2000 Fiat Coupe Turbo 20v Plus from Belgium - Comments

Hi, I have just purchased a 2.0 16v non turbo in blue. I bought it because it was a shape I have liked for a while. After owning it for less than a day I found that it was not only the shape I would love this car for. It beats most of your everyday cars and roars turning heads. The fella that said the girls love them he is right. My advice get one even the non turbo modle is fast enough for britains roads!!!

Just had to make a comment. I am on my second coupe turbo and loving it! However I have to say I blew my engine chasing a 911 turbo at 160mph (coupe was only mildly modified). Worse still he left me standing on a slight motorway curve. But with great luck I found a very cheap brand new engine and have had the coupe extensively modified including the suspension and what a difference that makes. With 320bhp and not a chip in site and my very firm ebachs and bilsteins, I can keep up with most super cars and I only paid £2000 for the car and £3000 for the mods. Only one problem my speedo only goes to 160mph and the needle just sails on past.

I bought brand new year 2000 fiat coupe turbo plus in Dec 05 complete with body kits, recaro seats, sun roof etc. I have enjoyed the car since then, I have smoked many cars on the Malaysian North-South highway also received many speeding tickets, highway speed limit in Malaysia is 110kph, the car can easily do 250kph with any problem, the car has a great looks and always become centre of attention... the ladies love the car thus I really enjoy owning the Fiat coupe turbo.

'I bought brand new year 2000 fiat coupe turbo plus in Dec 05 complete with body kits, recaro seats, sun roof etc.'

So it wasn't 'brand new' then!!

Some conflicting comments here. To be fair as standard the coupe is a lovely car and can handle well if in the correct hands, but it can't touch even an old porsche turbo or scooby. Tune it up a little... OK a lot and you've got an awesome street car for pennys that will kick almost any car you would normally see on the way to the supermarket, but no super-car. The main thing is they look great. Get an old beetle and make that go fast, then you've got a scooby eater!

Also the earlier comment about under-steer, suspension/strut additions do dull down the effect, but the best way is a steady right foot and a little know how.

I would pretty much agree with the above comment regarding handling. My 20v turbo stock will hit 0-100 in around 14.5 when you account the fwd factor that means 0-60 times are slower than similarly powered rwd and 4wd cars. However transmission losses are minimal plus the 20v turbo has an excellent torque curve. In real world terms this means on a straight my coupe will hold to 60 and then above pull away from a bug eye subaru WRX 2.0 the same is true of the hot focus and Astra VRX. once above 30mph these cars are very quick and in straight line power are easily in lower porsche boxter territory. It is a shame that as standard they will not handle as well.

Owned a Coupe 20vt for 2 years, and they can be expensive to maintain properly. I've spent £2000 on new parts.

Once the car is rolling in straight line, they are very quick; they have 228lbs of torque at 2500 revs, that's more torque than an old Impreza or Cossie. Theyr'e very aerodynamic as well; gets to 140 really easily. Beats lots of Civic Type R (they're pretty slow) and destroyed a bug eye Impreza from 80 to 130.

You can buy chips on eBay for about £50 which take the power to 250hp 260hp. The Novitech chip feels a lot quicker than with gtech one fitted. The Novitech chip runs 22psi of boost, which is a bit high. I put car back to standard because the car was far to fast for its handling and brakes when it was chipped.