Auto Italia 200th edition triple coupe feature.

Allegedly three coupes will be featured in the 200th edition of Autoitalia.

Autoitalias biggest edition to date .

At least thats what it said in the back of the previous one.

A sprintey,a Scottie and an inky apparently.

Anyone we know?????????

Hmm... Biggenz, Barbz and yourself?

Hyper tim42 Theresa????

None of them have 500bhp+ though??

whens it out, next month?

This sounds like a date in Las Vegas

You arrange it I'll come.

Ross

You pay for it, I'll come

Proccy has witnessed that first hand i hear

He hasn't been the same since, well he walks different now.

You two should have left the room, we said we didn't want it filming

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wN3RG7-M91o

Lol you give him far to much credit

In a few days I think .
1st or 30th of each month.


This is like cluedo , was it Tim42 in Las Vegas with the Scottie?

4th sept comes out, unless you subscribe

I thought i would post up here as its a much more popular section that has the most traffic.

As some of you are aware thee will be a feature in AutoItalia this month as discussed briefly here in the news and press section
http://www.fiatcoupeclub.org/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=1370657#Post1370657

Have a look on here and it will give a little taster into what will be released on Wednesday

http://www.auto-italia.co.uk/

The homepage scrolls automatically but three Coupes are featured in what is the Magazines biggest selling edition yet
The 200th

Thanks to all involved especially the ones who travelled the distance and stayed overnight to be a part of this or to help on the day.
Was a brilliant feature and well organised by all involved,which was thoroughly enjoyed by all who took part.

A few special guests showed up and im hoping there visable to see in the pictures.

Nice to give something back to the Forum but mainly to rekindle the coupe as a recognised future classic.

Looking forward to getting this,get yourself a copy at WHSmiths or most superstores.

Cheers John. I'll get myself a copy for sure!

Wow, that looks a great edition........

Wicked! can't wait for this

Fantastic too those involved, getting another great feature keeps the marque in the public eye and can only benefit the values in the future.

Also with it been the 200th edition is a bonus along side such greats as the Ferrari 250 GTO. Etc.

looks like a fantastic edition , well done Johnny , Barbz and Biggenz , i'll be grabbing a copy .

Well done guys

Top work to all who made it happen realy making the coupe a well known furture classic with the power to match the looks.

keep it up! Good cover.

Well done

Well done chaps, I'll be getting a copy

kept this quiet eh... I will have a gander for sure.

Not really,i think you commented on my picture at Bruntingthorpe on facebook a few months back??

The benefits of subscribing too the mag is that my copy arrived today

Excellent feature, some great pics and a fantastic write up.

Well done fellas.

You tease

I will second that, even I don't get to see it until Wednesday .

Haha you need too subscribe, it has it's perks now and again.

You have seen my car collection.
As if I can afford £4 a month

Come on everyone some one has to also be a sudscriber???
Be nice to see how they feel about the coupe after all these years??

If paul can afford it am sure you can.

What does the write up say Paul or are you going to make us wait?

I'm going make you wait lol. But you'll like it.

How many pages?
And was it Tim42 H2ypr and Theresa's coupes?

As they say 'didnt they do well'

6 pages fella.

Including the Godfathers.

Well done tim42 H2ypr and thersa's

Godfathers?

Auto Italias words. The Godfather of Coupe tuning.

Ahhhhhh then they must be referring to Theresa and her knight rider led Lights then.

Am I right???

No your not right

To quote Ricky Tomlinson..... "My arrssse"!

To quote me...... "I wish..."!

2 belt changes and a clutch mate... £1.33 each, and keep the change

Try and ask me what happened last week...Will look out for this for sure. Any coupe press is good especially the rarity these days.

Quick question jbt,are you the git who got the sprinty plus?

Yes I bought the Plus Reuben . A bit of an impulse thing.
I'm the git.

Lovely very rare car. Bringing it to agm? would be cool to see one.

Yes it's going to the meet at Huddersfield this weekend and agm if I have the time.

That'd be the Plus that although originally cheaper than an LE, is considerably classier?

Ordered !

Ah yeah see what you did there

That's the problem with black and white.
Always a trail.

SO this came out today? Hope I can find a copy in the local newsagents now.

Brilliant write-up, well done to all concerned

Can't post up pictures due to copyright but the Alfa after the feature cost over 100k to build.
Race spec with 330Bhp.
Wow

Fantastic write up,well done to all involved.

I pick up my copy in the morning.

Firstly, just like to give a big thanks to JBT & crew for arranging this event.

Auto Italia invited us to participate in a full length feature at Bruntingthorpe, on the most extremely tuned turbo Coupes on the planet. So, we thought it’ll be an opportunity lost, not to share our achievements locally and globally. This is the most comprehensive media feature to date, which can only put the Fiat Coupe back in the limelight, boasting a six cover spread of fantastic and inspiring reading.

For those who have followed Torque Italia’s 500+bhp developments over two years would appreciate the pioneering break through achieved in the Fiat Coupe tuning realm, setting new standards. Teaming up with like-minded and enthusiastic owners/traders has proved fruitful recently, and we have decided to embark upon a Fiat Coupe tuning marketing campaign for the future.

