WHEN THE BOAT COMES IN

Fiat’s Barchetta, Italian for ‘little boat’, is a stylish MX-5 alternative, says Mark Pearson

In the pantheon of diminutive roadsters, the Mazda MX-5 strides large like a four-generation colossus, swishing all in its path aside with its agility and affordability. But it has a fault, and that is it’s just a little bit too common. After all, they’ve made over a million of the things. Much better instead to get yourself behind the wheel of one of these: the Fiat Barchetta. With a more niche appeal than the little Mazda and a much shorter lifespan, there are far fewer of them. You are unlikely to suffer that slight annoyance of arriving in the car park at Silverstone or Shelsley Walsh to find half a dozen similar already there. Okay, so in this country you will be slightly limited by this car being left-hand drive only, and…

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Autocar (Digital) - 1 Issue, August 3, 2022

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