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Title: Classic Car Weekly Post by: TonyLanciaBeta on December 16, 2009, 09:05:34 PM There is a very good artical on the Beta in this weeks Classic Car Weekley Dec 16th 2009
with a photo of John Bowers loverly Coupe on the front page the article covers two pages, and written by Russ Smith who is very pro Beta (http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2804/4190349821_22bd3dfe65_o.jpg) Title: Re: Classic Car Weekly Post by: rossocorsa on December 17, 2009, 12:18:47 AM maybe I'm too pedantic but since when was the Beta coupé a 'sports car'?
Title: Re: Classic Car Weekly Post by: MattNoVAT on December 17, 2009, 10:59:12 AM During the Beta era if you compared it to all the other cars that were available at that time I guess it was far more sportier than most.
Plus Coupé vehicles always seem to get classed as sports cars anyway because they are more biased towards the two front occupants and the rear seats are there mostly for aesthetic reasons. Title: Re: Classic Car Weekly Post by: rossocorsa on December 17, 2009, 07:37:21 PM well I never thought of it as a sports car when it was current
Title: Re: Classic Car Weekly Post by: TreviDash on December 17, 2009, 08:55:13 PM 'sporting car' sounds a bit girly FIAT though, doesn't it :D
Title: Re: Classic Car Weekly Post by: rossocorsa on December 18, 2009, 08:05:12 PM actually when they were current I was skint and drove a Fulvia coupé. I thought that Betas were for rich philistines with more money than sense or taste..........now I'm skint and own a Beta and can't afford a Fulvia!! poetic justice I should have been kinder in those days. Seriously though I have come to appreciate the finer points of the Beta in my old age and I'm no longer sure I could tolerate being squashed into a Fulvia :)
which reminds me that once I remember three full sized adults actually sitting in the back of the first coupé I had how about that Fulvia coupé a 5 seater!! ... Title: Re: Classic Car Weekly Post by: rossocorsa on December 18, 2009, 08:07:03 PM 'sporting car' sounds a bit girly FIAT though, doesn't it :D GT or grand tourer would have been nearer that mark ...until BMC stuck it on the flanks of an Austin 1300 and Ford on the Cortina Title: Re: Classic Car Weekly Post by: Pete on December 21, 2009, 09:11:04 PM Bravo Russ Smith. A well written piece that extols the virtues of the Beta Coupe and puts the media hype into context.
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