NZ Classic Car

Mama Mia, It’s Twins

Bangle’s design was as eye-catching as it was debatable at the time. From low down, the front is exquisite.

Tony Reid owns a couple of Fiat coupés — or, as the Italian marketing specialists of Fiat named the model, Coupé Fiats. The company has a long history of making striking coupé models, and, even if this one doesn’t fit everyone’s idea of beautiful, it is undeniably remarkable.

Tony’s answer to the question of why he owns them includes a story about going to buy a Lancia Beta Volumex coupé. At that point, he saw one of the Coupé Fiats among the crowd of cars for sale and bought that instead. Given the Lancia model’s propensity to end up as bucketful of rust flakes after a couple of years of ownership, he probably made the right decision.

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