I am a Fiat owner,driver and club member and proud of it so there

So am I, but still don't have the original badges showing on it

Looks better without

people like you....ashamed of the motor you are driving
I did that with my first coop Theresa but thought.....I made my bed

A matter of opinion, T... not the correct opinion, of course... but better no badges than the wrong badges - it's *not* a Ferrari or an Abarth.

Most people that ask about it think its a Alfa, a women just moved into our block, and when she saw it she said - "crikey , someone's been pimping their car up, you must have spent a fortune!" i then explained it was factory standard, and she wouldn't believe me, and said, "Iv never seen a 11 year old car look so modern".....

True. I liked the fact the my boot was de-badged until I saw Patch's black enamel FIAT badge...

I keep meaning to ask where he got it - think one would look lovely against steel grey too... In blue probably though

Interesting one: I have been test driving a few exotic cars recently and every single one of the owners has recognised the coupe and complimented me on it - Porsche owners x 3 and an NSX owner. "Not many of those around these days" and "I bet that's good fun - the 20V turbo." People with taste know what it is it seems. (Mine has no badges anywhere except the steering wheel).

I agree with the T-bird,debadged does look better.
But i do think people go off them when they know there a Fiat.
They just dont understand.

I LOVE my coupe, people can say Fix It Again Tomorrow or call it a Fart In A Tin, but i really do not care, its one of the best looking cars out there and it puts a smile on my face almost every time i drive it

Fart in a Tin - hey I like that one

Reliability is boring.
Lets face it you never go on about the trip you took in an Audi a few years back.
You talk about the time your water hose popped off 200 miles away when you had no money.And you had to repair it using a horses tail and some chewing gum.
These cars are great weather they have a bad name or not.

Well as promised I've de-badged the Blue rear - its does 'clean-up' the rear end but theres a tide mark on the lacquer thats visible so I'll try to pretend I cannot see it for a week or two....If not I'll replace with a new one though the rear looks definitely cleaner without. Not a case of hiding its a Fiat - still got the FIAT centre caps and logo on the steering wheel......

Ah yes that horse's tail thing. I'm amazed mine is still holding. (Had to run my [censored] off to catch the bloody thing.)

, believe it or not my first house had a ceiling held together with horse sh17.
They used to use it along with straw to hold them up.

johnny - Sounds nice. Just out of interest the HSE now class this as hazardous due to potential of anthrax spores. So if you start going mad we'll do the kind thing and shoot you.

You'll have to catch me first.
And that cheap chinese turbo is on its last legs dude

I get lots of people asking what my Coop is....

On the 124 ancestor thing, I am more inclined to thing of the Fiat 850 Coupe as the Coop's ancestor.

My Mum, used to have one.....


They sell for silly money nowadays....

The 124 Coupe is surely the spiritual predecessor to 'our' Coooope..



The 850 in Spider form was 'officially' replaced by the X1/9.

Comparing with R-Alpine gives no shame, its actually awesome car (too), personally know chap who still owns two and is the only person so unwilling to change his car I ever met. When for the price, here (in Spain) it was more expensive than top-loaded Volvo 850 (love this car) and counting the inflation, as barnacle said, its actually more expensive than S80...wow, nice house cost that those years.

noooooooooooo, dont do it johnny

hear hear!

I will second that,.
,.
Reliable and trustworthy is boring,.

Unpredictable and exciting all the way.

One thing you have to remember is not to put a badge on it stating another brand of car ie a ferari as under copy right the car can be towed and crushed. You will find this happens in Italy. A MR2 moded and badged Ferari was taken and crushed by Italian cops recently, so beware.

In italy they can get away with doing that somehow i find it very unlikely that it would happen in the UK...

But yes pretty stupid putting a ferrari badge on a fiat coupe

Strictly it could happen here: sticking a maker's name on something upon which it doesn't belong is technically counterfeiting. And the penalty for that is confiscation of the counterfeit (counterfiat?) goods and their destruction.

Whether it actually *has* happened, I don't know. It certainly happens for e.g. car parts.

Never thought of it like that Neil.

But surely just by putting a badge on doesn't mean you are copying the thing, you could just be showing your support by displaying the picture that relates to the item...

An MR2 with full bodykit is a different matter, and a full on fake rolex is a different matter, but a badge on a fiat coupe is definitely not counterfeiting a Ferrari, well at least not in anyone who's sensible world..

No, but it is misrepresenting - albeit in a not particularly successful way - the Fiat as a Ferrari. And when lawyers and copyright get together...

Overheard yesterday stopped at the lights:

School boy 1: "What car is that?"

School boy 2: "It's some sort of souped-up Maserati!"

As they continued to ogle at the car...I just carried on pretending not to hear...

fair play to the kid, at least he thought it was

a. Italian
b. Powerful