Re: Smallest RVs Reply #25 – December 09, 2023, 05:54:41 pm They clearly don’t have the infrastructure to be ready for U.S. sales, but we surely like the size and design, especially the drop-down bed. Would have to see the detailed specs for sure, but a very clever unit.
Re: Smallest RVs Reply #26 – December 10, 2023, 12:37:15 am CBS, Jon & Loni -- recently, I watched several Youtube videos about the Oasi 540. Italian company, their website shows several models, this one's the smallest. Like you said, Fiat Ducato chassis... same, I think, as the Ram Promasters. The videos make it look very impressive, solid fiberglass construction, etc, etc. But then. No phone number for the company, no apparent sales or service except maybe one place in New Jersey. And it is expensive. A scam? Probably not, unless you have to pay ahead... like Lazy Daze... to a company that unlike Lazy Daze does not have a US factory. Fiat has a dysfunctional US history. Several attempts at selling cars here, but poor service, and then abandoning our market. But this time may be different. After the 2008 crash, President Obama brokered a deal where Chrysler and all its brands... Dodge, Ram, Jeep etc... were bought out by Fiat. Which then led to the small Fiat-based Jeeps, the Promasters, and a few Fiat cars sold here again. In Italy, Fiat is very big, very real. But they have already stopped selling my girlfriend's little Fiat 500s. How this relates to the Oasi -- I'd be more comfortable if they were sold through Fiat-Chrysler/Ram dealers...
Re: Smallest RVs Reply #27 – December 10, 2023, 11:48:48 am "Fiat has a dysfunctional US history."True. In that respect Fiat's history in the US resembles that of Renault. (Anybody remember the Dauphine?)I happened to be looking at Consumer Reports' vehicle reliability data yesterday. Every year they survey their 300,000+ readers and analyze the results. Unfortunately, there were not enough Fiat owners last year to provide a statistically significant sample. I did notice that of the ten least reliable vehicles last year, three were Jeeps and one was a Chrysler minivan. Four out of ten--not a good showing for Chrysler, but unfortunately typical in recent years. Two of the "ten worst" were Volkswagen models. And Mercedes Benz had the worst reliability of any European manufacturer, although it didn't make the overall "ten worst" list.These are sad stories of what were great brands. Chrysler once lead the US auto industry in technical innovation. VW built its reputation on simple, reliable cars. And Mercedes used to be the standard for high quality. But that was decades ago. Now, of the ten most reliable cars according to CR's statistical analysis, seven (!) are Toyotas, plus an Acura, a BMW, and Subaru's Forester.To get back on topic... at this point I wouldn't consider a Fiat product in the US, for all the reasons others here have cited--mainly lack of support.
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