Welcome Guest [Log In] [Register]

Announcements (Updated: July 11, 2018)

Welcome to Swifty's Garage!


Thanks to all of you for making this board what it is today!


Attention new members: We would like to welcome you personally, so please introduce yourself. Click here: INTRODUCTIONS


For all the latest news and announcements, please click here: PA System



Thank you - The Swifty's Garage Team




This board is best viewed at 1024 x 768 Resolution

Car of the Week:


Matchbox 1968 Ford F-100


Click Here: Matchbox '68 Ford F-100
Welcome to Swifty's Garage. We hope you enjoy your visit.


You're currently viewing our forum as a guest. This means you are limited to certain areas of the board and there are some features you can't use. If you join our community, you'll be able to access member-only sections, and use many member-only features such as customizing your profile, sending personal messages, and voting in polls. Registration is simple, fast, and completely free.

Thank You,
The Swifty's Garage Team


Join our community!


If you're already a member please log in to your account to access all of our features.

Username:   Password:
Add Reply
Car Of The Day: February 25, 2010; Majorette '93 Fiat Coupé
Topic Started: Feb 25 2010, 01:22 AM (1,022 Views)
NoirGuru
Member Avatar
The All Original Gentleman
Posted Image

Today's car of the day is Majorette's 1993 Fiat Coupé.

Posted Image

Wikipedia
 
The Fiat Coupé (type 175, officially titled the Coupé Fiat) was a coupé produced by the Italian manufacturer Fiat between 1993 and 2000. The car was introduced at Brussels Motor Show in 1993.

It is most remembered for its distinctive, angular design, with unique scalloped side panels. The body was designed by Chris Bangle from "FIAT Style Center", while the interior was designed by Pininfarina. The exterior design would foreshadow much of late 1990s and early 2000s car design, acting as a precedent to both Bangle's somewhat notorious work at BMW, as well as futuristic angular designs by other marques such as Ford and Renault.


Posted Image

For more information and pictures of the real car please visit:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiat_Coup%C3%A9

Posted Image

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.

Posted Image

Wikipedia
 
On its launch in 1993, the Coupé was available with a four cylinder, 2.0 L 16V engine, in both turbo (190 PS) and normally-aspirated (139 PS) versions. Both engines were later versions of Fiat's twin-cam design and inherited from the Lancia Delta Integrale, winner of the World Rally Championship a record six times. 1996 brought in a 1.8 L 16V engine (not available in the UK, 130 PS), along with a 2.0-litre 5-cylinder 20V (147 PS), and a 5-cylinder 2.0-litre 20V turbo (220 PS (160 kW; 220 hp). With a 0-62 mph (0-100 km/h) time of 6.3 seconds, and a top speed of 155 mph (250 km/h) the Fiat coupe was among some of the quickest European front wheel drive cars of its day.


Posted Image
Edited by NoirGuru, Feb 26 2010, 12:19 AM.
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
craftymore
Member Avatar
Support your local demo derby.

The steering option is pretty cool. The 1/1 look like a Geo Storm, not flattering words. ;)
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
Swifty
Member Avatar
The Mustang II is a Mustang too!
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!
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
james_autos
Member Avatar
Minivan
I've always liked the real car, but I don't think I'd be brave enough to own one!
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
Scooter
Fullsize
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
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
Sak
Member Avatar
Ezekiel 25:17
I've never seen this one. I guess the engine was in the 1.1 range or so?
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
JustDavid
Member Avatar
SUV
Cool little car...not one I've ever heard of.
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
ivantt
Member Avatar
New casting? Quick! Take it apart!
Very interesting...how many cars were actually made to steer, and how long did this idea last?
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
Sak
Member Avatar
Ezekiel 25:17
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.
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
james_autos
Member Avatar
Minivan
Quote:
 
I guess the engine was in the 1.1 range or so?


More like 2.0. Not your average Fiat here.......
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
Sak
Member Avatar
Ezekiel 25:17
Wow. For over there, that's large, in a vehicle like this one. Good performance, I hope?
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
james_autos
Member Avatar
Minivan
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.
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
Sak
Member Avatar
Ezekiel 25:17
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...
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
james_autos
Member Avatar
Minivan
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.


Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
Tone
Member Avatar
Rocket 88
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.
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
1 user reading this topic (1 Guest and 0 Anonymous)
« Previous Topic · Car Of The Day · Next Topic »
Add Reply



March's Picture of The Month Contest



Congratulations DinoMom for winning March's contest!



April's Picture of The Month Contest



Congratulations carsdownunder for winning April's contest!






Powered By

This board is best viewed at 1024 x 768 Resolution


eXTReMe Tracker