{{Short description|Italian car model made 1993–2000}} {{More citations needed|date= March 2023}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2019}} {{Infobox automobile | image = 1999 FIAT Coupe 20V Turbo Plus.jpg | alt = Front-three-quarter view of a two-door car with alloy wheels and door mirrors | name = Fiat Coupé | aka = Coupé Fiat | manufacturer = [[Fiat]] | assembly = [[Turin, Italy]] ([[Pininfarina]])<ref name="pininfarina.it">{{cite web|url=http://www.pininfarina.it/repository/Gruppo/Produzionecomplessiva.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605081310/http://www.pininfarina.it/repository/Gruppo/Produzionecomplessiva.pdf|archive-date=5 June 2011|title=PRODUZIONE COMPLESSIVA|access-date=3 August 2007|work=pininfarina.it}}</ref> | production = 1993–2000 | predecessor = [[Fiat 124 Sport Coupé]]<br/>[[Fiat 128#128 Coupé and 3P|Fiat 128 Coupé]] | layout = [[FF layout]] | class = [[Sports car]] ([[S-segment|S]]) | platform = [[Fiat Tipo Due platform|Type Two]] ''(Tipo Due)'' | body_style = 2-door [[coupé]] | engine = {{ubl | 1.8 L ''[[Fiat Pratola Serra modular engines|Family B]]'' [[Multi-valve|16V]] [[Straight-four engine|I4]] | 2.0 L ''Family B'' 16V I4 | 2.0 L ''[[Fiat Twin Cam engine|Twin Cam]]'' 16V [[Turbocharger|turbo]] I4 | 2.0 L ''[[Fiat Pratola Serra modular engines|Family C]]'' 20V [[Straight-five engine|I5]] | 2.0 L ''Family C'' 20V turbo I5 }} | transmission = 5 and 6-speed [[Manual transmission|manual]] | wheelbase = {{Convert|2540|mm|in|1|abbr=on}} | length = {{Convert|4250|mm|in|1|abbr=on}} | width = {{Convert|1768|mm|in|1|abbr=on}} | height = {{Convert|1340|mm|in|1|abbr=on}} | weight = {{Convert|1250|-|1320|kg|abbr=on}} | related = [[Fiat Tipo (Type 160)|Fiat Tipo]] (160) | designer = [[Chris Bangle]] at Centro Stile Fiat (1991)<br /> [[Pininfarina]] (Interior) | caption = 1999 Fiat Coupé 20V Turbo }} The '''Fiat Coupé''' (Type 175), officially also known as '''Coupé Fiat''',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scribd.com/document/555590844/Fiat-Coupe-Service-Manual#page=2|title=Fiat Coupe Service Manual|website=scribd.com|access-date=31 July 2023}}</ref> is a car that was manufactured by [[Fiat]] between 1993 and 2000. The two-door, four-seater [[coupé]] was introduced at the [[Bologna Motor Show]] in December 1993 and features an exterior design by [[Chris Bangle]] at Centro Stile Fiat and an interior designed by [[Pininfarina]].
==History== The Fiat Coupé made media headlines in auto magazines during 1992, after several spy shots were taken revealing the car on test. Fiat had decided to produce a new coupé based upon the old Tipo platform when the [[Pininfarina]] factory was suddenly dormant after the [[Cadillac Allanté]] project failed around 1990.<ref name="formtrends.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.formtrends.com/chris-bangle-on-the-design-of-the-fiat-coupe/ |title=Chris Bangle On The Design Of The Fiat Coupe|date=19 June 2014 }}</ref> Two designs were put forward, with Fiat's in-house Centro Stile team competing with [[Pininfarina]]. The concept as put forward by Centro Stile's [[Chris Bangle]] unexpectedly won the Fiat management over. The design previously offered by Pininfarina was eventually accepted by [[Peugeot]], who adopted it as the [[Peugeot 406|406 Coupé]] in October 1996.
