The fiat 500 is actually surprisingly popular on college campuses. I assume that’s a big chunk of their demo.

My friends had a term called the “fiat fakeout” which is when you see an empty parking spot in the garage but it’s actually occupied by a 500

The z33 to z34 was a major change. For better or worse though, they still shared the same aesthetic motif, so I can understand where the sentiment comes from.

For me, the biggest electronic change was adding automatic rev matching, which was the first time ever on a production car.

It blew my mind the first time I drove one. However, it’s been adopted by all manufacturers a decade later so many people forget what it was like before.

People rightfully focus on the GT-R during that era more, but people forget how much of a benchmark setting car the 370z was in 2008.

I really love corvettes, especially the c4, but it’s safe to say that most new fwd economy cars have just as much horsepower to weight ratios as early c4s

It was built on the beetle platform and it’s really apparent when you look at the doors.

I think the first TT is “dated” in the way that we look back at mid century modern furniture today.

It’s dated, but it still looks retro/cool. I think this is the fate of the first gen TT.

The interior of the first gen TT was super unique for its time, but not something I’d call modern. I used to daily one and it was almost too spartan to be comfortable. It did look nice though.

I see your Quattroporte and raise you a Ghibli.

Here in south Florida you can tell when you’ve hit the seedy areas of town by how many Ghiblis are in the apartment complex parking lots.