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Re: Would you want fiat to produce another coup??
[Re: barnacle]
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27/02/2010 12:42
27/02/2010 12:42
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ryangt
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spoke to a fiat sale man the other day and he said there planning a sports car looks like a lotus he told me coming out in a few years .
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Re: Would you want fiat to produce another coup??
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27/02/2010 12:54
27/02/2010 12:54
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Pondman
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Euro rules and regs would put pay to a similar shaped Coupe, it would be filled with electronic aids (italian electronics ) and be controlled by profit margins, not passion & design. Althopugh I'd be interested to see what they came up with?
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Re: Would you want fiat to produce another coup??
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27/02/2010 13:13
27/02/2010 13:13
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skinflint
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Euro rules and regs would put pay to a similar shaped Coupe, it would be filled with electronic aids (italian electronics ) and be controlled by profit margins, not passion & design. Hmmm... Reminds me of the MiTo which was meant to be the new 'sud' but turned out to be Alfa's attempt to copy the new Mini.
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Re: Would you want fiat to produce another coup??
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27/02/2010 16:57
27/02/2010 16:57
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Morat
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Sadly you can't really do sharp nosed cars anymore due to the pedestrian impact laws (cue a hundred posts to prove me wrong!) and neither the 4 or 5 pots will pass emmissions so whatevery the come up with would be quite different. Has the coupe really got enough recognition (outside these hallowed pages of taste and discernement ) to warrant resurrection? Personally I doubt it. So, I reckon Fiat have pretty much got a blank canvas to play with. RWD would be a bold move these days, but 4WD should be doable.. I'd reckon on a 4wd lightweight (as far as modern crash standards allow) with 250-300bhp and a high waistline based on a current production floorplan to save costs. So, lets wait a few years and we'll see if I'm really Nostradamus
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Re: Would you want fiat to produce another coup??
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27/02/2010 17:53
27/02/2010 17:53
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Jurgen
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I wouldn't think Fiat would make one anytime soon and it won't be anything like our current coupe's probably. I also think the general public has long forgotten the Coupe. There are not many people that know what you're talking about when you mention the Coupe.
The Fiat boss at the time of the Coupe's development was quite mad (in a good way!) to make a coupe like this anyway. Projects like this usually aren't very profitable (low sales, too many unique parts). The coupe was mainly an image builder for Fiat (I wonder if it helped?) and I suppose they had some money to play with at the time.
If they would make one, I expect it will use the 1.4 turbo engine since they haven't got anything more powerful at the moment and small turbo'd engines are the standard nowadays. Platform will be from the Bravo probably and if will definately be FWD (if even Alfa doesn't go back to their RWD roots, Fiat definately wont). I wouldn't be surprised if they'd just use the Bravo dash for the interior as well. There are very few car manufacturers today that make a unique interior for a small volume sportscar. It's the same with Alfa, the GT has got a 147 dash, the Brera a 159 dash.
So thinking about it, should Fiat a new one? No probably not, it will be a dissapointment.
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Re: Would you want fiat to produce another coup??
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27/02/2010 18:45
27/02/2010 18:45
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It would be nice to have the money to have the original coop, completely strip and rebuilt with all weak areas upgraded and corrected, in a similar vein to that done with certain marques such as the xjs jag. In an ideal world, this for me would be the answer
I'm an old git & happy with it,most of the time
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Re: Would you want fiat to produce another coup??
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27/02/2010 19:13
27/02/2010 19:13
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if the new one has a lotus built body and the 16vt and 20vt options with all the modern equipment like on board disply like the gtr and the option of a flappy padel gearbox and adjustable dampers and a few sport modes and a spoiler that pops up at 70mph would do it for me
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Re: Would you want fiat to produce another coup??
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27/02/2010 20:08
27/02/2010 20:08
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if the new one has a lotus built body and the 16vt and 20vt options with all the modern equipment like on board disply like the gtr and the option of a flappy padel gearbox and adjustable dampers and a few sport modes and a spoiler that pops up at 70mph would do it for me Yuk. Why would you want a car that does all your driving for you?
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Re: Would you want fiat to produce another coup??
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27/02/2010 21:20
27/02/2010 21:20
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GT_SEB0
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Yuk.
Why would you want a car that does all your driving for you? well a Chauffeur would be nice
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Re: Would you want fiat to produce another coup??
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27/02/2010 21:49
27/02/2010 21:49
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belfastjohn
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A Dino inspired rear wheel drive coop would be nice. If it retained a retro inspired feel to the interior and kept its practicality then I think we'd have a new coop.
I doubt very much we'll ever get another Bangle-esque coop again
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Re: Would you want fiat to produce another coup??
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27/02/2010 22:20
27/02/2010 22:20
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spit
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spit
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If they made another....our coops would not be so special. I would rather they did not. We all love the coops because we just do..... Paul
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