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Old Sep 4, 2002
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please help me identify this car

anybody? anybody?


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looks like a ferrari to me
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looks like somebody did some aftermarket body work on an old Mazda RX-7, late 80's early 90's version.
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i know it isn't a hyundai, but the front "reminds me" of a tiburon.haha [IMG]i/expressions/laugh2.gif[/IMG]
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Mazda midia (sp?) with blackout headlights
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thats not your commom north american car. it looks european so i doubt anybody here would know.
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Looks like an opel. And yes, deffinetly European.
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judging by its wheels, size, and side mirrors, it looks like a miata to me, just that the headlights and the entire front part was redone....i guess....[IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-confused.gif[/IMG]
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mangusta (sp).has a mustang cobra engine and costs 70K.
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guys - the photo was taken in europe - maybe i can blow up the emblem - but its definitely nothing ive seen here - and therefor not a miata.
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Fiat Barchetta
http://www.showroom@fiat.co.uk/vip/O...chetta/new.asp

and that was a guess. The pic looked like my buddys old Fiat drop top, but newer. So I looked around at the Fiat websites. [IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-cool.gif[/IMG]
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ok here is a blow up of the emblem


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Joe is right[IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/IMG]
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Oh man, I like that gauge cluster. Except perhaps the tach should be a bit bigger.



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Damn!

You guys call yourselves car enthusiasts?

It's a Fiat Barchetta......sheesh..Mangusta? how about NOT...lol

Fiat Barchetta:
http://www.fiatbarchetta.com/


Qvale Mangusta:
www.qvaleauto.com




EDIT: D'OH! I didn't see page 2....sorry....Jumped the gun just a tad... [IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/IMG]
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You can even see the lines from the old spyder / graduate....
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Is that 240 mph on the dash???????
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Is that 240 mph on the dash???????[hr]
No, it's Euro so it's in clicks
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clicks = kilometers per hour for you crackas out there
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Yeah its mph since Fiat is a european car....
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Yeah, exactly! Do ppl really think a car that costs less than 20 grand will actually go that high?
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