Fiat Ritmo

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Fiat Ritmo

“Poorly built rust-bucket” would characterize car fairly well. It was reluctant start in cold weather, the electrics were terrible, and the gearbox started to give problems after a while. Maybe it was the reason why Fiat fled North America in 1983 and wouldn’t return for the next 28 years. My mother had one, and I remember the times we were pushing it to a jumpstart. After a few years of slowing mileage on the car, it became more trouble to use it than it was worth and was then used as a toilet by the neighborhood cats.