseed MegaDork
6/1/14 12:37 a.m.
mad_machine wrote: Actually, most of the hard core mopar fans I work for.. do not consider the 500 a Chrysler product

Do they concider a JEEP to be?

mad_machine
mad_machine GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
6/1/14 5:44 a.m.

it's a jeep..

Curmudgeon
Curmudgeon MegaDork
6/1/14 5:52 a.m.
mad_machine wrote: it's a jeep..

You should hear the screaming among the faithful.

A couple of my company shirts say 'Magneti Marelli' and 'MOPAR' on them.

Jerry
Jerry Dork
6/1/14 6:31 a.m.

I still have the window sticker of the Abarth. Top right corner - "Chrysler Group LLC". One of the few options it didn't have was a MOPAR navigation-thing of some sort.

I feel it needs a giant Super Bee emblem on the side.

mad_machine
mad_machine GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
6/1/14 6:59 a.m.
Curmudgeon wrote:
mad_machine wrote: it's a jeep..
You should hear the screaming among the faithful. A couple of my company shirts say 'Magneti Marelli' and 'MOPAR' on them.

while not the prettiest thing on the planet.. it's still got what it takes to go offroading?

But then, I remember the uproar when the square headlighted jeep came out.. the faithful thought the end of the world was coming

rebelgtp
rebelgtp UberDork
6/1/14 11:33 a.m.

The 500 is what you feed the new Hellcat Challengers and Chargers.

logdog
logdog GRM+ Memberand Dork
6/1/14 11:46 a.m.
Jerry wrote: I still have the window sticker of the Abarth. Top right corner - "Chrysler Group LLC".

Thats so yesterday! Now its FCA, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles.

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