Thursday, August 25, 2011

Rebel Yell: Gaddafi's electric Fiat 500 taken by Libyan rebels

Maybe you've heard the news: Libyan rebels have taken Muammar Gaddafi's one-off electric Fiat 500 as booty after capturing the capital, Tripoli. With the rebels' propensity to turn everyday drivers into battle wagons, I wonder what they'll do with this new subcompact? Maybe a .50 caliber? A rocket launcher? Maybe they'll just save this one as trophy. Regardless, it was certainly not something I expected to see with regards to the situation over in Libya. Jalopnik has more info about this car. Check it out.

3 comments:

Desking tool said...

Too bad for the car. The rebels certainly don't know what to do with it.

CGS intake said...

The car's in a really bad shape. If it turned that way, it may have been the most expensive warfare equipment made with sentimental value.

Dalton said...

Another Egyptian style catastrophe in the making. Thanks a lot, NATO. Gaddafi was bad, but mark my words, what will take his place will be even worse. Same thing is happening in Egypt and Tunisia. The "Arab Spring" isn't so warm, after all. But you'd never get a wiff of this from the main stream...
Sorry for the political diatribe.
As for the Fiat, they can keep it. Like a VW mechanic once told me, "VWs are great, as long as they have a warranty." I feel the same way about Fiats.
No thanks. As I've posted previously, I'll stick with my Yaris....