How Fiat Chrysler’s Proposed Merger With Renault Crashed

Post by rleigh » Mon, Jun 10, 2019, 8:15 PM UTC

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hocuspocus wrote: post #46

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From the first user manual I found with Google: "It is also possible to override the speed limiter by fully depressing the accelerator pedal beyond the resistance point." https://www.qashqaiforums.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=4256

Interesting. I've not seen this happen in practice though (and I have tested it). I'll have to try pushing it right to the limit, which I don't normally do in 30 zones. Mine's a 2015 model; I don't know if there's any variation with earlier models' behaviour.

Post by Camillo » Wed, Jun 12, 2019, 3:24 AM UTC

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Camillo wrote: post #38

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> Meanwhile, what does FIAT make in Italy these days? Quite a bit, it turns out: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Fiat_Group_assembly_si...

The Panda and the 500x. Those are the two models FIAT make in Italy with the FIAT badge on them. The wider group makes Maserati and you don't see many of them in your supermarket car park. The 500x is not to be confused with the multitude of other 500 models. As in the ones you actually see. As for the Panda: "The decision to manufacture the car in Italy, instead of manufacturing it with the cheaper workforce in Tych…