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Jan. 6, 2010 9:54 a.m. BoxheadTim HalfDork

I'm not even sure that I'd fit the car (supposedly you'll only fit into this if you're up to 175cm tall, I'm two inches taller) plus it'll be a PITA to import first into the UK and then into the US a few months later:

http://home.mobile.de/home/showDetails.html?id=119010023&__lp=2&scopeId=AV...

Oh, and it's not that fast either, it just looks fast.
Jan. 6, 2010 11:08 a.m. Gary Reader

There you go mate ... the perfect car for those nasty Chicago winters!
Jan. 6, 2010 11:37 a.m. spitfirebill Dork

Boxhead Tim Once you get over here you are going to have to remember we use different units of measure. ie we don't measure our bodies in centimeters or weigh them in stones. People may look at you like you are speaking a foreign language. Especially down South.

BTW, I love that car too!
Jan. 6, 2010 12:11 p.m. BoxheadTim HalfDork

My apologies, supposedly only drivers up to about 5'9" can get comfortable in that car and I'm 5'11" .

And yes, it'll be perfect for a Chicago winter, as long as it's tucked up in a nice garage...

I'm still tempted to pay the company a visit if I can find the time, I should be able to make there and back in a day.
Jan. 6, 2010 12:45 p.m. aeronca65t HalfDork

hey, that looks a lot like a little FIAT Abarth coupe that races in my club (VRG).

Neat little car but the (green) colour is a bit over-the-top. See picture below.

You can actually see me following it (and a similar-looking SAAB) at around the 1:30 mark in - This Video-

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Jan. 6, 2010 12:54 p.m. WilD Reader

Those are indeed cool little cars, and variants have shown up in the magazine. I even started a thread about them a while back because they caught my eye and I had never heard of them before.

http://classicmotorsports.net/forum/classic-cars/interesting-abarth-coincidence-in...
Jan. 7, 2010 12:43 p.m. BoxheadTim HalfDork

Thanks for the link to the video, that was very cool. It seems that the (non-Abarth) Lombardi Grand Prix is a rather rare thing this days and I have a hankering for very rare Italian stuff.

Someone talk me out of this pronto, please!