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Post by Eddie nuff » Sun Jul 06, 2014 7:41 pm

There's one for sale near me, a 53 plate diesel for £495. Excellent motors - I love 'em.
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Post by russ92xmsed » Sun Jul 06, 2014 8:08 pm

FIAT have designed some great looking cars. The Coupe still looks fresh today, the Barchetta was a delight, and i still think the Brava and Bravo series of cars look stylish now.
Multipla was certainly a bold design, but so much better for it. Who wants another Renault Scenic.
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Post by Dieselman » Sun Jul 06, 2014 8:13 pm

russ92xmsed wrote: Multipla was certainly a bold design, but so much better for it. Who wants another Renault Scenic.
Judging by sales figures, I would say a lot of buyers.
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Post by russ92xmsed » Sun Jul 06, 2014 8:53 pm

Yes, that is very true and unfortunately for Fiat was always going to happen. Renault were on the ball with MPV s back then. Still good for Fiat for trying a bold and interesting concept.
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Post by mds141 » Sun Jul 06, 2014 9:20 pm

The Fiat Coupe was one of Chris Bangle's earlier efforts. He then went on to ruin thousands of BMW's.
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Post by ragger » Sun Jul 06, 2014 10:47 pm

Mmmm, I did have a 20v turbo coupe for a while and it was a fabulous car. Unfortunately mine had not received the maintenance it needed when it was younger and had the potential to disinherit my kids and so it was traded in for a Mitsubishi Legnum another car with awesome performance married to practicality.

I owned both these cars in the last couple of years of my teaching career, and they provided a wonderful diversion from what successive governments had turned from a joy to a chore. Looking back on them, I miss both those cars but I wouldn't swap an XM for either now. Within reason of course!
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Post by russ92xmsed » Mon Jul 07, 2014 5:54 pm

mds141 wrote:The Fiat Coupe was one of Chris Bangle's earlier efforts. He then went on to ruin thousands of BMW's.

Yeah, he ruined BMW styling for me personally. The Fiat coupe was a highlight of his design career though. :)
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Post by mds141 » Mon Jul 07, 2014 5:59 pm

Agreed Russ. The Fiat Coupe was ( and still is ) a cracking looking car. A future classic in the making.
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Post by XMX » Mon Jul 07, 2014 11:10 pm

russ92xmsed wrote:FIAT have designed some great looking cars. The Coupe still looks fresh today, the Barchetta was a delight, and i still think the Brava and Bravo series of cars look stylish now.
Multipla was certainly a bold design, but so much better for it. Who wants another Renault Scenic.
One of the nicest looking Fiats IMHO was the Fiat Coupe 125/B SPECIAL VIGNALE 'SAMANTHA'

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Re: Rob's SED

Post by captainhaddock » Tue Jul 08, 2014 9:31 am

Reminds me of the Fiat Dino, nicer in my view :)

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