That argument was still being used 20 years ago, yet they still came up with the Fiat Coupe which in many ways (20vt at least) could be regarded as "more sporting" than the Alfa GTV. If they really wanted to make another "outside the box" sporting Fiat I'm sure they could make it happen, it just needs the right mix of decision-making designers and engineers within the larger Fiat organisation...

And there have been attempts to come up with recent retro Fulvia and Stratos models of course

But in retrospect - twenty years ago, every major brand was looking at coupes...

now it's all vans with windows and jacked-up eye-sores for the school run

Nothing (much) wrong with my van with windows. Or "minibus" as we call it; it's even rather retro in a way... Possibly not a classic - yet - although perhaps I should draw your attention to this article...

Fiat took over Lancia in '69 so the Fulvia was really the last all Lancia Lancia. The metal was still fairly cheesey though even back then.......

There has been great cars built by lancia under fiat ownership granted but there also responsible for were it is today.lancia is remembered for rust buckets but so is fiat remember the strada,131,x19.Fiat need to let lancia go before they kill it of

Strada was not a bad car even the base models they certainly did not rust like lancia and no worse than ford .Beta was the worse followed by the early deltas .

Ask anybody about a fiat strada and there reply would be rust bucket they certainly were no better than early deltas.I personally have had a strada 105tc and belive me you had to battle rust.I have viewed 4 strada 130tc abarths years ago trying to buy one and belive me these cars rust very badly I could not find a good one

Calibra 4x4 turbo,as I'm hoping they go up,got a few myself Inc a very rare dtm turbo

I think the Subaru Justy 4x4 will undoubtedly be up there, along with the Rover 216 EFI.

Surely that other great Coupé, the Suzuki X90, should join them at the top?

Talking of Rovers, the 220 Tomcat turbo Coupe will be a classic in the making...

Oh a serious note, the mk1 Audi TT is contender. In 15 years or so.

I saw one of those on the Kingsway last week.
Driven by a man

Been mentioned above, nice example > Fiat Strada 130TC

I don't believe that for a moment, are you positive it wasn't a flat chested "handsome" woman?

She had a partially shaved head, leaving a ring of short hair at a level above the ears.
Mind you, for Dundee, that's probably a handsome woman

Left field choice....Renault avantime....Citroen c6....Subaru svx, these are already going up....cx gti turbo 2, maybe bx16v gti...smart roadster