Fia Mazda 124 Spider, dicontinued in UK, dailycarblog.com
Great News! Fiat Kill The Fiat Mazda 124 Spider
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Enzari.com recently reported that Fiat UK has killed off the Fiat Mazda 124 Spider. The Fiat Mazda 124 Spider was a 2-door sports convertible. An automotive corpse based on a Mazda MX-5. And for us, that was the biggest problem. The Fiat Mazda 124 Spider was meant to hark back to the elegant Pininfarina designed Fiat 124 Spider. The 2016 resurrection was an eyesore, a corporate bucket list made because of limited Fiat resources. You know how you can re-skin your iPhone? that’s essentially what the Fiat Mazda 124 Spider was. Yet the motoring press closed their eyes and enthusiastically propped up the corpse by saying how great it was. Well some, admittedly not all. We’re sure the Fiat Mazda 124 Spider was a great drive. That’s because the donor car, the Mazda MX-5, pound for pound is one, of the best drivers cars you can get right now. But this Fiat Mazda 124 Spider was an ill-conceived venture and people didn’t buy into the charade and ultimately they didn’t buy it. According to Fiat, the Fiat Mazda 124 Spider was dropped from the UK sales itinerary because of the new stricter WLTP regulations. Meeting these new emissions targets would have been costly in terms of upgrading the engine, etc. However, Fiat will continue to sell the Abarth version of the Fiat Mazda 124 Spider. So the emissions excuse doesn’t make any sense to us. Typically, when a company withdraws a product from sale it’s due to slow sales. Or it could be a sign a new model may be introduced at a future date. However, because Fiat dropped the car from its website on the quiet it may well be game over for 124 Spider. In the UK at least. And if it is, we will rejoice. We contacted FCA UK for clarification… well we were going to contact them and gloat in their faces but the battery ran out on the mobile phone… we no longer use landline.  
 Fia Mazda 124 Spider, dicontinued in UK, dailycarblog.com
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