The Fiat Barchetta is a road car produced by Fiat. It only appears in Gran Turismo 2, being replaced by the Fiat Barchetta Giovane Due '00 in later games.
Colors[]
There are eight colors available for this vehicle:
- Metallic Steel Gray
- Black
- Racing Red
- Orange
- Broom Yellow
- Metallic Garden Green
- Metallic Sea Blue
- Metallic Midnight Blue
In-game description[]
This description is taken from the PAL version of Gran Turismo 2:
The Fiat Barchetta is a very modern interpretation of the classic small open-top sports car. Despite a chassis distantly related to the workaday Punto supermini, the Barchetta - or 'little boat' - was welcomed at its 1995 European launch as scoring highly on the grinometer for enthusiastic drivers. The cute Fiat soft-top's chassis is honed to provide the best possible levels of entertainment without needing huge speeds to achieve it. The independent suspension follows a simple design using space-saving MacPherson struts with an anti-roll bar and off-set coil springs at the front and trailing arms with an anti-roll bar at the rear. The desire for both affordability and a pure driving experience mean that electronic driver aids are kept to a minimum. In fact only power-assisted steering for light and nimble responses and ABS to prevent the brakes from locking up in extreme situations are added. Breaking with tradition for a small sportster, the power is sent to the front wheels rather than the rears. This is achieved without the aid of a traction control system, although chunky 195/55 tyres on 15-inch steel wheels provide sturdy levels of grip. There's no throbbing V8 engine to liven things up under the bonnet, just a sweet-revving little 1.7-litre four-cylinder engine with 16-valves. Advanced variable valve timing allows freer engine breathing and so helps to boost power to a 130 BHP peak, produced at a heady 6,300 rpm. This is fed through a five-speed manual transmission. Hence don't plan on road-rippling performance because you won't get it, although times of 0-62 mph acceleration in 8.9 seconds and a 124 mph top speed are still plenty swift enough. It's best to remember though that rather than all-out speed it's the Barchetta's highly-rated handling, as well as its distinctively charismatic Italian styling, that has already made this little Fiat a dead-cert modern classic.
Acquisition[]
| Game | Purchase location | Credits | Other methods |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gran Turismo 2 | Fiat Dealership | 28,350 | --- |
Pictures[]
