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Fiat Auto doesn't believe a Fiat-badged coupe cabriolet can compete with the Peugeot 206 CC, but Opel/Vauxhall, Nissan and Mitsubishi are willing to take on the French carmaker's popular model.
Fiat Auto will not make a coupe-cabriolet version of the Grande Punto small car because it doesn't think it will be able to make money with such a model.
"When the segment leader at its peak builds almost 100,000 units a year, you can't compete on price and hope to make a profit when you build just 20,000 units a year," a Fiat insider said.
Fiat Auto will not make a coupe-cabriolet version of the Grande Punto small car because it doesn't think it will be able to make money with such a model.
"When the segment leader at its peak builds almost 100,000 units a year, you can't compete on price and hope to make a profit when you build just 20,000 units a year," a Fiat insider said.
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The Fiat Coupé (type 175, officially titled the Coupé Fiat) was a coupé produced by the Italian manufacturer Fiat between 1993 and 2000. The car was introduced at Brussels Motor Show in 1993.
It is most remembered for its distinctive, angular design, with unique scalloped side panels. The body was designed by Chris Bangle from "FIAT Style Center", while the interior was designed by Pininfarina. The exterior design would foreshadow much of late 1990s and early 2000s car design, acting as a precedent to both Bangle's somewhat notorious work at BMW, as well as futuristic angular designs by other marques such as Ford and Renault.
It is most remembered for its distinctive, angular design, with unique scalloped side panels. The body was designed by Chris Bangle from "FIAT Style Center", while the interior was designed by Pininfarina. The exterior design would foreshadow much of late 1990s and early 2000s car design, acting as a precedent to both Bangle's somewhat notorious work at BMW, as well as futuristic angular designs by other marques such as Ford and Renault.