Cheers for the comments guys
Still waiting for my copy to arrive!
Although ive already had a preview

Peeling Dash... i think they mean the center console

I just got mine from the supermarket today.

Mario, your car looks brilliant!
Fantastic depth to the article, particularly if you compare the Coupe buyer's guide to the Wedge/Embarrasor one 2 pages on....

The Coupe must now officially be "Classic" I guess

Can someone buy me a copy and keep for me till I return from abroad? Obviously I will pay for it!

Yeah but the question is how much.

I'm picking mine up today so I'll grab 2 if needed?

PMSL

Thanks, appreciated.

Superb article. And it's nice to finally have some justification on what we've always known: that it's in the classic category. The petrolhead gang at work have had the article rammed down their throats

The the car looks amazing Mario by the way - I could even almost forgive you for those abarth centre caps! Well done to all those involved.

The only thing that messed up the whole artical was them putting a photo of Mario on it , was a good day out at the photo shoot and the guy taking the photos did a very good job on Marios coupe and made it look amazing . Very good artical with good input from the club to get all the info right , well worth the £4.20 for the magazine .

We actually just about wrote the article!

Seriously, comparing the original with what was actually published is like comparing a Fiat 126 BIS with a Fiat Coupé, they both have the same family but little else in common!

Phew - thank god for that

Great effort guys. Well Done.

Picked mine up this afternoon. Really nice article; well done to all who contributed (should have chosen one with a better colour though ).

I was scared though when I turned the page and saw a Princess (not Kate, an Austin)

was ok, could have mentioned a bit more about performance and handling.

whoever suggested it was cheap top maintain must have been having a laugh...

at least it was recognised in a classic car mag, its a start to embedding the status.

Cracking effort guys, I'll be getting my copy today.

Bought my copy yesterday. Gotta say, very disappointed by the 'page 7 fella'.

Bought and read today. Nice article, covered all the main points.

Car didn't look bad either.

Got my copy. Good read 😃

Bought a copy today, well written article and a cracking photo car in the best LE colour A shame they had use the word "cheap" on the cover

The Daily Male

No mention of the CHOD as an engine killer though.
And a bit more about performance would have wet the appetite of perspective owners.
Still a nice article that will raise the prices profile.

This was mentioned in the article we sent to them. It must have been edited out for some reason.

I'm not sure the performance and handling is a big consideration for your average Practical Classics reader. When I was looking for my second coupe none of the other stuff I considered had handling or performance anything like a 20v, let alone a turbo. That's not what I'm looking for from it, and not what PC are drawing attention to.

I'd expect that anyone who decides to look for one based on that article will be after OEM or very close to, and certainly not a 300+ job.

Also, they *are* cheap, and will be staying that way for the foreseeable future. Might as well accept it. Good straight cars will hold their money, but probably no more, provided you keep on top of maintenance.

And in other news... the Quantum kit owner's club are complaining on their forum that:



No need to head over there and argue; I've done it. You may recall I have a quantum with a 20vt engine...

"Surely, the average home mechanic would be much better off with a Quantum than one of those?"

Yeah because the 'average home mechanic' doesn't know an EBV from a DV probably, leave alone know what ABS is, power steering,... Err...

I bought one. Best Coupe article I've read.

Not a big deal in any way I notice the 0-60 on
the 20vt is 6.5 in the article and 6.3 in the price
guide at the back. Maybe Fiat used two stigs to release
their offical stats, one fat and one thin and this had
lead to 2 sets of figures just about everwhere (i digress).

Excellent pics too. Total respect to the red LE .

We provided the figures *but* we stressed we were giving them the official Fiat figures which are 0-62 not 0-60 but they used them anyway, which is a possible reason for discrepancy.

Good article, enjoyed it.

Mario, the car looks mint, good pics.

Excellent article!