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* Price drop* Reluctantly offering up our lovely 2. 0 20VT for sale due to now living in London with all the related charges! Technically the 2nd owner, we bought it from the Fiat Hayes showroom with 20 miles on the clock; it was a cancelled order. It now has 71, 700 on the clock from new. So effectively one owner.
Various work?s been done over the years. Recently over £3k worth, including new brake discs and pads, new cam belt and clutch 3 years ago at 62, 000 miles. New MoT; will expire nov 2024.
It?s a beautiful car with a long life still left to live!
Fiat Owners Club UK says:
"2. 0 20v Turbo
Replacing the 2. 0 16v Turbo engine, Fiat introduced the blown version of the 2. 0 20v 5 cylinder block. This new top model, the 2. 0 20v Turbo, came equipped with a Garret Turbo. The figures speak for themselves: 220bhp, 6. 5 seconds to 0-100 km/ h (62mph), a top speed of 250 km/ h (155mph)... As the fastest Fiat of all time and the fastest front wheel drive production car when it was launched, the new 20V Turbo is a piece of company history and is the last true performance sports car Fiat produced.
The 20vt had great road holding capabilities. The safe choice of front wheel drive meant this car was easy to drive extremely hard. The 20vt would make Porsches run for their lives while Ferrari's of the day would keep a watchful eye in the rear view mirror just figuring out what's following them.
Initially, the 462 Sprint Blue colour was only available on the Turbo version. According to Fiat, this colour enhanced the physical appearance of the Coupe. It's a difficult colour to capture on a photograph, it somehow adapts to the lighting conditions, sometimes being a slight purple, sometimes pale blue, and sometimes darker blue. Even Fiat didn't really manage to replicate it in the brochures.
The 20v Turbo model quickly became the most successful model of the range in the UK.
In 1999, the 20v Turbo got an update: a 6-speed gearbox (first introduced by the Limited Edition version), a big satin gloss starter button, body coloured sills, 8-spoke wheels (first introduced by the Plus version)... and in 2000 Fiat introduced seats with side airbags. I bought this car as a future classic. It was originally for commuting, replacing our '66 Mustang, which was not a motorway car. At the time it was a stylish and much less costly competitor for the Porsche Boxster. It's a dream to drive and a real head-turner; it's fun chatting to people about it when this happens. Just really starting to climb in classic status, and as a clean, well-cared-for, low mileage example, one of the last produced, she has a long classic life to live from now.
