Ian,

It wasn't only the X1/9 Fiat that was bad. I owned two Fiats in my lifetime. A 1968 850 Spider that looked similar to the X1/9 only much better, and a 1975 "I think" 128. Both cars were miserable trouble prone pieces of junk. I sold the 128 with 72,000 miles on it and I couldn't remember it running long enough to get that many miles on it.

If history is any indicator, the Chrysler acquisition by Fiat will be disaster for Chrysler quality. Chrysler quality is already not very good. I only see it getting worse.

Tom