An Italian MX-5 killer? The Fiat Barchetta Story

Fiat made decent little cars in the 1980s, but with cheap Japanese imports and German competition nipping at their heels, the company planned not one but two sports cars to get them noticed. And so, in 1995 the Fiat Barchetta was born. How did the Barchetta stack up against its major competitor, the MX-5, why didn’t it make it to North America, and was it popular? Link to the full interview with Andreas Zapatinas: https://youtu.be/ndJfYXeNLmU Support me using PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/bigcartv Big Car merch: https://teespring.com/stores/bigcartv My second channel - Little Car: https://www.youtube.com/littlecar Sources: Andreas Zapatinas http://fiatbarchetta.com/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiat_124_Sport_Spider https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiat_Barchetta https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiat_Barchetta https://autodesignmagazine.com/en/2020/01/la-fiat-barchetta-compie-25-anni/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xW-HLDyALXg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvTz7Ib7w3s https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiat_Pratola_Serra_modular_engines https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiat_Coup%C3%A9 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_Two_platform https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mazda_MX-5_(NA) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mazda_MX-5_(ND) https://www.barchetta.it https://infoclassiche.it/scheda-fiat-barchetta/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stola_(automotive_company) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andreas_Zapatinas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barchetta #bigcar