Originally Posted by
h00t_h00t
Alfa Romeo Spider
Alfa Romeo GTV
Lotus Elan Mk2
Fiat Coupe
With a better definition of what you consider a sports car I could list more.
I said: not adaptations of econo-boxes. Both the Alfa GTV and Spider and also the Fiat Coupé use the original chassis from the Fiat Tipo/Tempra, wich went on to Alfa 145/146 and Fiat Bravo/Brava.
Of those listes only the Elan is a proper sports car. And yet, the choice for FWD was cost related, because Lotus did want a bite of the MX-5 market, wich was once theirs. And there was obviously no way they could build a RWD car an yet achieve a competitive price compared to what the Japanese could. And although being successful with the car (yet not the sales), they soon came back to RWD.
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