On its launch in January 1994, the Coupé was available with a four-cylinder, 2.0 L 16V engine, in both [[Turbocharger|turbo]] (190 PS) and [[normally aspirated]] (139 PS) versions. Both engines were later versions of [[Fiat Twin Cam engine|Fiat's twin-cam]] design and inherited from the [[Lancia Delta Integrale]], winner of the [[World Rally Championship]] a record six times. 1996 brought in a 1.8 L 16V engine (not available in the United Kingdom, 131 PS), along with a 2.0 litre five cylinder 20V (147 PS), and a five-cylinder 2.0 litre 20V turbo (220 PS). Along with the new engines Fiat also made some minor design changes including the front grille, steering wheel, the door panel now included leather, the interior centre console was redesigned and the digital clock was replaced with an analog one.
Production of the right-hand drive models for markets including the UK began in early 1995, and continued until the end of Coupé production five years later.
Both the turbocharged 16V/4-cylinder and 20V/5-cylinder (four valves per cylinder) versions were equipped with a very efficient ''Viscodrive'' [[limited-slip differential]] to counter the understeer that plagues most powerful front wheel drive cars.
Additionally, the Coupé featured independent suspension all round: at the front [[MacPherson strut]]s and lower wishbones anchored to an auxiliary crossbeam, offset coil springs and anti roll bar; at the rear, trailing arms mounted on an auxiliary subframe, coil springs and an anti roll bar. {| class="wikitable sortable" style="float:right; margin-left:1em;" |+ Production figures<ref name="pininfarina.it"/> ! style="background:#e8f4f8;" | Year ! style="background:#e8f4f8;" | Units made |- | 1993 || 119 |- | 1994 || 17,619 |- | 1995 || 13,732 |- | 1996 || 11,273 |- | 1997 || 12,288 |- | 1998 || 9,042 |- | 1999 || 6,332 |- | 2000 || 2,357 |- | Total || 72,762 |} 1998 saw the release of the Limited Edition which could be identified externally by a [[body kit]], titanium grey details such as the wheels, fuel cap, rear light cups, mirror casings and the [[Brembo]] brake calipers at the front were now painted red. Inside, the Limited Edition specification included a [[push-button]] start, [[Recaro]] seats with red leather inserts, [[Sparco]] pedals and the body-coloured dash was replaced with a titanium grey example. Mechanically, there were few changes over the standard 20V Turbo model, but the LE (as they came to be known) did add a six speed gearbox for the first time, strut brace and the engine covers were all painted red.<ref name="italicar.co.uk">{{cite web|url=https://www.italicar.co.uk/blog/2018/3/15/fiat-coupe-buyers-guide |title=Fiat Coupé Buyer's Guide - italicar|date=30 April 2018 }}</ref>
The LE was produced in Black (flat), Red (flat), Vinci Grey (metallic), Crono Grey (flat) and Steel Grey (metallic).
Each Limited Edition ('LE') Coupé was manufactured with a badge located by the rear view mirror which contained that car's unique number (it is rumoured that [[Michael Schumacher]] was the original owner of LE No. 0001, however when the question was raised to him personally he confirmed he had owned one, but a red one, while LE No. 0001 is a Crono Grey one). Originally, a spokesman from Fiat stated only approximately 300 Limited Editions would be built (although the plaques always allowed for four-figure numbers). The final amount was much higher, with numbers as high as 1400 touted by some. This angered many of the owners of the original 300 cars and almost certainly impacted residual values. The original number however was quoted by a spokesman for Fiat UK, so probably that number only applied to the United Kingdom.{{citation needed|date=March 2023}}
In 1998, the 2.0 litre, five-cylinder 20V got a Variable Inlet System, which brought the power to {{convert|154|PS|kW|0|abbr=on}}. In addition, the sills of the Turbo version were colour matched with the body paintwork. Fiat also released the 2.0 litre five-cylinder Turbo 'Plus'. This model came with an option kit that made it virtually identical to the LE, except for minor interior design changes and without the unique identification badge of the LE.
