Bangle doesn't appeal to everyone. I think the Fiat Coupe is more interesting than most cars in that category. He doesn't seem to be responsible for the Multipla. According to Wikipedia, that would be Roberto Giolito.Yes, that is a Fiat 2.0 Coupe.. It was the only modern Fiat in Gran Turismo. Unfortunately, they are also fairly ugly. If I'm not mistaken I believe the designer was the infamous Chris Bangle, designer behind the first BMW Z4 and weird back ended 2007 M6. His lines go every which way, without any regard for the overall shape. A designer so bad that his last name is now a design term. A 'Bangle' is "too many details that detract from the whole"...
Here's another Bangle...
Just watched ‘Agnelli’. LolDo you really want to see a lot of Fiats you had no idea existed?
Worth watching.Just watched ‘Agnelli’. Lol
Yes, it was an excellent doc. Those were the days….Worth watching.
That was a fun, somewhat stressful day. Driving all that way without a clutch was crazy. I had to start the car in third gear and do my best to avoid all stops. I got good at rev matching the shifts without a clutch too. Thanks for reminding me about that, fun time.Ah, a Multipla.
@BrettM and his son rolled thru St. Louis on a Route 66 tour in a Multipla back in 2009. The clutch lost function on the Illinois side of the river and Brett nursed it, with no clutch, all the way to Chris's house about 30 minutes west of STL. We spent many hours figuring out what went wrong, and finally found an answer on the innerwebz. Turned out the spring inside the master cylinder on these vehicles has a history of snapping in the middle and then the two halves wind into each other until you are left with only 1/2 the intended stroke. We made a trip to the local hardware store to find a suitable spring, it was Sunday evening and we got lucky.
Here is a map of the general route Brett had to navigate with noi clutch. Better him than me. It did help that it was a Sunday. Regular weekday traffic would have been a big problem.
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Here are some pictures from Chris' driveway before we got to work. The interior is as funky as the exterior.
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Chris and Brett did all the work, I held the flashlight.