Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2000 22:12:50 +0000 From: Johannes H Andersen <johsnopsamsafish.com> Subject: Re: Alfa164/Saab9000 similarities?
My Croma was the 87 CHT model, low power, high torque 2.0 engine. You just floored it and let the car decide what it wanted to do. However, The brakes was not up to performance driving though, but this was the basic model. After ten years my Croma was still in good condition; the galvanised body was rust free. The Problem for Fiat was that the car lacked image for this class of car and in later years it was only sold in italy (maybe I am wrong). Johannes William Brooks wrote: > > I had a fairly wild taxi ride in Rome in a Fiat Croma. As I recall (it's > been more than 10 years) the Fiat did a pretty good job of absorbing some > fairly huge bumps in the road at speeds I would term "alarming." > > I remember thinking at the time that it was too bad Fiat hadn't brought that > car to the US. I have an 88 9000T and the ride is much firmer than the > Fiat's was. Since I wasn't actually driving the Fiat, I can't compare > handling. >