Talk:Fiat Ritmo

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I had a Ritmo for several years in Europe ... I admit that the car rusted easily and had electrical problems often but as far as the steering is concerned, to say that it is "... vague, imprecise and extremely heavy" is totally untrue! actually there are a number of web sites which to this day refer to the Ritmo's steering as go-cart/sports car like. I was great, one of the high points of the car, so that should be corrected in my opinion.

fuel injection

This was certainly not the only 80's hot hatch without fuel injection - Ford Fiesta XR2, Citroen AX GT, Peugeot 106 Rallye all lacked fuel injection. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.149.126.233 (talk) 20:46, 27 July 2014 (UTC)

Stray 'edit' buttons

All the edit links for the different sections were all in the 'Revival of the Ritmo name' bit, obscurring some of the text. I moved an image to try and fix it but it just seems to have moved the links elsewhere. If someone could fix this that'd be great... Norman22b —Preceding undated comment added 14:13, 13 March 2009 (UTC).

Two Facelifts ?

The article refers to a face lift. From the outside, post face lift Ritmos are easy to distinguish because the bumper design is simplified front and back: and the front grill is also less controversial post face lift. However, SOME post face lift cars have round door handles (apparently like those on the original version) while others have rectangular door handles. Presumably the change was made on cost grounds, so would not necessarily have been trumpeted from the roof tops in marketing materials. However, it also would have made no sense for the factory to try and produce the same car simultaneously with two completely different door handle cut-outs and mechanisms. Can anyone remember - or find from some old service manual - if there was, in fact, and at some stage, a second face lift advertised? Thanks for any thoughts on itCharles01 06:41, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

Yes, there was a second facelift which changed the handles design (before round, after squared, smilar to that of Regata) and slightly also the front part.--Carnby (talk) 23:20, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

Only the four-door versions got the new, 'square' door handles, the two-door cars retained the round ones. Not much later though, the Regata recieved totally different door handles, so the two 4-door models hardly ever shared the same ones.   Erremm   Erremm (talk) 13:14, 27 October 2025 (UTC)

missing engine

there was also a 1050 engine —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.35.94.19 (talk) 14:31, 20 July 2008 (UTC)

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Fiat Strada, not Ritmo

As this is en.wikipedia, the article should be called Fiat Strada.

Per WP:COMMONNAME

Wikipedia does not necessarily use the subject's official name as an article title; it generally prefers the name that is most commonly used (as determined by its prevalence in a significant majority of independent, reliable, English-language sources)

(I have added BOLD to English-language, because I have no doubt that throughout the majority of Europe, and especially in Fiat homeland, Italy, it is/was known as the Ritmo)

I do not know how the relative sales stacked up, Stradas sold in English-speaking countries versus Ritmos sold elsewhere, in order to construct a counter-argument in terms of WP:DUEWEIGHT, or whether that is even relevant.

Finally, after some rummaging around, I found this via WP:CARNAMES at WikiProject Automobiles.

1. The titles of automobile articles should be the model name used in the country where the vehicle's manufacturer is headquartered.
2. If this model name is not used in English-speaking countries, then the article title should be the model name used in the majority of English-speaking countries.

WendlingCrusader (talk) 15:35, 8 March 2026 (UTC)

Ok, now that I have returned here I can see the problem. Way back in 2005, an editor on his way to a total of 124 edits, most/all of them with a decidedly South American slant on automotive history, created an article about the Brazilian Fiat Strada launched in 1996. He was clearly aware of the original Fiat Strada, but mainly in terms of it being an inconsequential US import. Apparently the UK, Australian and Canadian markets were not even worth a mention. So, he nailed Fiat Strada as a title, without any qualification, such as Fiat Strada (South America), or Fiat Strada (1996-). Consequently that slammed the door shut, leaving only Fiat Strada (Europe) as a viable potential rename for this article.

I cannot believe that I am the first person here to see the mess that was created, so where would I find any previous discussions, conclusions, along with (presumably) much wailing and gnashing of teeth? (Luke 13:28)

WendlingCrusader (talk) 17:15, 13 March 2026 (UTC)