RE: Fiat 124 - first pics
Discussion
'I'd like to see it with the roof up' look at an MX5 then.........
'I prefer the MX5, I like my windscreen surrounds painted car colour' they are all black!.....
This car has a tough job, the Alfa owners hate it because its not an Alfa, (Realistically how many of those have actually bought a new Alfa with their own money over the last 3-4 years?)
The MX5 owners hate it because its not an MX5, and for the first time they have something they think they can feel snooty about.
I liked the style of the first 124, and I like the cues on this one, I like Fiat lumps, i've run 20v Coupes / Turbos and a 500 as well as an Abarth. (No failures or issues, many more on nameless Alfa though)
And someone pages back actually mentioned 'do Fiats still rot.......' take a look at an early MX5 to go back to 70's style rot!
There is so much biased bile on here about a new to the market rwd two seater............ (Shakes head)
'I prefer the MX5, I like my windscreen surrounds painted car colour' they are all black!.....
This car has a tough job, the Alfa owners hate it because its not an Alfa, (Realistically how many of those have actually bought a new Alfa with their own money over the last 3-4 years?)
The MX5 owners hate it because its not an MX5, and for the first time they have something they think they can feel snooty about.
I liked the style of the first 124, and I like the cues on this one, I like Fiat lumps, i've run 20v Coupes / Turbos and a 500 as well as an Abarth. (No failures or issues, many more on nameless Alfa though)
And someone pages back actually mentioned 'do Fiats still rot.......' take a look at an early MX5 to go back to 70's style rot!
There is so much biased bile on here about a new to the market rwd two seater............ (Shakes head)
Oddball RS said:
The MX5 owners hate it because its not an MX5, and for the first time they have something they think they can feel snooty about.
OI! I know that's a generalisation. But I'd like to point out that while I love an MX5. I said I didn't care how it looked (It looks like a car to me). I wanted to know if it was going to be a good little sports car to drive. And with the turbo engine, if the engine tuning options would be better than the MX5. If it's still light and has the ability to take bigger power, there might be one on every trackday in 10 years time.Munter said:
Oddball RS said:
The MX5 owners hate it because its not an MX5, and for the first time they have something they think they can feel snooty about.
OI! I know that's a generalisation. But I'd like to point out that while I love an MX5. I said I didn't care how it looked (It looks like a car to me). I wanted to know if it was going to be a good little sports car to drive. And with the turbo engine, if the engine tuning options would be better than the MX5. If it's still light and has the ability to take bigger power, there might be one on every trackday in 10 years time.
Yadizzle1 said:
The ladies will love this one, the 500 crew will migrate to the 124 I reckon.
Ha ha and ladies being ladies they will go for the top model and be unwittingly packing 180kW or whatever under their right foot. To the possible embarassment of beardy types in their MX5 come the traffic light or motorway entry ramp Grand Prix...I have to say, side by side in similar hues the Fiat wins on looks alone. It's how it drives that would be the clincher; if all it is is a 'reskin' then Mazda should be very worried.
The only problem i can foresee though...
No brainer if i were in the market; the classic 124 wins easily, and is cheaper than either of the above.
The only problem i can foresee though...
No brainer if i were in the market; the classic 124 wins easily, and is cheaper than either of the above.
Do FIAT have the worst looking wheels in the industry? They always look horribly cheap.
I can't get behind the new 124 - I want my FIATs to look Italian, regardless of who designs them. I owned a Barchetta for a few years and really enjoyed it, thought it was a beautiful looking little thing. I can literally see nothing about the new 124 that I like.
Only Alfa can save us now.
I can't get behind the new 124 - I want my FIATs to look Italian, regardless of who designs them. I owned a Barchetta for a few years and really enjoyed it, thought it was a beautiful looking little thing. I can literally see nothing about the new 124 that I like.
Only Alfa can save us now.
Feels like a missed opportunity to me. Auto Express's photoshops looked much better than the finished product and not that unrealistic:
All Fiat had to do was get the Italian flair thing right, and give it a different driving personaility to the MX-5 with their own engine - that part at least they might still achieve. But it just looks so boring.
I wouldn't be surprised if you could pick one of these up second hand for knob-all in a couple of years.
All Fiat had to do was get the Italian flair thing right, and give it a different driving personaility to the MX-5 with their own engine - that part at least they might still achieve. But it just looks so boring.
I wouldn't be surprised if you could pick one of these up second hand for knob-all in a couple of years.
D-Angle said:
Feels like a missed opportunity to me. Auto Express's photoshops looked much better than the finished product and not that unrealistic:
All Fiat had to do was get the Italian flair thing right, and give it a different driving personaility to the MX-5 with their own engine - that part at least they might still achieve. But it just looks so boring.
I wouldn't be surprised if you could pick one of these up second hand for knob-all in a couple of years.
seriously???? That's fAll Fiat had to do was get the Italian flair thing right, and give it a different driving personaility to the MX-5 with their own engine - that part at least they might still achieve. But it just looks so boring.
I wouldn't be surprised if you could pick one of these up second hand for knob-all in a couple of years.
king goppingirocfan said:
D-Angle said:
Feels like a missed opportunity to me. Auto Express's photoshops looked much better than the finished product and not that unrealistic:
All Fiat had to do was get the Italian flair thing right, and give it a different driving personaility to the MX-5 with their own engine - that part at least they might still achieve. But it just looks so boring.
I wouldn't be surprised if you could pick one of these up second hand for knob-all in a couple of years.
seriously???? That's fAll Fiat had to do was get the Italian flair thing right, and give it a different driving personaility to the MX-5 with their own engine - that part at least they might still achieve. But it just looks so boring.
I wouldn't be surprised if you could pick one of these up second hand for knob-all in a couple of years.
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