Fiat 124 spider

[carlove]

Seen one or two, they look pretty good, prefer it to the Mazda, not the type of car I would have myself though.

[hamish88]

I've got this in front of my desk everyday. It's kinda growing on me but it's bloody hard getting in and out of but maybe that's because I'm a fat bd.

Should've put a bigger engine in it though imo

[icepop]

Yes, they've had one in the FIAT dealership in Keswick for a few weeks, and for me, looks a bit meh !!

MX5 mullers it, in the looks department, as does the Z4. Ex Barchetta fans will, I guess, love it, cos it's different/ugly/awkward/nice in a FIAT way, just like their other low volume, get to the back of the queue, FWD 2 seater.

Edited by icepop on Monday 5th December 02:02

[Loyly]

Yes, they look crap. The MX5 is miles better looking.

[MarshPhantom]

Saw one somehere, thought it looked better in the metal than in the pics.

[TheDrBrian]

It's like a prototype MX5, a car covered with fake panels to hide the true body underneath.

[lord trumpton]

Lovey....really like that.

Is it RWD?

[irocfan]

Loyly said:

Yes, they look crap. The MX5 is miles better looking.

[Codswallop]

lord trumpton said:

Lovey....really like that.

Is it RWD?

Yes it's RWD. It's basically a rebodied ND MX5, but fitted with an NC MX5 gearbox and Fiat's 1.4 Multi air turbo engine.

I think car looks good with nicer wheels and a hint of lowering.

Edited by Codswallop on Monday 5th December 08:37

[maxdb]

There's a red one parked on my route home from work. They look ok-ish in the flesh.

[RemaL]

Deerfoot said:

Only outside the local Fiat dealers, I haven't seen any on the road yet.

Looks wise I still prefer the Mazda.

Seen one at the NEC also and thought Meh. Also prefer the Mazda if I had to have 1 of the 2

[lord trumpton]

It looks bloody amazing and with the grunt needed to enjoy tail out track fun. Yummy yum yum

[LittleEnus]

hamish88 said:

I've got this in front of my desk everyday. It's kinda growing on me but it's bloody hard getting in and out of but maybe that's because I'm a fat bd.

Should've put a bigger engine in it though imo

Quite the sales technique you have there

I like the look of these 124's.

[BricktopST205]

Saw the Abarth version at Goodwood. One thing that did come to mind is it is one of those cars that looks a lot better in the flesh than photos.

[simonrockman]

I went to the launch.



But this was nicer



I like FCA, I particularly like Alfa, and think the Panda Cross is an excellent little car.

But having driven both the 124 Spider and the 1.5l MX-5 I prefer the Mazda.

[ambuletz]

wasn't fond of the 124 initialy, but now I rather like the low, wide, flat look. It makes a nice contrast to cars these days that are tall wedges meeting pedestrian crash safety rules.

[hamish88]

LittleEnus said:

hamish88 said:

I've got this in front of my desk everyday. It's kinda growing on me but it's bloody hard getting in and out of but maybe that's because I'm a fat bd.

Should've put a bigger engine in it though imo

Quite the sales technique you have there

I like the look of these 124's.

Yeah but at over 30 grand its a bloody hard sell

[MarshPhantom]

simonrockman said:

But this was nicer

Whereas I much prefer the old 124 Coupe to the old Spider. Not heard anything about a Coupe version.

[Sheetmaself]

Saw an Abarth version a week ago, all matt black. Didnt realise it had four tailpipes but guess it makes sense as the 500 Abarth does. For a while i wondered if it was a new dodge srt10 version as looked quite similar from the rear and side.

[thecremeegg]

I can't get on with the looks of it - it looks so bland and podgy! The MX5 on the other hand looks fantastic imo, the angles and lines are far more modern.