# Fiat Summer

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fiat-summer/371299>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [September 3, 2006, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fiat-summer/371299 "2006-09-03T15:44:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2006, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fiat-summer/371299/1 "2006-09-03T15:44:41Z")

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I thought this commercial was cute.

[Fiat Summer](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rt4ZLkgOHw).

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**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2006, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fiat-summer/371299/2 "2006-09-03T18:07:31Z")

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Yes, that’s cool. Here’s another FIAT related vid my brother sent me.  
[http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=-7320960375181402397](http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=-7320960375181402397)

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2006, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fiat-summer/371299/3 "2006-09-03T20:20:05Z")

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Nice.

(Had to copy and paste the link.)

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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2006, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fiat-summer/371299/4 "2006-09-03T21:40:19Z")

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OK, I don’t get the one **AskNott** posted. So a regular car can’t beat a couple of different kinds of racecars, even with a head start. While this is not particularly surprising, it’s also not what I would expect from a car ad.

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2006, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fiat-summer/371299/5 "2006-09-03T23:10:04Z")

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Yeah, but the cars are pretty.