Lots of photo's of the 124 spider here http://www.autospies.com/news/LAAS2015-Fiat-Debuts-The-All-New-124-Spider-Talks-Legacy-And-Revival-Of-FIAT-In-North-America-86923/
The styling looks fairly awkward from the side and Fiat's designers look to have pulled off a remarkable feat by making it look like the body is shared with the outgoing MX5 as opposed to the new one It looks as if it may benefit from being lowered and having larger wheels.
http://www.chrisbangleassociates.com/
He runs his own design consutling firm located in Italy.
Being polite is so rare these days that it's often confused with flirting.
Turbo:http://www.chrisbangleassociates.com/
He runs his own design consutling firm located in Italy.
Thanks for the link. Doesn't look as if he gets involved with cars much.
fritz
There are a couple of brand new MX-5 s ( a regular and a sport version ) always parked on the street in front of their owners' homes near my house so I pass them constantly by foot.
They are , to me , the rare modern sports car that looks MUCH better in online images (" sportier/sleeker/ more modern " ) than in the flesh (" anonymously stubby/chubby " )
The Fiat looks awkward and ugly, how could Italian designers pull off such a crap? Compared to this, the MX-5 is a beauty.
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sfo:Lars997:Sometimes I wonder how risky those car manufacturers are. Producing a car ugly like this and aiming on a very tiny market really requires some huge balls. Epic management error IMO
probably didn't cost much to engineer as uses MX-5 platform
... and Mazda has already shown that the market for the model doesn't have to be so tiny if only FIAT hadn't made its version of it so ugly.
But FIAT has form when it comes to occasionally doing this sort of thing:
fritz
993Targa:Gladstone:It's beginning to seem like I will be Fiat's only customer for this roadster. I expect pricing to be very reasonable.
Why would you pick this over a used Boxster?
Used pre 2009 Boxster in the $25-30 K price range ALL have the ticking time bomb known as " IMS bearing issue " . If it detonates ( no real earning ) , the engine is toast in seconds .... the replacement motor is almost as much as the car's value ..that is why you see so many Boxsters being parted out !
The IMS bearing issue affects up to 10 % of the 2001 -2005 986 and non Metzger 996 and 3% of these before and after . Can occur with low miles , medium miles, high miles !
Still want one ? Same goes for 2005-2008 non Metzger 997s and all 2006-2008 Caymans .
MKW:Used pre 2009 Boxster in the $25-30 K price range ALL have the ticking time bomb known as " IMS bearing issue " . If it detonates ( no real earning ) , the engine is toast in seconds .... the replacement motor is almost as much as the car's value ..that is why you see so many Boxsters being parted out !
The IMS bearing issue affects up to 10 % of the 2001 -2005 986 and non Metzger 996 and 3% of these before and after . Can occur with low miles , medium miles, high miles !
Still want one ? Same goes for 2005-2008 non Metzger 997s and all 2006-2008 Caymans .
there are companies which can fit IMS shaft/bearing which don't detonate though
sfo:MKW:Used pre 2009 Boxster in the $25-30 K price range ALL have the ticking time bomb known as " IMS bearing issue " . If it detonates ( no real earning ) , the engine is toast in seconds .... the replacement motor is almost as much as the car's value ..that is why you see so many Boxsters being parted out !
The IMS bearing issue affects up to 10 % of the 2001 -2005 986 and non Metzger 996 and 3% of these before and after . Can occur with low miles , medium miles, high miles !
Still want one ? Same goes for 2005-2008 non Metzger 997s and all 2006-2008 Caymans .
there are companies which can fit IMS shaft/bearing which don't detonate though
not true ..if you read their fine print they do not warrant a guarantee..only a suggestion that this bearing should be looked at as a wear and tear item that should be regularly replaced from here on out ! Who wants to do a 2-3 thousand dollar repair every 25-50k miles on cars that sell for 7-30K used ?
this is the main reason that 7-17 yr old 986/987/996/997before 2009 are selling at econocar prices or just being parted out if over 15-17 yrs old while 993s and before are appreciating .
These models are acting in the market like forlon scrap heap 944s ( ignore the cherry ones where obsessed owners have spent $50K on a $5K car )
open any issue of a Porsche magazine like Excellence , etc..every other ad frommfront to back pages is by someone selling an IMS product
MKW:
this is the main reason that 7-17 yr old 986/987/996/997before 2009 are selling at econocar prices or just being parted out if over 15-17 yrs old while 993s and before are appreciating .
Abs. true a Porsche dealer told me that he only sold these models to prof. reseller without any warranty.
Being polite is so rare these days that it's often confused with flirting.
fritz:sfo:Lars997:Sometimes I wonder how risky those car manufacturers are. Producing a car ugly like this and aiming on a very tiny market really requires some huge balls. Epic management error IMO
probably didn't cost much to engineer as uses MX-5 platform
... and Mazda has already shown that the market for the model doesn't have to be so tiny if only FIAT hadn't made its version of it so ugly.
But FIAT has form when it comes to occasionally doing this sort of thing:
This is what I meant. Fiat is master in bad taste! It is good to be risky, but sometimes it goes just to far.
Latest Jeep Cherokee is a further development of that Multipla (dolphin look) - lets call it hideously ugly:
Lars997:Latest Jeep Cherokee is a further development of that Multipla (dolphin look) - lets call it hideously ugly:
A wide-angle shot can make any car look ugly.
The new Cherokee doesn't look that bad in the flesh, particularly by SUV standards. There are now so many models vying for a share of the market that many manufacturers seem to be going for more offbeat styling elements to make their products stand out in the crowd.
fritz