Uploaded December 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Fiat made decent little cars in the 1980s, but with cheap Japanese imports and German competition nipping at their heels, the company planned not one but two sports cars to get them noticed. And so, in 1995 the Fiat Barchetta was born.
How did the Barchetta stack up against its major competitor, the MX-5, why didn’t it make it to North America, and was it popular?

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Sources:
Andreas Zapatinas
fiatbarchetta.com
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiat_124_Sport_Spider
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiat_Barchetta
it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiat_Barchetta
autodesignmagazine.com/en/2020/01/la-fiat-barchetta-compie-25-anni
youtube.com/watch?v=xW-HLDyALXg
youtube.com/watch?v=QvTz7Ib7w3s
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiat_Pratola_Serra_modular_engines
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiat_Coup%C3%A9
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_Two_platform
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mazda_MX-5_(NA)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mazda_MX-5_(ND)
https://www.barchetta.it
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stola_(automotive_company)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andreas_Zapatinas
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barchetta

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