Fiat Coupe 20v Turbo | Spotted

Affordable Italian sports cars have come and gone since, but few hold a candle to Fiat's turbocharged Coupe...We’re in desperate need of an affordable, two-door Italian sports car. Now, that hasn’t been through a lack of trying: Alfa Romeo came so close with the, with its stunning looks , carbon tub and rorty four-pot turbo engine. Frustratingly, a questionable suspension setup resulted in a busy ride on UK roads, meaning it wasn’t nearly as good to drive as it was to look at.

Which isn't to say that the affordable Italian sports car hasn't been a benchmark for driver involvement. The Alfa Romeo Brera was very pretty and had a throaty bark when paired with a 3.2-litre V6. It's just the chassis was so underwhelming that it took an overhaul fromto sort it all out.

It drove properly, too. Although the Coupe sent its power to the front axle the fully-independent suspension - with MacPherson struts at the front and rear trailing arms mounted to a separate subframe - gave the platform an innate agility that went down a treat with reviewers and enthusiasts. Brembo brakes added to its performance credentials, while all UK cars came with a limited-slip differential to put the power down without completely losing the plot.

Then there are the engines themselves. At launch, the car was offered with an array of four-cylinder petrol motors, including the 2.0-litre 16v engine from the- yet it’s the 20v inline-five that everyone associates with the Coupe. Five-cylinder motors were just as much of a rarity back in the '90s as they are today , so not only did the Coupe look distinct, it sounded unlike anything else on sale.

Fiat sold thousands of them, with the 20v Turbo being by far the most popular in Britain. Because they were so affordable and immensely desirable, there are a lot of tatty examples out there that can be had for just over £5k. This isn’t one of them, however, with this 1998 car being the tidiest-looking Coupe we’ve seen in a long time. It’s a low miler with 52,000 tallied, although the seller claims it’s only driven 900 of those over the last two years.

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