Faults:

Look out for turbo, suspension components and rocker cover gasket.

General Comments:

Superb car, highly misunderstood by people who think that buying a cheap model will give them years of trouble free motoring. Buy right, with service history from an enthusiast, and you'll have one of the best cars on the road. Go to Coupe Specialists for maintenance, not Fiat, who have no idea about the car. Specialists are very cost effective.

This car can be modded to circ 330bhp on standard internals with a few changes.

Faults:

Radiator - because of age.

Exhaust - because of age.

General Comments:

The car looks sexy as hell. Even in 2010 it looks nicer than 90% of the cars on the road, and is still a head turner.

Performance is amazing. 0-60mph in 6.5 seconds.

Cabin is well designed also.

I have no bad things to say about the coupe.

Keep up with the maintenance and it will give no problems.

Faults:

All the normal things; turbo, clutch etc etc.

General Comments:

But on the whole I can't fault it.

The best thing Fiat ever made (with a little bit of help from you know who!!)

Faults:

Since I've owned it:

Brake disks and pads, front and rear had to be replaced twice.

Timing belt, tensioners, water pump, aux belts and tensioners also needed to be replaced.

Both rear hubs had to be replaced - the wheel bearings cannot be purchased singly.

The clutch was heavy and starting to slip, so that also needed to be replaced.

The switches on the centre console disappeared inside.

The radiator cooling fan electrics had melted, causing the engine to boil up. Luckily this happened in my garage and I was able to turn off the engine immediately, and save the head gasket etc..

The power steering pump bearings are starting to go and it sounds very much like a milk float.

The turbo has started to show signs of serious wear - blowing out blue reek first thing in the morning.

The exhaust is about to fall off, and the radiator is showing its age now.

General Comments:

What a pity. I've always fancied the Fiat Coupe, and now they're a bit cheaper, I decided to take the plunge. It looked so good in the garage showroom, and went so perfectly on the test run, that I was smitten. This euphoria was only to last a few weeks, and strangely none of the faults were covered by their crappy warranty..

This car owes me thousands of pounds in repair costs, and has been a disaster. I'm still clinging on to the hope that when I get all the current problems sorted out, there can't be much else left to go wrong, and I can start enjoying it again. Maybe I should beg the garage to take it and give me my old XR4x4 back..