Fiat 128 Coupé

The Fiat 128 Coupé, also called the 128 Sport or 128 Sport Coupé, was the coupe version of the Fiat 128 saloon, built by Fiat of Turin from 1971 to 1978. It was shown at the Turin motor show in November 1971, after the 128 Rally, to answer the Ford Capri, Opel Manta and Renault 15 and 17, and it came in two series: the 128 Sport Coupé and, from 1974, the three-door 128 Coupé 3P, a small berlinetta with a tailgate. Although sold as a derivative, the Sport Coupé shared almost nothing with the saloon except its engines, because Fiat's design office reworked the platform and gave it a body of its own, with independent suspension on all four wheels and a 320 litre boot. Its 1,116 and 1,290 cubic centimetre engines gave 64 and 75 horsepower and the car reached 156 and 164 kilometres an hour, though with no fifth gear it was noisy at speed. It sold below Fiat's hopes against the Autobianchi A112 Abarth, and production ended at the close of 1978.