Owain71 Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 I know it wasn't well received by the press, but after little more than a couple of years on sale it no longer features on the Chrysler UK website, whose product offering is now just Ypsilon - 300C - Voyager. It's still on Lancia's website, though. There's one here in my village and I kinda like it... 100% future shite, for sure. Answers on a postcard... flat4alfa 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cort16 Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 It's an uglier more expensive Fiat Bravo with a Chrysler badge. There's not much to like in that combination.That ypsilon thing is even worse some of the 2 tone paint jobs it comes in make it look like dinosaurs hemorrhoid. P.S do not google hemorrhoid even if it's just to see how to spell it. The Reverend Bluejeans, Wilko220, Matt and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conrad D. Conelrad Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 That ypsilon thing is even worse some of the 2 tone paint jobs it comes in make it look like dinosaurs hemorrhoid. I'd never looked at them but I've just been on Chrysler's website and I actually like them! Quick glance at Autotrader suggests they don't have Mini residuals so I can't wait to pick one up in a couple of years. Two tone paint! Brown patterned seats! Confusingly marked speedo literally positioned on the passenger side! Junkman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 There's always a Ypshlong in Tescos car park. (Other supermarkets are available). I'll try and get a pic next time I'm there. They look new and shit. Junkman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crapcarcollector Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 There is one down the road that I walk past each day. My thought process kind of goes- Alfa Guiletta - mmm lovely thing, way too not shite for me.Fiat Bravo - Meh.Chrysler/Lancia Delta - Yes please. A car only its mother could love. Utter shite, an ugly Guiletta. What not to like. I rather have one of these than that god awful Dacia thing. flat4alfa and Jim Bell 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 *awaits man on here with sandero* utter shite rather not ta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Partridge Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 We need to buy the remaining stocks of these to seal in a time capsule. Future Tagoras I reckon! alcyonecorporation 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoadworkUK Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 I drove one once, brand new, with the diddy Twinair engine and it sounded hilarious. I quite liked it. Then I looked it up online and found that they're about a million pounds each. My current customer status: No Longer Interested. alcyonecorporation 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laser wheels Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 Had a gander at these in a Mercedes dealership when they were launched. They had the Delta and the Y. I rather liked them, but thought it was idiotic putting the Chrysler badge on them. crapcarcollector, saucedoctor, alcyonecorporation and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 We need to buy the remaining stocks of these to seal in a time capsule. Future Tagoras I reckon!Nah, that's the 300C. Sold as the Lancia Thema on the continent... these are future Alpines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stanky Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 Confusingly marked speedo literally positioned on the passenger side! Jesus, I've just google image searched this and you are completely right, how the fuck are you supposed to see how fast you are going from the driver seat? and how the hell did it pass type approval (or whatever it is) for RHD like that? I thought new minis were bad, thats literally in front of the passenger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HH-R Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 Christ, what a dog's dinner the Ypsilon's interior is. I think the Delta's GR8 though, when they're below a grand I'll be all over one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorfolkNWeigh Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 I know a guy that works for Iveco in their London design office, no, really they have such a thing.Anyway ,he's got a Delta as a company car,bit of a come down from his last Alfa 159 but his choice was a Guilietta,500L or whatever the smallest fake 4x4 Jeep is, so was the best of a bad lot as far as he was concerned. He reckons Fiat couldn't care less about anything but the 500 in the UK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 I thought new minis were bad, thats literally in front of the passenger. 2014 model Bini's relocated the speedo to its correct place, to make matters worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catsinthewelder Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 http://photo.netcarshow.com/Chrysler-Ypsilon_2012_photo_1d.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 Does that instrument panel fold away? The LDV Maxus and Mk2 Primera also had the instruments positioned where they wouldn't distract the driver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty_Rocket Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 Where they won't distract the driver? There's only one reason for instruments being mounted in such a ridiculous position - money saving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norbert Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 Fiat Idea is the same, two identical looking dials with road speed further away from a RHD driver... just to up the challenge a little more the rev counter is marked in 'rpm x100' rather than the more usual 'rpm x 1000' so both dials have evenly spaced graduations labelled '10,20,30....' instead of the rev counter being '1,2,3...'. Thus Fiat achieved ultimate confusion as to how fast you are actually going at any one time. Plus if you are over 25 you're going to need reading glasses to see the bloody dials anyway. In the end, the interim solution was to put the sat-nav on even when I knew where I was going - at least I know where the speed readout is on it. Permanent corrective action was to give the car back as soon as possible and run away. Not a good idea from Fiat (pun completely intended). brickwall 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Negative Creep Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 Does that instrument panel fold away? The LDV Maxus and Mk2 Primera also had the instruments positioned where they wouldn't be visible to the driver. Edited for accuracy brickwall 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_earwig Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 and how the hell did it pass type approval (or whatever it is) for RHD like that?Large wadge of cash -> correct pocket. I think the Picasso is similar... Oh yes. I suppose they're getting away with it because the original pwoppa Mini had the clocks in the middle, except the Mini was only 18" wide so it didn't present a problem. What ever happened to the "heads up" displays we were meant to be getting a few years back? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norbert Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 They got canned after it was realised that other drivers could see your speedo readout I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 ^^^^^ Hmmm..... H.U.D. in rear window (speech/ text converter) = other drivers could see what you think of them!! TS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_earwig Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 They got canned after it was realised that other drivers could see your speedo readout I think.Why would that be bad? Or were manufacturers worried about the amount of fault lights that other drivers would be able to see as well? alcyonecorporation 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oman5 Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 *awaits man on here with sandero* utter shite rather not ta You don't buy a sandero if you give a fuck what anyone else thinks of your car. I don't so I'm not biting. crapcarcollector 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 ...... or a Savvy! ^^^^ TS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
overrun Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 Where they won't distract the driver? There's only one reason for instruments being mounted in such a ridiculous position - money saving. I used to build these P12 Primera's and as you say, it's cost cutting.Same dash for LHD and RHD, but angled clocks, towards the driver. Nicola H 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cort16 Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 I quite like the centred dash on my Avantime. It's also digital for extra win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catsinthewelder Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 Does that instrument panel fold away? The LDV Maxus and Mk2 Primera also had the instruments positioned where they wouldn't distract the driver. I drove the company Maxus 2 miles back from the workshop the other week and only noticed that the speedo wasn't working when I got to the 30 limit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercrocker Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 A girl at work has an 11 plate Delta, I have just discovered (the Delta, not the girl - I already know about her). It likes AA lorries apparently, always getting on the back of 'em. I gathered it was some kind of Ital-Atlantickery when I clocked it on the road one day (must have been a rare occurrence if she is to be believed...). Don't know why she bought it - she has no motoringly interests at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Bo11ox Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 I saw loads of these doing taxi service in Turin so you'd think they wouldn't be total shit, but..... maybe they just are. alcyonecorporation 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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