Bravo Sporting?

Having already established elsewhere on FF that dealership staff are the last people to find out anything, I thought I'd turn to Bravo owners and fans to ask the question.

(I have done a search and couldn't find anything, but apologies if this has already been discussed elsewhere)

Are there any plans/rumours/speculations about a Bravo Sporting joining the range?

If there are, what is it likely to be in terms of additional specification to the existing Sport? Or what would you like it to be?

isnt it the one with the 18" alloys?

Yes but thats dubbed the 'Sport'

Sport can also have 17" alloys!

There are rumours of an Abarth version. Will it happen? Maybe, maybe not. It's 150bhp which is plenty to be sporty with the posibility of upto 190bhp in the near future with the bi-turbo multijet diesel.

As for extras... Perhaps a Q2 esk limited slip diff as keeping power down on both wheels on anything other than a good surface can bring on the dreaded yellow circle of traction control

Quite agree with you Hellcat

I've heard of a 1.8 T-jet being developed. Whether this is an engine that would be used in a Bravo Sporting or Abarth is something I think we will have to wait and see.

It is being developed

There are two new Bravo models coming in the next six months. A 2.0 16v MultiJet 165 GT and a 1.8 T-Jet (BHP not yet known) GT

Obviously Fiat have decided using the 'Sporting' name doesn't fit in with the Bravo range, so they're calling it GT instead.

Now unlike the GP Abarth (which I dont like the look of), an Abarth/GT/Whatever bravo should look prett darn good.

The base model bravo looks pants imo, and that can only mean the top end ones will look pretty smart.

Says who?

What's a 2.0 16v multijet going to have over a 1.9 16v multijet? 15bhp isn't much to write home about.

Says Fiat.

Bravo GT is one of a number of new models announced today to the dealer network that have been signed off for release in the UK this year.

You're right, but it will undoubtedly also have more torque, be quicker, faster and be better equipped than the current range-topping Sport.

Bigger engine = more weight.

Unless they can do a weight saving excercise on the block then it's not going to handle as good as the current 1.9s and 1.4s

We're talking less than 100cc here, so it'll most likely be a 1.9 bored out to 2.0, not a different engine.

When are the new cambelt-less uni air engines coming out? (Valves controlled by air solenoids instead of a cam?

Think the 2.0 and 2.5 multijets are using GM blocks rather than bored-out 1.9/2.4 blocks.