to shine on home soil it had a funny way of showing it, the launch route basically a traffic-clogged tour of slow-moving roads between Verona and Lake Garda. With a stop-off for some manner of web broadcast press conference. And a big lunch.
Much as we liked the idea of the latter we decided to elope and take the 124 Spider off-piste, up into the mountains and onto some proper roads to really put it to the test. And here's the video of that drive, exploring the vital question of whether or not Fiat has put sufficient ground between the Spider and the MX-5 on which it is based.