AUSTIN, TX Fiat Clubs????

[Abarth2012]

Just checking to see if any clubs have started in the Austin/Waco, TX area.

2012 Abarth owner

[ladybugfiat]

Just checking to see if any clubs have started in the Austin/Waco, TX area.

2012 Abarth owner

I am in the Austin area and I would like to see a Austin Fiat club.
BTW I love the Abarth....

2012 Sport owner

[Thad]

There is an active chapter of Fiat Club America already in Austin.

[pip]

YO YO

im in the ATX with our white Abarth

Hi ladybug!!

[chvantr]

There are a lot of 500s here in Austin but not too many Abarths. Trying to change that though with my red /black Abarth

[Tweak]

There are a lot of 500s here in Austin but not too many Abarths. Trying to change that though with my red /black Abarth

Welcome to the forum.

[Loraura]

There are a lot of 500s here in Austin but not too many Abarths. Trying to change that though with my red /black Abarth

Make that 3!

[TheDan]

There is an active chapter of Fiat Club America already in Austin.

Who organizes events for them? I haven't seen any Fiat clubs in Austin be active.

Also, when did you guys change the name from FLU?

[TheDan]

We're having a get together at Top Notch Dec 12th at 10:30am. I'd really like to see this become a regular thing every 2nd Saturday, so come on out!

https://www.facebook.com/events/1633482153579325/

[Thad]

club name

Who organizes events for them? I haven't seen any Fiat clubs in Austin be active.

Also, when did you guys change the name from FLU?

When Fiat returned to the US, their legal department did not allow the use of their names (Fiat and Lancia) in the club's official corporate name. Fiat did recognize the benefit of a 30+ year old club. They granted the club the use of their name "Fiat" but only as a "doing business as" name. They would not allow the use of the name Lancia in any form. So, technically, the corporate name of the club was changed from Fiat Lancia Unlimited Inc. to become F.L.U. Inc, and dba Fiat Club America. The club is very fortunate to have the legal use of the name Fiat in some form.
This was written up in the magazine on more than one occasion and many people get upset about the lack of the Lancia name. It's important to also point out that in our owner database we saw that Lancia owners only represented 4%. The FLU acronym also had more negative connotations than positive to outsiders and newbies.

[TheDan]

It should be the Fiat, Lanica, Alfa, and Mopar (FLAM!) club now since the new Alfas have all four names stamped on them, lol...

FYI, we're having a get together at Stressless Auto (9701 Metric Blvd, Ste 300, Austin, Texas 78758) on Feb 28th. Someone let the official Fiat club people know!

[TheDan]

Our local studio in Austin has agreed to host our monthly meet up for March on the 12th. Come on out!

[TheDan]

This thread still comes up near the top of a Google search, so I figured I'd give it an update...

• http://austinfiatclub.com/ is our landing page. Check this out for updates if other lines of communication goes down.
• We have a monthly meet at Top Notch Hamburgers on the 2nd Saturday of every month. People start showing up around 10:30am and usually wrap up before 1pm. Come join us!
• Most of the club chatter is in the Facebook group. Join here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/FIAT500Austin/
• Also be sure to like the Facebook page for the Austin Chapter of FIAT Club America: https://www.facebook.com/AustinFIATClubAmerica/
• If Facebook isn't your thing, join our subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/AustinFIATclub/
• To keep up with the happenings in the rest of Texas, sign up for the TxFLU email list here: http://txflu.org/mailman/listinfo/txflu_txflu.org

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[WillFiat]

These Austin FIAT Club meetings at Top Notch are always a nice group of Italian car folks who bring a varied mix of cars. Always something interesting to look at and exchange information about.