Previously, an attempt was made to feature a tuned Fiat Coupe 2.0 20v turbo in Auto Italia, anyone know who’s it is?

Chris Rees briefly quoted below:

[/b]“things had already burst the 400bhp barrier when, a few years back, I drove a tuned Fiat Coupe. Frankly, it was border line scary, with wallow around corners and the sort of torque steer that demands extreme caution”[b]

Be interested to know who built it?

Highlights of the day, head to head blast with five a breast 500bhp coupe’s on a runway, and who won???

Disputed currently, rematch on the cards, very soon……………

Keep the media focused events coming.

Get your copy now!

Thanks
Barbz

Can't wait to read this feature....I haven't seen the mag in any local shops yet though. I might have to venture to big tescos tonight

Well done to all involved.

I have just read the feature. Very well done to all you guys involved. Keep at it.

I have just read the feature. Brilliant!! well done.

i wish i'd of known when you guys had gone up to bruntingthorpe i would have popped up and watched you all, i only live 2 miles away.

Loved this article. And I'm not ashamed to say that regardless of the fact that my coops standard, I'll still enjoy reveling in the reflected glory by waving this under various petrol-heads' noses at work (& the boy racer brother-in-law). Well done to all involved.

Well done to all involved, look forward to having a read !

makes very good reading....shows the coupe in a good light ,even after all these years,i especially liked the phrase

`the power delivery is delirious` describing Barbz`s car

but the reviews on both Johns car and Pero`s car are equally as good

well done guys,I`m sure it will make a few readers scratch their heads...... over 500 bhp --How do they do that ???

So come on then, who did actually win, and what speeds did you reach?!

As for the other Coupe featured a few years ago, that was Eldino's 429bhp



This was DrFrag's old LE, and had a pretty good suspension setup, especially for those that can remember it drifting nicely around Silverstone!

Just picked up my copy, great read and some good pics too. Great work fellas!

Flea i dunno who actually was fastest,but i do know,after the first runs ,Barbz told them to go out again, but this time ,stop changing up at 5500 rpm.........instead change up at 8000rpm rpm ..... i thik that kinda blew them away

Was contacted by Phil yesterday who's the editor/owner of auto Italia and he said he was so impressed with the feature that he went out and bought a 20vt coupe.

Considering the hardware this man gets loaned to him daily I think we can only take this as testiment to how good the coupe really is amidst strict competition.

Impressive. I thought he had one for years, sold it a couple of years back.

That's correct,but been without one now for 8 years.

So long? I thought he'd kept it longer. Now he's remembered what he's missing!

After the 20VT he brought a NA for his Mrs which they sold too Lord March's wife.

Yes, he sold it last year. It was a Sprint Blue one

Put it this way it was still under fiat warranty when he sold it.

Phil has had two Coupés in recent years. He had a dark blue one sold that and then got a Sprint Blue.

Great article, well done to John, Barbz and Pero (Biggenz). They were clearly impressed!

Great news for more press on the coupe. Looked like a fun day aswell.

Shame no real mention of the club or forum what brought all you guys together in this mad marriage of coupes.

Keep going people.. What are the forged bits rated to in these engines? Do they have their limit somewhere?

We weren't in control of the wording Reuben .

We showed up,did the feature and left.
Even to the day it was released we didn't know they would do such a big feature in the 200 th anniversary edition.

Copyright ,access and permissions prevented any thanks or references unless prior arranged with those parties.

It was a feature on the cars and to the guys who created them.

Thats cool. Just alittle shame.

Was you approached for the feature.. Just wondering how these things happen.

Three years ago who would of thought a 500bhp coupe on normal fuel.

Wait till they break the 10's on the 1/4 mile

Ross

Yes I was contacted by email following a conversation with Phil by a customer of mine.

He asked for several if possible.
I contacted various customers and friends and out of all the coupes we took on the day they decided to feature 3 in total.




videos soon Ross

well what was johns's running on pump fuel and marics?

just found it i like reading about the development of johns's

568BHP, 440lbs/ft (V-Power), 616BHP, 480lbs/ft (102 RON fuel) all at just 1.5 bar boost

and that was over 5 years ago ruben.

will be good to see what people are running 3 years from now

Got a link for that Adam?

Ross

Barbz website under johns

Cheers

Ross

heres the link for the people that havent read it yet

http://www.torqueitalia.com/tunedby_johns.asp

Good old Barbz.
Many have tried but he's still the only one producing consistent power.

Although I heard someone attempted a 2.4 which didn't last long?

I'm not sure why, but it looks like people are afraid to really push the boundaries. And I mean customers, not the tuners. People seem to go for what's tried and tested rather than going all out and trying something new.

That's why I went in a totally different direction. Not many people had faith, including Flea when he started mapping the car, but in the end it all came together and the outcome was pretty special.

An even bigger problem is people not wanting to spend the money on developing the Coupe to such levels. It's understandable since the cars are now worth less and less but what most people fail to see is that with a fraction of the cost of any other major car/engine builds, you can go faster with a coupe than almost any other car. And it's something unique.

