As Adam Jonas of Morgan Stanley points out, there is no certainty that American customers will flock to buy rebadged small Fiats.

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For instance, if one knows where to look, parts for Rovers, Peugeots, Alfa Romeos, and Fiats can be acquired in America with little difficulty.

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And rules, regulations and bureaucratic fiats abound, many of them conflicting.

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After all, that democracy thing might interfere with Scalia's judicial fiats.

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The shiny new Fords, Fiats, and Chevrolets tell the tale of an economy in full bloom that now boasts the fourth largest auto market in the world.

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If the status quo is maintained, by 2011 around 15% of the EU's wine output--currently around 180 million hectoliters (4.8 billion gallons) a year--will be destined for distilleries, perhaps ending up in very happy Volvos, Fiats and Peugeots.

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More Fiats are in the pipeline.

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To allay concerns about reliability--Fiats still rank near the bottom of owner-satisfaction surveys in Europe, and "Fix It Again Tony" remains lodged in the memory of potential American buyers--Fiat has included a 50, 000-mile warranty on the 500 and free maintenance for three years.

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