gar074
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The limited colour choice is a real disappointment IMHO.
MX5 in a frock...
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MX5 in a frock...
Agreed, far to many dingey colours. Grey, black.... zzzzzz
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Check out the fab colours available for the new Tipo on the configurator! LoL
gar074
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Wow! Now that's a car that will be jolly hard to find in a car park on a dark night!
I look back fondly at the wonderful range of colours available on the Barchetta - yellow, orange, red, that terrific metallic blue. Colours to put a smile on your face. All Fiat now wants to offer is drab, drab and more drab.
I look back fondly at the wonderful range of colours available on the Barchetta - yellow, orange, red, that terrific metallic blue. Colours to put a smile on your face. All Fiat now wants to offer is drab, drab and more drab.
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I know, it's weird isn't it? Im still not sure which colour the 124 looks best in.... red or blue.
I think any car which shares a platform has an uphill struggle and has to prove itself. It isn't always very well executed though - Jag X Type anyone?
I think it's a very good idea. Internally its very much badge engineering (albeit with Italian leather) but the exterior transforms the car.
It looks much larger and purposeful that the MX5. Where the Mazda is a car you chuck around and rev the t*ts off; the Spider is a car to cruise and enjoy the drop-top thrills.
Besides Mazda bits married with Italian styling surely that's a perfect match?
I haven't even collected my new 500 yet and I'm already planning in my diary a test drive and probable trade in date. lol :bang:
I think it's a very good idea. Internally its very much badge engineering (albeit with Italian leather) but the exterior transforms the car.
It looks much larger and purposeful that the MX5. Where the Mazda is a car you chuck around and rev the t*ts off; the Spider is a car to cruise and enjoy the drop-top thrills.
Besides Mazda bits married with Italian styling surely that's a perfect match?
I haven't even collected my new 500 yet and I'm already planning in my diary a test drive and probable trade in date. lol :bang:
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It's just too much money for what it is tbh.
The Abarth version....is getting on for Mustang Money. Granted only the Ecoboost version but it's still a lot of car to compare against.
The MX5 has been unbeatable for years and I don't think that dressing one up, giving it the name of a classic and charging more for it is the way to beat it.
At least they didn't badge it as as Alfa. That was the original plan...
The Abarth version....is getting on for Mustang Money. Granted only the Ecoboost version but it's still a lot of car to compare against.
The MX5 has been unbeatable for years and I don't think that dressing one up, giving it the name of a classic and charging more for it is the way to beat it.
At least they didn't badge it as as Alfa. That was the original plan...
spiderwolfe
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I think the white color in the picture accentuates that "double face" look. Mine is dark gray and the double grill looks aggressive kind of like some Astin Martin's.
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My dad bought a Prima edizione, and I got to drive it. I prefer the manual, but the prima is soooo pretty. I have a video of it, but I cannot post links yet.
My friends have all driven mx-5's for years, and while fun I've never been interested in one enough, but after driving the 124, if my wife wouldn't kill me I probably would buy one. It rides so much better than a mx-5, and I find the seats to be more comfortable as well.
My friends have all driven mx-5's for years, and while fun I've never been interested in one enough, but after driving the 124, if my wife wouldn't kill me I probably would buy one. It rides so much better than a mx-5, and I find the seats to be more comfortable as well.
I'm going for bronze..... (No Olympic connection!)
spiderwolfe
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triumph7,
Mine is the Lusso model (Lusso in English means a luxury not a necessity) Some of my friends would say that definition sums me up. I'm struggling to feel ashamed.
Mine is the Lusso model (Lusso in English means a luxury not a necessity) Some of my friends would say that definition sums me up. I'm struggling to feel ashamed.
I'm bloody fuming. Put down £1000 to reserve an anniversary edition of the new 124 spider on the understanding that it is held over until I can see it and drive it. Also the money is fully refundable or can be reassigned to another car of my choice. I've told the dealership that I no longer want the first batch and will order one in either blue or bronze with tan interior and they are telling me that I've got to have the one I reserved......
No way. I've cancelled and taken it up with fiat.
No way. I've cancelled and taken it up with fiat.
I've long been an admirer of the MX-5 as it's always been the sports car we (the British) should have made. It always had this feel of turning somewhere under your seat, probably due to the seat being just ahead of the rear axle. It reminded me very much of a Triumph Spitfire or a Spridget.
Of course the Mazda was a little better than the BL sports cars in a few ways: The hood tended not to leak every time it rained (how I miss the feel of wet shoes); the electrics weren't supplied by "Uncle Joe" Lucas, "The Prince of Darkness"; it had 5 gears rather than 4; the synchromesh didn't fail on 2nd gear; the Mazda always started whatever the weather; the heater always managed to blow hot air when you moved the control to the red part and cool when you moved it to the blue area......rather than the other way round on the Spitfire.
