Musings on a Lancia Fulvia replacement

[jack89]

As the mind wanders, I found myself thinking about how Lancia could do an affordable Fulvia replacement (possible gt86 rival). If the new Giulia has a new RWD chassis developed for it, and not nicked from Chrysler, and Alfa/Fiat have done what other manufacturers are doing and made it suitable to sit under small to large cars, and bolt two twin-air engines together and then they could have a 1.75l twin turbo V4 small two door saloon!

Obviously it would never be as simple as that, but sounds like a good idea in my head!

[TheRealFingers99]

Difficult to see how a RWD car could be a Fulvia replacement!

Still, I believe Alfa have plans for the engine out of the 4C.

[Fulvisti]

I would love to see the 2003 Fulvia show car go into production. I think they would have a hard time keeping up with demand. It would most likely be front wheel drive though, especially if it wanted to be in keeping with the original Fulvia. I like the idea of the v4, but the market today where everything is shared with something else, it's hard to imagine unless it's going to be a new base engine across the board.

[jack89]

I always make that mistake! Can't get it into my head that it's actually an FF layout, although that would make it easier to implement my idea...just extend the 500/panda platform instead then. It all makes sense to me haha

[Fantuzzi]

Easier than that my friend, get the new Abarth/alfa spider/mx5 platform, make it a coupe, engine range of the 105 twin air, and the 160bhp 1.4 turbo unit and you have some fun times! A GT86 sounds like a great idea.

Obviously, the original was fwd, but if you want a modern copy you'd be better off just starting from scratch, or modifying the 500 platform. But that's no fun! Make something new and exciting.

I don't like the look of the 2003 fulvia. Its too much like the old version, but with out all of the good bits...

Just take the fulvia name if you need to, but make something new, too much nostalgia in the car industry.