The Italian automotive industry has little to envy to the German, American or Japanese one. Homemade cars not only shine with efficiency, but often also become icons of class and style. Just think of Dustin Hoffman and the Alfa Romeo Duetto or Fantozzi's Bianchina Baracca.
We have therefore selected five cars with which you can impress any girl on the road. In spite of expensive Mercedes, bulky SUVs and niche sports cars. To conquer a woman you need class and originality!
5 - The Mickey Mouse
The first Italian small car. Directly wanted by Mussolini who one day, with his usual politeness, asked Giovanni Agnelli for a cheap car. If he hadn't done it for the Turin businessman, a one-way ticket to Ethiopia was ready. Within a few seconds Agnelli then pulled out the Fiat Topolino. Basic model cost less than 5.000 lire. In practice, today I could buy three!
4 - The Fiat Panda
Fast, safe and comfortable. The Panda was none of these, but it was beautiful. That is pretty. That beauty that doesn't make you look away. But it was a sturdy car due to its non-aerodynamic shape. And if you mounted a ram in front of us you could lead a siege. It went from 0 to 100 km / h in just two earth rotations. A symbolic car for Italians and above all easy to design.
3 - Piaggio Ape Car. Car or motorcycle?
We Italians like to complicate our life. So why not produce a work vehicle with the stability of a tightrope walker made of vodka? The Ape Car is a symbol of Italian industrial efficiency in the world. A car (or motorcycle?) For transporting wood, flammable and toxic materials, moving materials, other vehicles and people. Often everything even at the same time. And if you made a curve at more than 25km / h, many greetings to relatives and friends.
2 - The Fiat 500
Together with Barbara D'Urso, the 500 is a source of Italian pride in the world. A car that our grandparents and parents have had at least 2 times. About half a billion different versions have been produced: the basic, sport, economic, family, armored, two-story, etc. The only thing that often differentiated them was just the location from the dealer. Characteristic of that car was the non-sequential gearbox. In practice, to change gear you had to: press the clutch, put in neutral, release the clutch, sing the hymn, clap your hands, engage the gear, remove the clutch, have a family ...
1 - Fiat Uno
When they ask you to draw a car with only two rulers, the result can only be the Fiat Uno. Large and sturdy, the rear-end collisions between two Fiat Uno caused tremors equal to 4 on the Richter scale, sowing panic and destruction. A car that lent itself to many uses and available in 7 different colors. But 6 of them were no longer available on the second day, so you either got it white or you got another car. One of the best-selling cars abroad. And even today engineers are wondering why.
Attached is the new Piaggio Ape Car commercial