![]() 07/09/2015 at 08:12 • Filed to: What is this | ![]() | ![]() |
My friend is in Europe. I am in Australia. We get a lot of different cars in Aus, but there are also plenty we don’t get. So I told my friend to snap me some cars he thought we didn’t have here. Along with a Dacia and a Twingo, he sent me this. It’s making me crazy! I’ve seen the badge before but I just can’t place it! I’ve done all the googling ever... Help me oppo?
![]() 07/09/2015 at 08:13 |
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FIAT.
![]() 07/09/2015 at 08:14 |
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That’s a Fiat badge from either a Bravo, Brava or Marea.
![]() 07/09/2015 at 08:17 |
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It’s a Fiat Marea
![]() 07/09/2015 at 08:19 |
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I DIDN’T EVEN CONSIDER FIAT! I was looking at Citroen and Renault and Peugeot and Alpine and and and everything except Fiat!
What a strange badge. Why doesn’t it show up on
this search
until right down the page? Did they use it for only a few years?
![]() 07/09/2015 at 08:19 |
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Thanks :D
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Thanks :D
![]() 07/09/2015 at 08:30 |
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The badge is a stylish interpretation of FIATs logo of the era
![]() 07/09/2015 at 08:35 |
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Yes, it didn’t have a long life and they reverted to a version of the previous badge.
![]() 07/09/2015 at 08:35 |
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Hey, before you go telling your mate its a a Marea, take another look. It’s a face lifted Bravo or Brava. You can tell by looking at the strips on the bumper as the Bravo/Brava has them on the side and the Marea has them in the center. Also the facelift Bravo has chrome trims whereas the the Marea has a largerngrille with a black border. Check the pics further up for reference
![]() 07/09/2015 at 08:39 |
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It was on that list, about half way down the page.
![]() 07/09/2015 at 08:43 |
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I thought they used it for quite a few years? It’s all a bit confusing, but it definitely goes back at least as far as the first-gen Panda, and I think maybe a while before that.
![]() 07/09/2015 at 08:46 |
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They used it for a few years, yes. A few years isn’t long given how long Fiat have been in business!
![]() 07/09/2015 at 09:28 |
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Yeah but it really was so far down
![]() 07/09/2015 at 13:07 |
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No, I meant in that context. Didn’t they use the badge for 20-30 years? Maybe it was only 10-15. Not really a long life by Fiat standards - obvious reliability jokes aside - but still quite a while.
Could be I’m just confused, though.
![]() 07/10/2015 at 03:23 |
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I see. My friend doesn’t care, it’s all for me. I can’t believe there’s this whole sub-group of cars I’ve never heard of...