Tragically, almost everything that could have gone wrong did. Something in the throttle assembly snapped so it wouldn’t idle, offside suspension sagged (hadn’t noticed until its first MOT but when it was fixed, the car felt taller), power steering sprang a leak and had to be replaced, head gasket failure on the M42 in a contraflow, cam gasket failure (source of the potential fire - stopped just in time as hot oil fumes entered the cabin), head gasket (again), cam gasket (again - knew what the smoke meant!), brake lines in the engine bay, head gasket for the last time. There was something up with that engine for sure! The thing is, I really liked the car and so kept getting it fixed. It was roomy, peppy and funky. I reckon if any have survived to today, they were better built than mine.
The first car (Alfa Lancia and Fiat)in the world with the radio UP.Italian rules!❤🇮🇹.I love your election for the music.Drive with INXS at high volume is fantastic!
Never knew these were driver cars. The Bravo and Brava were all over the Netherlands in the nineties.
The Bravo HGT is just the Italian EG6. Lovely 20v 5 cylinder from Lancia with variable timing, and very fun to drive.
@@takao4491 True. I have one and i love it.
Although gettin' HGT specific parts for it is pain in the B which is sad.
I had one. A hoot to drive, rather roomy and full of lovely design details. Almost caught fire. Twice.
I just bought it. How did it catch fire?
Tragically, almost everything that could have gone wrong did. Something in the throttle assembly snapped so it wouldn’t idle, offside suspension sagged (hadn’t noticed until its first MOT but when it was fixed, the car felt taller), power steering sprang a leak and had to be replaced, head gasket failure on the M42 in a contraflow, cam gasket failure (source of the potential fire - stopped just in time as hot oil fumes entered the cabin), head gasket (again), cam gasket (again - knew what the smoke meant!), brake lines in the engine bay, head gasket for the last time. There was something up with that engine for sure!
The thing is, I really liked the car and so kept getting it fixed. It was roomy, peppy and funky. I reckon if any have survived to today, they were better built than mine.
I had a 1.8 HLX, what an upgrade from the shitty Clio I drove beforehand
Amazing really and in 2022 I cannot think when Ilast saw one....theyve all gone!
lol I just serviced one last week
I daily one of these, the jtd isn't fast but won't let you down.
Beautiful cars. Wish they had them in my country.
Recently bought a brava. Simple car, easy to maintain.
I wish Jeremy would at least mentioned the 5 cylinder engine
That model wasn't available at launch, so nothing to mention at time of filming.
@@matthewp9015 Thanks for the info!
1.2 16v and 2.0 20v engines were offered in later models.
I had an abarth one propper hoot but all gone these days
Very enthusiastic review. Surprising, considering they hardly sold any.
I used to see a lot of them so that's no true at all.
They sold a lot , not the brava tho
That has to be the worst piece of advice that I have ever heard.
Why?
@steve yeah, nah.
@steve yeah........................nah
@@MattyClivingthedream very good point , so your argument is just "nah"
10k for a new car, those were the days
10k in 1995 would be about 17k today.
There are cheaper new cars out there now.
The first car (Alfa Lancia and Fiat)in the world with the radio UP.Italian rules!❤🇮🇹.I love your election for the music.Drive with INXS at high volume is fantastic!
Fantastic car.
I have bravo 1.9 jtd 100 gt
FIAT: Fix it again tomorrow.
😂👍🏻