Fiat Barchetta - An undiscovered modern classic?

[Cess]

Fiat is an automotive monolith and Italian industrial giant. Despite manufacturing cars for over 100 years, in all shapes and forms, its image and reputation has been dogged by the legacy a range of unimaginative and wholly unreliable cars which it churned out throughout the 1980s.

In 1995, they needed a change of image. Enter the Barchetta.

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[Maranellohouse]

I've one in the garage at the moment. Lovely little cars to drive. doing a little work on it for a mate but thinking about keeping it.

 

[Bryan]

Didn't these only ever come in LHD? How come the one at the top is RHD?

I've always liked these. I remember a program Mike Brewer was on that helped people source cars took someone into Europe to buy one because it was much cheaper than ordering it from Fiat UK and since they're all LHD(?) it didn't really matter.

I love the old Fiat coupes too but I'd rather have an Alfa

 

[Graham]

Didn't these only ever come in LHD? How come the one at the top is RHD?

I've always liked these. I remember a program Mike Brewer was on that helped people source cars took someone into Europe to buy one because it was much cheaper than ordering it from Fiat UK and since they're all LHD(?) it didn't really matter.

I love the old Fiat coupes too but I'd rather have an Alfa

read the fine article and find out why its RHD

 

[Maranellohouse]

Yes they were all lhd but a company in England converted them. It was pretty straight forward as all the mechanics are Fiat Punto.

Personal preference but the Coupe drives better than the Alfa to the point it feels a bit German.