Comments by "John Luetjen" (@jehl1963) on "1967 Fiat 500 - The 17hp Italian City Car You Need To Drive! (POV Binaural Audio)" video.

  1. When I was younger I had the opportunity to drive the 500's slightly more modern descendant, the 850 around Germany for a few weeks. It was an absolute hoot since you could (needed to?) drive it like Mario Andretti just to keep up with traffic. There was no excuse to not drive it flat out all of the time. Try doing that with most modern cars and you'll end up in jail. I think we've kind of lost touch with how little HP and speed you actually need to get around. With 250 HP sedans becoming the norm, we've forgotten how usable 50 or 60 HP can be.
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