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[conaero]

Fiat coupe for a grande, sounds like a great little track car, whats the handling like on them, I assume the same as a GTV???

 

[dem maser]

i like them, it was between them or a gtv when i was looking, but around here, rudeboys are in the coupe and not many gtvs around......

 

[Andyk]

Fiat coupe for a grande, sounds like a great little track car, whats the handling like on them, I assume the same as a GTV???

I still think the Coupe looks fresh in it design....Like them..Designed by Chris Bangle of BMW fame....

 

[dem maser]

GTV all day long for me.....

 

[Andyk]

Same her Dem.........drove a Fiat Coupe a long time ago though it was was pretty quick...

 

[DaveT]

Coupe is a fantastic car for the money if you get a good one. Not as stylish as the Gtv but a very underrated car in my humble opinion.

Still see quite a few around including a light purple metallic one near me. Looks the dogs!

 

[Andyk]

There's a yellow and red one around my way.......Finding a good one is hard these days......You can pick them up for £800 if you are brave.

 

[GransportFan1]

Remeber the Coupe was shed of the week on PH a few weeks back, people were saying they were not the most reliable car in the world, i bet the 20V Turbo was quick. I would fancy an old Punto GT and drop a 20V turbo engine in it, be such a laugh.

 

[Andyk]

Or buy a Coupe and have something far more stylish Adam ..... You could get a great one for a couple of grand and they are bloody quick against the sort of stuff you can buy for the same money.

 

[dem maser]

Good coupe is 3k! Love them but just think the the GTV is the better car, looks, sound, prestige.....would have a coupe but only a turbo and around 1k!!

 

[Andyk]

Think I would have the Coupe over a twin spark GTV though Dem.....I had a twin spark GTV and it was not a quick car..Beautiful balance but wouldn't set the world alight.......Fiat Coupes can be expensive to service especially when it comes to the belts...You can not get at the things and I believe...but don't quote me...its almost and engine out job..

 

[dem maser]

With you on that....i can a twin spark also for a year and it was slow....
Coupe over that but rather a V6 one than the turbo coupe!!

 

[Andyk]

GTV V6 is worth it for the engine alone Dem...Then you add the pretty body and its a no brainer.

 

[dem maser]

A GTV without the aerokit is so sexy.....never liked the spoiler...had the kit on my twin spark....

When deciding between gtv twin or coupe i went for the gtv as i liled the looks more and was rarer....should have gone for the coupe as it was a slow car but it might have never given me the chance to go and buy the V6 so no regrets....

 

[Andyk]

Agree on aero kit...So early 90's that rear spoiler.....Just prefer the clean lines without..As intended....

 

[dem maser]

i had both of mine parked up....and looking at them made me realise that without the kit the boot line looked better...loved my V6 as you know, would love it back.......

 

[dem maser]

i went on PH and even though i love black i think on the coupe it looks dated in black....

has to be bright colours as the dash has the same colour......

 

[ZAM400209]

hmm- that's an interesting conversation in itself.

Comes down to two things I think (for me anyway) as they use the same chassis.

FIAT inherently the budget brand, made a career out of smaller capacity motors beefed up by turbocharging/ Alfa, the sporty brand, had a line in V6 24V larger capacity "pedigree" motors. The cars split depending on whether you want engine charisma (Alfa) or balls-out bhp through technical know-how (FIAT).

Secondly, lovely as the GTV is, it never, nearly looks like it might be related to this attached shot


this is a series 3 850 coupe by FIAT and the modern Coupe as we are discussing here, is an amalgam of Italian car details from the past 40 years- "kick-up" rear arches ala Gandini ;QP Series 4/Lamborghini (whatever), the centre clock in the dash; all current Masers and so on.

Every now and again I get very close to buying an 850; I was in e-mail contact with Tony Castle-Miller at Middle Barton about it last year, but you couldn't do ANYTHING in them nowadays, not in this country anyway, whereas the modern Coupe offers real-world useability and 150 mph.

Sorry- this is going a bit off topic! To pull back;

As for reliability; I've owned; a Marea 5 cyl 20v, a Bravo 5cyl 20v HGT, a Coupe 5cyl 20v, a Bravo 5cyl 20v "155 20v HGT" (series 2) and a Coupe 5cyl 20v Turbo.

So five cars with the same engine (Coupe 20VT had turbo, OK...) and the Marea was the best chassis out of the lot and I never had an engine issue with any of them.

that I can remember anyway...!

JimP