What is the BEST Coupe??

Im going throw this out there as ive owned a 20vt, 16vt and a 16v Na
Its got to be the 16v NA !!??
Its slower but there is just something about the way it sounds and feels.
But its also got to be in Yellow.

You were doing so well until the last sentence.

16NA, without a doubt, but it should be in *black*.

definitely 16 v na but you are both wrong

these cars are italian and there is only one colour that says italian and that is red

and to prove my point name a car from another country that look right in red

Yellow yellow yellow.
Nothing else looks good in red.

Erm, you're all partly right. It is an NA, but it has 20 valves.

Everyone knows they are the best.

Happy new year by the way !

Fixed that for you, Toby...

Easy.......Mine;-)

Agreed....if yours is a yellow Plus.

Yellow Plus is the ultimate Coupé, however, when sat in mine with my Roy Orbison shades on, one of my daughter's neighbours said "there's a mid life crisis happening back there," referring to me.

vis Coupes are the best in my view.

Agree with Pigman, yellow plus

Very nearly another there

That's all I can say though as I'm clearly biased.

Quite right Simon, very nearly there. Correct answer is Electric Blue Plus. Fiat stopped manufacture soon after arriving at perfection.
16V N/A (preferably in Blitz Blue) is the most satisfying to drive hard down a twisty road.

i think this thread has turned colourist.......

The best is my Coupe, because it's my own.

Crono le I would love to own one

Well reading through all the posts its clear.
The best coupe is the Original 2.0 16v na.
Its just the best colour?
I think yellow still wins .

It's all personal preferences I'm afraid, if that was the case why was they not all yellow

Well, lets just agree that 4 valves per cylinder is the best in a Coupe.

As for colour, Portofino blue used to be my Fav, now I am not so sure. Tastes change over time. Moon grey... wine red.... the Coupe looks great whatever the colour.

Apart from green.

Would be really nice to drive each variant one after the other for a real comparison. Was a long time ago but as I recall my 16V had better steering feel.
IMO... The Plus wins on looks. It's hard not to appreciate 5 cylinder smoothness. The forceful shove of a turbo is pure delight.
Best one is any that's well maintained and reliable.

Surely you're own coupe is the best one.

If not

Make it so

Too right

Nearly 6 hours Ian, what kept you


Driving the NA or Vis or turbo is just different. Particularly the gear ratio change which makes the non-turbo feel so nippy in town.

Having said that I did miss the ultimate surge of the turbo when overtaking while temporarily at the helm of a Vis.

I wish I could say mine ink black , but crono LE does it for me

This one will run and run

only ever driven 20VTs so not really qualified for 16/20 or na/T comparisons. would imagine different characteristics make different cars, so all about opinions...

generically - the 'best' coupe is one that is well maintained mechanically and cosmetically. a clean coupe, subtle enhancements to the original styling does it for me. 'wheels and windows', blackened tyres, shiney bodywork and undamaged bodywork all help to set a car off regardless of marque.

biased - but a clean, mint red LE gets my vote :-)

I love my 20vt in the lovely wine red, but I have always had a think for the dark metallic blue, and the metallic grey. I would take either of those colours over mine in a heartbeat, but I love the wine red too!!!

Well you did ask.... and I don't even really like RED cars

This looks good in red:



and is great to drive too.

The "best" coupe, for me, would be a steel grey turbo plus, which doesn't exist. A normal 20vt with the grille, seats and skirts is close enough.

Mine, of course, it was love at first sight x x

decent point here - and possibly a spin off for a seperate thread?

what hybrid / light mods would make a 'perfect' coupe?

to extend on my earlier point, for me, a red LE with the later honeycomb grill and plus / VT6 wheels - all in grigio titanium / shore beige - and a twin exhaust (autods rear) with diffuser again in grigio titanium / beige shore. split on actually doing this, or keeping the car 100% factory.

Probably, for all-around usage, the best is the 1.8 liters version for italian domestic market.

- No-turbo, no problems.
- Unbraeakable engine, it makes 15 km for 1 liter, 210km/h of maximumun speed
- It is 130kg less heavy than the turbos version

Very fun do drive in hills road, 137hp are ok to have fun.

It it incredible, it seems another car respect to other version.
When I tried it, I had the idea to buy also a 1.8l to have the 20vt for week-end, and the 1.8 for every day use.

Perfect coupe - mint, 17" alloys, the rest as it came out the factory doors...
AND 16V NA BROOM YELLOW!!!:D

:Dpoint taken