Top 10: 150mph classics ‘on the cheap’
If you fancy a brand new car with a top speed of 150mph, you need to spend a significant sum these days, despite manufacturers’ best efforts at gaining maximum power from their latest engines. But on the modern-classic scene, things are a little different – with 150mph cars at your disposal from just £1000 upwards.
The UK’s motorway speed limit is still 70mph; but a car with a top speed of well over twice that figure brings effortless long-distance cruising, safe overtaking and an impressively upmarket driving experience. So which of these 150mph classics is likely to make your wallet itch?
By Paul Guinness, Contributor
Fiat Coupe 20v Turbo – 149-155mph
With its wedge-like shape, dramatic wheel arch ‘slashes’, bubble-top headlamps and race-type filler cap, the Fiat Coupe was a typically distinctive design from Chris Bangle. Choose the 16v Turbo version though, and you got 187bhp and a top speed of 140mph.
That’s not good enough for this Top 10, however, which is why we’d recommend the 20v Turbo of 1996-on – this latest model offering 217bhp and a top speed of 149 or 155mph depending on whether it was the original five-speed or later six-speed version. Pay anything between £1000 and £4000 now for the Italian ride of your life.
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