1998 Fiat Brava EL 80cv 12v review from Portugal
"Very Stylish, average engine, poor plastics"
What things have gone wrong with the car?
Air conditioning is good enough, but the car loses all its "horses" for that...
Side door windows rubber seals keeps on moving of alignment.
Door Handle Rubber from all four doors cracked and disintegrated.
Right rear-view mirror is getting dark (water infiltrations).
Two screws from the tablier are always falling...
Driver Seat became noisy after 5 yrs.
General comments?
Love the concept (Pinifarina - need to say anything else?...), look and equipment (when prices are compared to similar models...) Shame on them for discontinuing this model for the awful Fiat Stilo...
Despite all plastic problems on doors and tablier, the engine never gave me any single problem. "Fells good" to see all those BMW, Mercedes (and so on) stopped aside the road for engine problems (and not make part of the show myself...).
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| Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? | Don't Know |
| Model year | 1998 |
| Year of manufacture | 1998 |
| First year of ownership | 1998 |
| Most recent year of ownership | 2005 |
| Engine and transmission | 1.4 Manual |
| Performance marks | 7 / 10 |
| Reliability marks | 8 / 10 |
| Comfort marks | 8 / 10 |
| Dealer Service marks | 6 / 10 |
| Running Costs (higher is cheaper) | 4 / 10 |
| Overall marks (average of all marks) | |
| Distance when acquired | 0 kilometres |
| Most recent distance | 100000 kilometres |
| Previous car | Renault 19 |
| Date of Entry | 8th May, 2005 |