In early 2000, Fiat released another special version of the Fiat Coupé. Featuring the 1.8 litre engine, it was only available throughout mainland Europe and marketed as an elegant and affordable edition. This final version had different leather seats, a white speedometer with yellow arrows, new 16 inch [[BBS Kraftfahrzeugtechnik|BBS]] rims and the new "honeycomb" grille. Production finished in the summer of that year, with no plans for a direct successor.
Fiat also made changes throughout the rest of the range: new seats, side skirts, wheels for the 2.0 litre 20V model, 'Plus' edition wheels and a six speed transmission as standard on turbo models, and [[Fiat]] manufactured seats on the 'Plus' that were virtually identical to the original Plus Recaro seats with the addition of extra airbags.
The 2.0 litre 20V Turbo model is capable of accelerating from 0–100 km/h (0–62 mph) in 6.5 seconds, and 6.3 seconds for the 20v Turbo Plus, with a top speed of {{Convert|240|km/h|mi/h|0|abbr=on}}, or {{Convert|250|km/h|mi/h|0|abbr=on}} with the later six speed gearbox. When production finally ended in December 2000, a total number of 72,762 units had been produced.
<gallery widths=200 heights=150> Fiat Coupé rear 20090604.jpg|Rear of the Fiat Coupé 1997 Fiat Coupe 20v Turbo.jpg|Fiat Coupe 20VT with clamshell bonnet open Fiat Coupé interior with Momo elements.jpg|Fiat Coupé's interior </gallery> {{clear left}}
==Engines== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%;" |- ! scope="col" | Model<ref name="fiatcoupehistory.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.fiatcoupehistory.com/e_daten.htm |title=Coupé Fiat Technical Specifications |access-date=6 August 2007 |work=fiatcoupehistory.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929220434/http://www.fiatcoupehistory.com/e_daten.htm |archive-date=29 September 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="fiatcoupe.cqnet.com.au">{{cite web|url=http://fiatcoupe.cqnet.com.au/performance.html |title=The Fiat Coupe |access-date=6 August 2007 |work=fiatcoupe.cqnet.com.au |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070829144647/http://fiatcoupe.cqnet.com.au/performance.html |archive-date=29 August 2007 }}</ref> ! scope="col" | Engine ! scope="col" | Displacement ! scope="col" | Power ! scope="col" | Torque ! scope="col" | {{cvt|0|-|100|km/h|disp=br()}} ! scope="col" | Top speed |- | '''1.8 16V''' | [[Straight-four engine|I4]] | 1747 cc | {{cvt|131|PS|kW hp|0}} at 6300 rpm | {{cvt|164|Nm|lbft|0}} at 4300 rpm | 9.2 s | {{cvt|205|km/h|mph|0}} |- | '''2.0 16V''' | I4 | 1995 cc | {{cvt|139|PS|kW hp|0}} at 6000 rpm | {{cvt|180|Nm|lbft|0}} at 4500 rpm | 9.2 s | {{cvt|208|km/h|mph|0}} |- | '''2.0 20V''' | [[Straight-five engine|I5]] | 1998 cc | {{cvt|147|PS|kW hp|0}} at 6100 rpm | {{cvt|186|Nm|lbft|0}} at 4500 rpm | 8.9 s | {{cvt|212|km/h|mph|0}} |- | '''2.0 20V V.I.S.''' | I5 | 1998 cc | {{cvt|154|PS|kW hp|0}} at 6700 rpm | {{cvt|186|Nm|lbft|0}} at 3750 rpm | 8.4 s | {{cvt|217|km/h|mph|0}} |- | '''2.0 16V Turbo''' | I4 | 1995 cc | {{cvt|190|PS|kW hp|0}} at 5500 rpm | {{cvt|290|Nm|lbft|0}} at 3400 rpm | 7.5 s | {{cvt|225|km/h|mph|0}} |- | '''2.0 20V Turbo''' | I5 | 1998 cc | {{cvt|220|PS|kW hp|0}} at 5750 rpm | {{cvt|310|Nm|lbft|0}} at 2500 rpm | 6.3 s | {{ubl | {{cvt|240|km/h|mph|0}} (5-speed) | {{cvt|250|km/h|mph|0}} (6-speed) }} |}
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