#CTVariety The FIAT Coupé 20V Turbo
The FIAT Coupé 20V Turbo was the Coupé’s top spec and was equipped with a turbocharged 2litre Inline-5 engine, coupled to a six speed transmission and powering the front wheels. With 217hp and a weight of 1310kg the car was able to accelerate from 0 to 100km/h in only 6.5 seconds (6.3s for the Turbo Plus) and was capable of a top speed of 250 km/h (240km/h in the case of the earlier five-speed gearbox). At the time it was released it was the fastest FWD car in the world and even more than 20 years later it’s still the fastest car FIAT ever built.
The exterior was designed by Chris Bangle and FIAT’s own design center Centro Stile, while Pininfarina was responsible for the interior design.
In my opinion the 5 cylinder sounds simply amazing, but here’s a video for you, so that you can make your own impressions of it.
If it would have been RWD, it might have become one of the coolest cars of the European 90s, but even with front wheel drive, it still is an amazing car and on the way to become an absolute classic. It might be about the last time you can get one of these relatively cheap, because prices will most likely increase a lot over the next years.
Sadly the car experienced the same fate so many Fieros experienced in the USA. Many of them were turned into crappy looking “Ferraris” like this one here (and that’s by far not the worst of them).
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Cool car! It’s actually officially called the Coupé Fiat :)
Yeah I know but that sounds really strange xD
The engine sound somehow reminded me of the “Busso”
The Busso is missing one cylinder then xD But seriously, I can hear what you mean. But the turbo whistles makes the 5 cylinder even better for me :D
Heres a blue coupe
How does the Coupe Turbo R compare?
That doesn’t exist.
I don’t exactly know what you mean xD
I prefer FWD coupes over RWD ones
shoot me
No problem. FWD isn’t bad. I’m an absolute hot hatch fan after all, but it would have been some serious competition for cars like the MX-5 if it was RWD. It would have been a real sports car, but with FWD it’s rather comparable to hot hatches.
Such an amazing car of my childhood.
These were very popular in Spain. Now they are more rare.
Oh, and I like the four versions of this car, wether it’s the 16v, the 16v turbo, the 20v or the 20v turbo :D
Yes it just looks fantastic. The styling is extraordinary but very appealing. And I’m not that keen on the four cylinder engines. They simply lack that five-cylinder sound xD But nothing beats the turbo whistle of the 20V Turbo
I was in love with this car 2 years ago
What happened? D:
I don’t know. You grew apart it seems 😂
Time happened
The good old “Ferrari for the Secretary” one of the cars I laid my eyes on first since my grandparents neighbour used to have one. I love the door handles
One of the best fwd cars ever built