Showing a Ferrari then a Fiat was just wrong for me. If you had to show the two then at least get a Red or Yellow Fiat coupe to give the viewer a better understanding.

Nice car being a coupe but I swear the car is screaming HOMOSEXUALITY eeeek!

Next time get a white coupe on the tv

humm 1min 15seconds of 'actual' coupe review - could have better and they missed out the interior, which was a shame.

Disagree with the 2K estimate though, I would love to acquire an original mint example for that amount!

It's not original. The wheels aren't the right colour and there should be no bodykit. Looks in good order though.

Hey Vmax takes one to know one

I can't believe they didn't mention 220bhp as standard with a 155mph top speed, nor the Pininfarina interior styling.

I can, 5th Gear is awful - a total waste of an hour.

Is it just me or is the lad that did the review crosseyed

I can see why his opinion doesnt matter to you

PMSL I like the edit Tommy!

Ah he loves his ST, it's the 500 series as well so I guess it's a little bit better than a normal one but not much and still slow lol!

Bang for Buck Coupe will always win!

well, firstly, i cant stand the presenters on that program!
also, what a waste of time waiting for that.





and when they do show a coupe, its in the worst colour...
yuk.

I can`t believe how much a slateing this car is getting about the paint colour and the fact that it has skirts and darker wheels!
So what if it`s not standard,neither was the vw corrado the week before(audi wheels etc)
Portofino is a beautiful colour and this is a realy clean example
Ferrari has a near identical colour it paints the 430 scuderia in!

Take no notice solas,coupe to be proud of
Dave

i'm pretty certain it wasn't sprint blue...

That is completely and utterly gorgeous. And that comes from a bloke that hates Ferrari's.

I dont agree that the car on 5th Gear is getting the slating that it is. Its a really nice example. Everyone has a different taste, i personally dont appreciate those side skirts but the guy shouldn't be knocked for fitting them.

Its nice to see a Coupe on tv though and should all be pretty happy with that. It would have been nice if it was longer with far more detail but i suppose the producers fix the lengths of these things a long time ago.

Im not being picky but, i thought 5 gear were after a standard coupe

dont get me wrong the coupe was okay but i feel and think other people were expecting a bog standard one

Ben

yeah. black sills. silver alloys.

sorry if im being thick guys , but i dont recall Fiat doing a Lilac Coupe








Lets be honest as mint as solas car looked on 5th gear the white background and all that lighting made it look LILAC.

I think when they said standard they meant mechanically standard. Given that the article is about running cheaper versions of current desirable motors, that would make sense, no?
A set of skirts and darkened wheels is hardly going to have the Admiral reaching for the extra zeroes eh?

I'm not a massive Porto fan, but I thought the car looked great on TV.
Think some folk need to get a grip a bit on values too, I paid £1300 for a 98 20vt last year (admittedly a bit leggy at 132k), so £2k for something with a few less miles and slightly more complete service history is about on the money in my book.

What you spend maintaining a car doesn't translate straight into value, does it?
I shifted my 306 for £500, when it probably cost me that in the last year of ownership to keep on the road. I wasn't going to go mental and double the car's asking price purely because a 10 year old motor needs some maintenance.

Thanks for all the comments guys good or bad,i have owned my car for 9 years and have heard it all before lilac, pink,
girly,most of them have only owned a coupe for a couple of years at most and most on this forum will be gone in another couple exept for the most dedicated fans,so it really dosn't bother me.The filming as you know was done in a studio,the lighting guys set up is amazing they show the cars off as if they are in fantastic order you couldn't see any scratches or missing paint on my car but they were there
its all a trick of the lighting including the colour.

I'm just glad a Coupe got on mainstream tv, it's not often it does!

Given the choice though, I think I would have liked to have seen a red LE used, purely because it would have been a closer match to the red 599 they also featured.

I watched it again last night and it just seemed a little pointless, they did paint it in a good light of course which is great, but still!

I personally don't like our coops being on programs like this, it may, and probably does bring them to the attention of the wrong types in my opinion. Seeing a coop featured in Auto Italia or any of the Classic car mags is much more satisfying.

Still, this in no way is disrespecting your car Solas, it looked superb, lighting trickery or not, such a shame they didn't give it a few more minutes, show the interior etc.

Nevermind, well done, superb looking car.

Gareth

As it happened i emailed one of the producers a photo of my car to see if they were happy with it, his comments were i really like that colour

I personally thought the porto shown looked stunning and i liked the subtle kit and wheels, porto is a beautiful colour and when the currant bun is out, it looks I think the article could have been longer but i thought it was quite a positive write up and to be shown as being a 'cheap alternative to a ferrari' is never a bad thing

TV Producers eh! Bless them!

It must have been cool seeing YOUR car on TV though, not just a coop, but YOUR coop, and look at all the attention it's got you, I hope your no shrinking violet (no pun intended!).

It did paint the car in a much better light than the Top Gear program, I hated every minute of that.

Gareth

Err...the 599 was metallic red............

i dont want solas to think i was slating him or the car, cos i wasnt.
i hope to be around for a while, as im after another newer, faster less milage coupe for my next car eventually.
was in decent nick, and obviously looked after.
just thought it was a bit of a short feature.
the comment about the colour was just my opinion, thats all.

Solas I think you should take a snapshot of your Coupe from the 5th Gear feature and use it as your signature on the forum! You've got the most famous Coupe at the moment!

At the moment- I intend to get mine in the next Fast and Furious movie- they are thinking of setting it in either Europe, Brazil or Australia, according to Wikipedia. You can't get more European than a Fiat Coupe

Crazy talk switch...off.

if its porto, theyd have to call it The BI and The Curious
ha ha ha!





only joking.

Thats quite funny actually

Youtube link

Here's a youtube link just incase the link JKD posted didn't work...or mabye its just me

Thanks for the link as was on afternoons this week and missed it.

Car looked well Derek.