I'm so glad you write these posts,
In a months time when yours is sold I will haunt you with what you once had.
I will make sure the 2.7 I have on the shelf waits for your new coupe when you miss the sprintey.

The main reason for this has always been because the coupe is there only form of transport. Those people on the forum with s second car are more likey to push it because there not depending on it to run them to work in the morning

On that note Adam is yours a second car?

A 2nd car plus a host of pool cars

So when do we get to see this then?
Don't you have an LE?

I ment + pool cars I have my black LE which is having a normal forge build as we speak then wine red vis which is daily drive when I'm not using a free car and fuel

Once the LE has be run in and mapped (plus a couple of track days for goid measure) it will be going to a friend for is coupe and the new engine will be built.

Best colour for a coupe.Not that I'm biased in anyway.

Nice to see people taking interest, that's what its all about!

John S' coupe was a very special car indeed and a one off at its time. A shame we never got a chance to push the publicity on it.

As i said earlier, we took to the initiative to promote the tuned coupe scene with great success.

Even though current power levels are similar to John's, we have made major breakthrough's with all the current platforms which are as follows:

2.5L Engine platform
First 2.0L 82mm Engine runing 2bar boost@8350rpm, 563hp
500+hp with stock manifold
500+hp Stock cams (TI cam settings)
3.5inch exhaust systems.
GTX and Billet turbo debut's
Push type single plate clutch kit (450lbs rating)
Oem ecu management,
BC coilovers
925cc injectors
TI high flow fuel rails
TI large throttle body
TI 44mm & 38mm, T25 to T3 wastegate adapters.
400ltr in tank pumps.
Tigart manifold debut

and more........

The way things are progressing, we will be looking at 10 500+hp Coupes by the end of year and a couple of 600+hp formats.

Spot on




Pretty sure that the guys there that day would have no say on what was printed, good or bad.

I'm pretty sure this forum is the only one dedicated to the fiat coupe in the whole of the UK, google fiat coupe forum and fccuk turns up, not that hard to find if you are interested in the fiat coupe. With help of the great press as stated above I'm sure there will be more people searching " fiat coupe forum " in the future.

Well done girls guys

Biased , no

Colour blind , maybe

Stupid , yep

C'mon the sprinty

can I be one .......................pleeeeze


sorry, and as always,there`s only ever been one `best` colour ...........


Sprint Blue

cant agree more!!
sprint blue all the way!!

Sprintey is by far the best colour.
The black is a more mature one

Fact: in Germany they don't call it Sprintey but Müllsack.
Pretty chuffed with the Electric blue in the shed myself.

Hahahahahahahahaha there's a joke relating to Marco in there somewhere but my tired eyes can't see it.

Lol thanks lol

Yup -but I'm far far to young to be mature In any shape or form

'Mature '. A day away from being wrinkly ,rotten ,and time for the bin !!!

Purely an observational point... I did not realise there were only 220 broomy 'Grale's - most of the Evo's I have seen are either red or yellow.

Snapped in Maranello 2 weeks ago:


Were the red ones limited in number too, out of interest?

There were 220 yellow evo 2's (my mate has one) there were a limited number of yellow evo 1's which were a different (actually a ferrari) yellow.
I beleive Red, blue and white evo 2's weren't limited in number but I dont know how many we're produced,official german cars were badged sedici and official uk cars were badged monte Carlo as far as I am aware, again these are limited in number.

The car in the photo is an evo 1, don't know if it's an official yellow one? Lots have been resprayed.

My god that's a lovely looking car.wish I could afford one.

Didnt we work out you own 5 Coupe's? Offer 4 of them as part ex!

They make the hooligans car of choice, the Orange Ford Focus RS, look tame IMHO!

No way!!!!!!!!!
The coupe has a much better more refined 20 valve engine

'Grale 20vt project then John?

Anyone know any newsagents with a copy in stock in the Sheffield area? Going to try a couple of places tomorrow, but the city center has sold out!

You can order back issues from autoitalia on line if you are still at a lost end.

Nice article - approx 5 days to receive after ordering from AI online...

Forgot to bid on a 2nd hand copy on fleabay and it went for £1.24 - Bugger

Have you got a copy yet Matt.?

I've got mine!

Just ordered a copy via autoitalia website.

keep an eye out in the next few issues especially coming into the new year as more to come from us.

Was last months issue, number 199 does anyone know as I still need to order a copy.

Issue 200 iirc

Link to buy that I used:-

http://www.auto-italia.co.uk/payment/lastest_issue_subscription.asp

Were also in the 202 edition as well so look out for this one.

Nice article guys, well done to all! Really makes me miss my coupes though, especially as Barbz' looks just like my old 20vt!

Looking forward to issue 202 then too.....

Midlands car servicing and torque Italia will be mentioned in the next few editions but were not sure how much at the moment.

We were also invited to an exclusive event in the early months of next year which sounds fun.
This edition will be out spring time.

Novembers edition of practical performance car magazine also has quite a feature of two coupes at Santa Pod in it so make sure you pick up a copy .

Out on the last week of October.
I'm not in this one though

Finally got porkys copy off him and out of the bathroom, very good read up boys your cars looked great well done x