The Japanese also did other things that were so blindingly obvious I've never understood why the British (or FIAT) didn't. When my Dad bought his first Nissan, he opened the bonnet (as distinct from hood) to find the four spark plug leads held by a cheap plastic clip fixed to the camshaft covers which meant the leads didn't flop around and fray or the cores break up. Simple and cost pennies.
Back to the new 124 though. Styling will always be a personal thing; beauty being in the eye of the beholder and so on. But, to me, although the older MX-5s were always derivative in a Lotus Elan kind of way, the new one is more distinctive. However, the new one looks to me as if a giant plumber has come along with some pliers and crimped both ends. For that reason, among others, I think the 124 with its slightly longer profile is the far better shape.
Sometimes making a car shorter can really help its dynamics and aesthetics, although is some cases it can be a disaster. When I was entering my teens I had a thing about American cars. My regular reads were Hot Rod and Car and Driver. Muscle cars were it as far as I was concerned. Who would want a European car with 1.3 litres when you could have a 351 Cleveland in a Mustang, or a 426 Hemi in a Charger or even a SD 455 HO in a Trans Am. But when Ford tried to down-size the Mustang they lost the great shape of the GT and the Shelby GT500 or even the Mach 1 and it just didn't work.
Mind you, if you look at the '74 Trans Am and its Camaro cousins with their shovel nose, that didn't do much for me either.
Still, as they say, beauty is............................................
Of course the Mazda was a little better than the BL sports cars in a few ways: The hood tended not to leak every time it rained (how I miss the feel of wet shoes); the electrics weren't supplied by "Uncle Joe" Lucas, "The Prince of Darkness"; it had 5 gears rather than 4; the synchromesh didn't fail on 2nd gear; the Mazda always started whatever the weather; the heater always managed to blow hot air when you moved the control to the red part and cool when you moved it to the blue area......rather than the other way round on the Spitfire.
The Japanese also did other things that were so blindingly obvious I've never understood why the British (or FIAT) didn't. When my Dad bought his first Nissan, he opened the bonnet (as distinct from hood) to find the four spark plug leads held by a cheap plastic clip fixed to the camshaft covers which meant the leads didn't flop around and fray or the cores break up. Simple and cost pennies.
Back to the new 124 though. Styling will always be a personal thing; beauty being in the eye of the beholder and so on. But, to me, although the older MX-5s were always derivative in a Lotus Elan kind of way, the new one is more distinctive. However, the new one looks to me as if a giant plumber has come along with some pliers and crimped both ends. For that reason, among others, I think the 124 with its slightly longer profile is the far better shape.
Sometimes making a car shorter can really help its dynamics and aesthetics, although is some cases it can be a disaster. When I was entering my teens I had a thing about American cars. My regular reads were Hot Rod and Car and Driver. Muscle cars were it as far as I was concerned. Who would want a European car with 1.3 litres when you could have a 351 Cleveland in a Mustang, or a 426 Hemi in a Charger or even a SD 455 HO in a Trans Am. But when Ford tried to down-size the Mustang they lost the great shape of the GT and the Shelby GT500 or even the Mach 1 and it just didn't work.
Mind you, if you look at the '74 Trans Am and its Camaro cousins with their shovel nose, that didn't do much for me either.
Still, as they say, beauty is............................................
Have you reminded them that there is more than one FIAT dealer in the south of England?
Yup, already arranged to see the car with another dealer.....
Drove one earlier at J & J motors in Bridged. Utterly fantastic.
If I didn't have this, I'd buy one.
If I didn't have this, I'd buy one.
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Driving in a couple weeks
gar074
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Had an invite to the launch at Glyn Hopkin Cambridge, but I'm away this weekend, so it will have to wait.
I have to say that I really like the look of the front end of the 124 Spyder. The Miata's headlamps always looked to me like it was squinting at me! The Fiat treatment reminds me of the 240Z and I like the look.
Of course, I have a love of Abarth, having owned a red 1960 Abarth Zagato 750, which I purchased new in Rome from Carlo Abarth's cousin, so I would go for that version. I would go Italian all the way and add Pirelli tires and it would be RED.
Unfortunately I am now an old fart and have an artificial left knee, so I am afraid I would have to make do with the automatic.
I LIKE this car!
Of course, I have a love of Abarth, having owned a red 1960 Abarth Zagato 750, which I purchased new in Rome from Carlo Abarth's cousin, so I would go for that version. I would go Italian all the way and add Pirelli tires and it would be RED.
Unfortunately I am now an old fart and have an artificial left knee, so I am afraid I would have to make do with the automatic.
I LIKE this car!
