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onehandle

(51,122 posts)
Wed Jul 18, 2012, 11:53 AM Jul 2012

Debate brews around espresso machines in new Fiat

Drivers love fancy technology extras packed in their car and Fiat is hoping their latest innovation may be the best yet - one that can save you a trip to your favorite coffee store.

But the car designers new innovative addition to their latest line, due out in Italy in October, is landing them in some hot water with some consumers concerned about it adding to a mounting list of things that distract drivers. However, the car maker says, don't rush to judgement, you can't brew up a cup unless your car is stopped.

Their new crossover model the Fiat 500L boasts a whole range of accessories, but the one drawing the most attention and perhaps concerns, is their built-in espresso machine. That's right. Forget your Starbucks runs, or trying to rush out the door to work with your homemade brew. Instead, inside your console you'll find a "new coffee machine created in collaboration with Lavazza," considered to be the Starbucks of Italy.

"The 500L is the first standard-production car in the world to offer a true espresso coffee machine that utilises the technology of the 'A Modo Mio' pods," the company said in a press release. "It is perfectly integrated in the car with a deck designed expressly by Fiat."

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2012/07/16/debate-brews-around-espresso-machines-in-new-fiat

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Debate brews around espresso machines in new Fiat (Original Post) onehandle Jul 2012 OP
Does Tony know how to fix a coffee machine? HopeHoops Jul 2012 #1
I want a humvee with this feature: 4th law of robotics Jul 2012 #2
Nothing could go wrong with this idea. Gold Metal Flake Jul 2012 #3
Yeah, but can you get a scone with that? pinboy3niner Jul 2012 #4
Yahoo! Text, go on the intertubes, make coffee, HappyMe Jul 2012 #5

HappyMe

(20,277 posts)
5. Yahoo! Text, go on the intertubes, make coffee,
Wed Jul 18, 2012, 01:22 PM
Jul 2012

change cd, fuck around with the gps, take a phone call, iTunes ..... what could go wrong?




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