rog

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Came across this by accident, new revised panda, based on the current one obviously, i really like it i'll admit.
They'e always been good at building small cars, but the bigger ones are usually shit.

Bravo looks good aswell, just a bigger punto basically.

And new 500?

Smiggy

I really like the look of the Bravo, but I heard that they won't be doing a 3 door version. How big a mistake will that be? I used to have a Bravo HGT and it was a brilliant car.

We've also ran Punto's for years and I really cannot fault any one of the ones we've had. I really don't understand where the bad press comes from. Although I will admit some of their earlier cars were a bit ropey.

SMG

rog

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Yeah, i heard a rumour they were going to bring out a mad punto with 200 bhp and 4x4, but it will probably never happen. I have the older style punto 06, just before the new one came out, can't fault it. Not exactly a sporty car but it does the job, have a cinquecento aswell, that's been the same too, never missed a beat. I guess these will be out later in the year.

pacificzetecturbo

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Yes sadley it is just a rumour about the 200+ brake punto, however the new abarth is due out later in the year but will have a new 1.4 turbo engine producing 155bhp and being fwd.

rog

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Saw one exactly the same as last night after posting this, looks like it would handle really good, the wheels are as far over in the corners as they could possibly be and it was actually quite low. Bet it would be a hoot to drive.

PastyKing

thats the new panda 1.4 16v 100hp
£10k though

ivorbiggun

My 131 Abarth used to make all my pal's RS2000's and Capri's etc look as if they were going backwards and that was 25 years ago so no they haven't always made shit cars.

Turbosystems

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the cars were shit not the engines the engines kept going whilst the rest of the car fell apart round them

PastyKing

ive had a few fiats
ask rad he knows all about my obsession!!!

Turbosystems

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I haven't had any fiats

PastyKing

all the fiats i had not 1 was rotting.
its like all cars it depends how the things been looked after

PastyKing

i much prefer the mk1 puntos than the new ones

Turbosystems

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the 90's chav mobile

PastyKing

nothing chav about that mate

Mr S1

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That Brava looks

Turbosystems

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unfortunately the car buying public do not seem overly taken by the likes of fiats and citroens this is reflected in their resale value.This does however make them a good second hand purchase as they are so cheap

Paddy

Before I give my view on Fiats as that's the way this thread seems to be going, I'd like to point out that we currently have for sale an 04 plate Doblo, a 53 plate Stilo Estate and a 53 plate Multipla. Should anyone want any info on these specific cars, feel free to call me.

As for the cars themselves,people DO love them and they DO buy them! But you want to see the warranty claims we've put through on Fiats in the last year alone! They're NOT built well compared to other vehicles, end of story.

I don't care who says "I've had one or two [maybe even more]" an it's been brilliant. We've had hundreds of them over the years and they ALL suffer from different things, mostly electrical problems and ALWAYS due to poor build quality and badly designed parts. They just are not built to withstand the abuse the average person throws at a car.

The older ones used to rot and go like lace curtains. If you had a fiat uno and went on holiday, it was quite likely you'd come back to an engine block and interior sat on your drive, with a big pile of orange mush and glass around it. Nowadays obviously most panels are plastic moulded so it's no longer an issue.

They drive well though and the engines are normally very economical.

If you buy one of those Pandas, check the gearbox and clutch are ok and the things still under warranty.