My mate had 1 for a year and it never broke once, and he absolutly killed it everyday.
Was rapid as standard and beat stage1 cossies.
Timing belts are costly to get done. other than that there fine his had 60,000 miles on it with full history, full leather etc etc
He sold it for £3500 so cheaper than a cossie and nearly into erst money.
I although its a fiat there a far better equipt car than an erst