Faults:

Both front seats didn't tilt and slide when delivered.

Bonnet both front wings and both front doors where out of line when delivered.

Electronic control unit replaced at 1500 miles.

All side mouldings fell off 1500 miles.

Rear seat backs rattled never fixed correctly.

Dash and radio rattled, again never fixed.

Rear stereo speakers and covers never fitted properly and rattled.

Rear quarter lights never fitted properly and rattled.

Passenger front seat tilt and slide mechanism failed and was replaced.

Electronic power steering failed whilst driving and was replaced.

Both rear shock absorbers became noisy and was replaced.

I could only get 2-3 litres off fuel in before the pump gun clicked of this problem was never solved.

Numerous rattles from inside and out most of which were never solved.

General Comments:

Good looking car excellent features.

Poor build quality and no quality control at factory.

Suspension to stiff for British roads.

Ride and ride height very poor compared to other similar makes.

1242 8v engine pretty good, but a bit noisy at medium to high revs and a bit lumpy at low revs due to emission laws.

Interior very well thought out, but poorly put together.

Fuel economy very good.

Road noise very intrusive.

Faults:

Exhaust has started to 'bang' as I pull away fast.

The Sat Navigation cuts out sometimes.

General Comments:

What a car!

I only picked the car up two days ago, but wow!

The car leaves 'fast' cars in its wake.

Now OK I am only 22yrs old so this seems fast to me, but it might not to the older driver, but it is a lot of fun.

The Sat Navigation seems to cut out when it wants to, but this is being sorted by the garage.

The car will propel you from 0-60mph in 8.6secs (manufacture claims), but it seems a whole lot faster! and it will take you to 130mph easily.

So don't just sit there! Go buy one, someone told me these are hard to come by, maybe something to do with the group 15 (!) insurance group, but you will not regret it!

Faults:

Electric Power Steering had gone very lumpy several times. Motor got replaced under warranty. And again! Still lumpy so Fiat looked at it again an they said water/condensation must have got into the motor somehow. they removed the dash board and found a leak. in the process they caught the Air con pipe an caused the gas to leak. They just regassed it. Leaked out again an they replaced the pipe.

Had rear shockers reaplaced after 400 miles. (I owned from new...)

Handbreak mounting under the car came lose. Got welded back up by Fiat.

Slight misfire at idle. Fiat say "its OK" but think its the Lambder Probe...

Offside rear suspension arm came lose!!

General Comments:

The car is seriously economical. I'm averaging 68MPG from it via motorways AND town driving! Crackin handling and performance too! And the ELX gets a decent stereo and AMP in the boot!