Ford Fiesta ST Vs. Fiat 500 Abarth: Which To Buy?

[timboslice]

I kind of agree with this, but I would say its just not as easy to parallel park as some other cars, not "hard" to do. I parallel park on a daily basis, and what kind of pissed me off about the car when i first got it is the turning circle isn't great at all. I've gotten used to it now, but it still sucks.
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+1 about the parallel parking. It's not so much the difficultly as much as the perceived "easiness" of parking such a small wheelbase car. The steering geometry is definitely not geared for slow, tight handling. I guess that's the trade-off for the neutral track handling overall competency.

Did anyone else test drive a FoST? It drives like aircraft carrier during any parking lot maneuvers or 3 (more like 20) point turns.

 

[rodmoe]

+1 about the parallel parking. It's not so much the difficultly as much as the perceived "easiness" of parking such a small wheelbase car. The steering geometry is definitely not geared for slow, tight handling. I guess that's the trade-off for the neutral track handling overall competency.

Did anyone else test drive a FoST? It drives like aircraft carrier during any parking lot maneuvers or 3 (more like 20) point turns.

True this on the Turn radius for the FoST thought the FiST is no Honda Fit either .. lol

 

[sikedsyko]

The Abarth sounds so damn good though. I've yet to hear a FiST that comes anything close to sounding as good as that Abarth motor.

 

[Phreak]

The Abarth sounds so damn good though. I've yet to hear a FiST that comes anything close to sounding as good as that Abarth motor.

I think it is because they have striaght piped it out... no resonator, no muffler