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| Car Of The Day: February 25, 2010; Majorette '93 Fiat Coupé | |
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| NoirGuru | Feb 25 2010, 01:22 AM Post #1 |
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The All Original Gentleman
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![]() Today's car of the day is Majorette's 1993 Fiat Coupé. ![]()
![]() For more information and pictures of the real car please visit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiat_Coup%C3%A9 ![]() A lot of Majorette has survived my childhood. This one wasn't taken out so much, but was mostly used as the showoff at school. People loved the yellow paint, and the angular design. But best of all they enjoyed the Super Steering function on it. <Hence the supplied under body picture> I never thought this car was real when I first had it. But it was still placed high on my innovations list. ![]()
Edited by NoirGuru, Feb 26 2010, 12:19 AM.
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| craftymore | Feb 25 2010, 01:25 AM Post #2 |
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Support your local demo derby.
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The steering option is pretty cool. The 1/1 look like a Geo Storm, not flattering words.
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| Swifty | Feb 25 2010, 03:03 AM Post #3 |
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The Mustang II is a Mustang too!
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I've got one of these with the steering also! A much better attempt at steering than the Matchbox '65 Mustang. Too bad these never really caught on. I seem to recall a '94 Mustang also in this range of steerable cars. This may have my vote this week. Will be tough to beat! |
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| james_autos | Feb 25 2010, 04:05 AM Post #4 |
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I've always liked the real car, but I don't think I'd be brave enough to own one! |
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| Scooter | Feb 25 2010, 12:48 PM Post #5 |
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I like the idea of steerable cars. Matchbox should attempt this again but the model I think should have been included with the cars last month when the dicasts got uglier and uglier. Dare I say Id prefer a mustang ( i should wash my bowtie mouth out ;-0 The back has a little G6 or Colbolt look to it. the Back doesnt look too bad |
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| Sak | Feb 25 2010, 05:58 PM Post #6 |
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Ezekiel 25:17
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I've never seen this one. I guess the engine was in the 1.1 range or so? |
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| JustDavid | Feb 25 2010, 10:32 PM Post #7 |
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Cool little car...not one I've ever heard of. |
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| ivantt | Feb 26 2010, 10:28 PM Post #8 |
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New casting? Quick! Take it apart!
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Very interesting...how many cars were actually made to steer, and how long did this idea last? |
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| Sak | Feb 27 2010, 07:16 AM Post #9 |
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Ezekiel 25:17
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I have a silver Ford Mondeo with this feature. The axle sits just a tad too aft in the wheelwells, and frankly, it takes away from the asthetics. |
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| james_autos | Feb 27 2010, 07:51 AM Post #10 |
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More like 2.0. Not your average Fiat here....... |
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| Sak | Feb 27 2010, 03:21 PM Post #11 |
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Ezekiel 25:17
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Wow. For over there, that's large, in a vehicle like this one. Good performance, I hope? |
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| james_autos | Feb 28 2010, 04:59 AM Post #12 |
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Performance wise, yes - very good. Reliability wise, no - they'd give you more grief than most other Fiats which would be enough to drive the average person to the brink of insanity. Just thinking about it now, I haven't seen one in ages. |
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| Sak | Feb 28 2010, 07:49 AM Post #13 |
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Ezekiel 25:17
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I understand. Fiats here in the States are synonymous with laughable build quality. They have a real road to hoe now that they've taken over Chrysler. I DON'T understand: I distinctly remember the taxis in Naples being the sedans- you know, the ones from the '60s and '70s, with the 1.1L, and for a car to be used as a taxi in a crazy, hilly, confused city like that, it would have to have a ruggedness that would have to surpass that of say, the Checker Co. of Kalamazoo, Michigan. It's Fiat we're talking about here... |
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| james_autos | Feb 28 2010, 09:11 AM Post #14 |
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Fiat really have come a long way in the past 10 years or so. Currently, there's the smashing little 500, the Grande Punto and the Bravo which are all excellent cars. The sedans used as taxis when you went to Naples would have most likely been 124's (which later became the Lada Riva) and 131's. Like you said it's amazing how they coped, and I often wonder the same. Maybe when they are out of their comfort zone of Italy in somewhere like the UK or the states, they don't like it and show this by being useless and unreliable. It's the same with French cars too; as with Italian cars, from the mid 1970's onwards they were quite popular in the UK but now, I could probably count the number of pre-1985 French and Italian cars in the UK used on a daily basis on my fingers. But I guarantee if you went to any village or town in France or Italy, you'd see loads of them. In reality, it's probably got something to do with the good climate and the higher price of new cars compared to the UK and the states. |
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| Tone | Feb 28 2010, 10:34 PM Post #15 |
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Rocket 88
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That is a very cool-looking car, I remember seeing a few of them in Sicily and Calabria when I visited that part of Europe in 2003. |
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