Hey guys, I need your opinion.

[LiCkWiD]

Fiat Stilo Abarth. 2.4 20v 5-Cylinder. I really any decent Leon Cupra would eat this car as soon as it starts spooling, but for an all-round hot-hatch, loaded with technology... what do you think?

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/116887.htm

I'd appreciate any opinions, experiences you guys had had.

I do really this isn't a Leon Mk1 topic, but the Leon Mk1 has currently got all my attention.. and before I view a black face-lift 2004 tomorrow evening, I'd like to scope out the alternatives.. (as any prudent buyer would)

Thanks guys

 

[Arctic]

its a fiat, enough said

 

[goble]

as i have the pleasure of workin on both makes then i would defo say that seat would be the way to go fiat's look good yer but build is crap and everything on them is totally crap and breaks

 

[LiCkWiD]

I know :< "Fix It Again Tomorrow". Buuuutttt...... this one apparently hasn't yet suffered from the reliability issues. Apparently ....

 

[thebeno]

Fiat? Yuck!!!

 

[ArosaRacer]

fiat + rain = Rust and lots of it

 

[LiCkWiD]

Well.. I see a pattern emerging here.

I think I get the gist of it.. :<

 

[ElasticTangent]

Personally I don't like them BUT one of these killed me in my old standard LC. I had a rolling start and he was stationary at the lights. He still managed to beat me down the slip road onto the motorway.

 

[RikH]

I know :< "Fix It Again Tomorrow". Buuuutttt...... this one apparently hasn't yet suffered from the reliability issues. Apparently ....

that sounds like italian babble for-JUST ABOUT TO BADLY GO WRONG

 

[Rokerlad]

Avoid at all costs. The Selespeed box on these things is by all accounts utter gash. I had a FIAT Coupe 8 years ago and it was poorest built car I have ever owned.

 

[Jay20VT]

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Tony

FIAT, lol hate them cars, CRAP!!

 

[cupra r rob]

A fiat stilo over a cupra, . how could you say such a thing.

 

[Snoopie]

If it's anything like the Shumacher edition I test drove a while back. It's a slow but revvy engine. To make the most out of it, it really needs a kick in the pants. Even after that, not much happens I'm afraid.
Felt a lot slower than my somewhat modified Fabia vRS, which it probably was.
High insurance for a big engine, and not the most economical. Although, saying that... Neither is the Cupra, but certainly more fun.

 

[nibbles]

It will probaly rust by the time the advert runs out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Reg]

Modern Fiat's are not rust monsters (like they used to be), but electrical gremlines and all round general **** build quality let them down. Its not so much one particular aspect - the whole package is just a bit, well...****. Also it will depreciate quicker than a house in Iraq.

 

[daveyonthemove]

I don't like it Looks wise, but i may be biased.
But when your behind the wheel all you see is the dash and the veiw from the windscreen, so if i was you and liked the look of it (which i assume you do?) i'd get down to a dealer and take one for a drive. If your buying new it will be under warranty for long enough for most faults to reveal themselves, and if it is impressive then its got to be worth a haggle.
I think you may have asked the wrong crowd if you were expecting a fair response though

 

[nibbles]

Personly i would take the next visit to the opticians not a dealers.

 

[daveyonthemove]

Personly i would take the next visit to the opticians not a dealers.

If we all liked the same things then the world be pretty boring.
If he likes them then at least FIAT have appealed to one person.

 

[nibbles]

TRUE.....................ah bless , plus cant argue with a guy that knows what colour LCR to have

 

[LiCkWiD]

Lol. You bunch of mugs

If I say it was all a big joke, would it be too late to save some reputation?

But seriously... the car appealed.. the price, the look, the engine.. it's performance wasn't mentioned favourably in any review I found online. (Odd for a "hot-hatch", eh?) But the issues of reliability were mentioned.. frequently.. the Stilo Abarth has moved away from the Fiats of old, apparently.

Nevermind, the search continues ....


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