Porsche Enthusiasts Club Forum

Well, it’s taken me a few years but I finally have a car I’m proud of again. It’s not a Porsche, but I think this one is going to do me very well until that time comes.

It’s a Fiat Coupé 20v Turbo. Or, according to the official naming, a ‘Coupé Fiat’ … but that way round sounds weird.

I’m very pleasantly surprised by the performance. Similar horsepower to a late-model 944 Turbo going through the front wheels is, erm, quite lively! I’ve fitted a custom ECU (designed by a pal) which transformed the power delivery. As standard, they run 0.7 bar of boost, but only in third, fourth and fifth gear. Mine now gives 1.2 bar in all five gears … it’s an absolute rocket off the line but you do need to beware of wheelspin and torque steer.

Good lad! This replaces the MX6?

Sort of. There was (briefly) an Alfa Romeo inbetween … We didn’t get along very well.

Good choice. Over the past 10 years I have owned around 12 of these. Mainly the Plus and LE versions. My last one was one of only 5 in the country (a factory colour called Crono Grey). There was one point where I had 4 - at the same time!

Just thrown out a load of spares in January as my new toy will be the 944 Turbo.

Good luck with it, they are a truly under-estimated car

Here's some pics of some of them...









And I bet it is Graham who gave you his GTEC1 chip Better bet is to see a guy called Leighton in Bristol, he will custom map it superbly for you, to around 260-70 bhp on the standard set up (including the standard Turbo)

Some nice examples there!

I know I’m in the minority here, but I quite like the clean shape of mine without the limited edition models’ skirts and trim. I’ll probably change my mind eventually …

And yep, I’ve known Graham for many, many, years. I was round at his garage the day after getting my Coupé home!

I fitted a leather interior over the weekend. I’m looking at HID kits next because the headlights are shocking. I think that’s probably as far as I’ll go with modding it for now, although I fancy doing something to stiffen it up a little – maybe thicker rear ARB and a strut brace up front. That can wait though, at least a little while.

I've always had a bit of a hard-on for these, especially the Turbo ... I remember the first media ads in the papers back 95/96 with a low wide angle shot of the front of a yellow one ... Cool !