Car Hire in Italy - what do you think?

[octane junkie]

Fellow PHers I need your help. Whilst trying to write a sensible review on Car Hire in Italy, for a tourist/expat magazine, I realised that the "sensible" bit was totally superfluous when discussing the highly emotive subjects of Cars, Driving and Italians in the same article.

I certainly don't want to go down the tired old route of inventing new superlatives to describe the latest Italian exotica - even if you could hire them there? - or extoll the virtues of breaking every speed law on the Autostradas. There must be something more interesting to say - or rant about.......

In every Country there would seem to be a natural choice of hire car - what should it be in Rome, for instance - and why? What do you think?

BTW, I'm not a Journo' - just helping a friend.

[kevinday]

For Rome a Seicento Sporting? For countryside an Alfa

[anonymous-user]

has to be a fiat 500 for the city and an alfa for out of town, unless you can get something more exotic that is!

[plotloss]

After much consideration Arbarth 500 for town and then an original 50's Testarosso for those blasts round the countryside.

Matt.

[rossc]

You guys can't have driven in Rome, the only way is in the back of a taxi with your eyes closed.