1997 Fiat Cinquecento Sporting from UK and Ireland - Comments

I thinks it's a heat shield under the car for the exhaust, but it vibrates like mad!!!!

Sporting badge fell off.

Paint chips very easily.

Front left tyre wears down quickly.

Engine makes a knocking noise after a long drive. This comes and goes.

Lots of engine noise from under the pedals.

AND FINALLY, IT KEEPS GETTING BROKEN INTO!!!!!

I love this car because it's so much fun to drive.

It's great on corners and you always feel as if you are in control.

Someone had better come up with a tidy alloy package for this car because nobody seems to have clue.

If you buy light eyebrows then beware cause they don't fit and you have to spend ages cutting the damn things!!!

Stick a K+N induction kit and a Magnex back box on this little thing and listen to it scream at you!!!

It does 115mph, not 94mph like it says on the spec.!!! And 0-60mph in 10 seconds, not 13.7 seconds!!!

Just get one of these cars coz they're very hot!!!

Anything anyone wants to know, then e-mail me at a_super_taff@yahoo.com

I think you will find that being Italian the speedo is miscalibrated by about 25% so in fact you are only doing about 90mph.

Also with the three Fiats I have owned, a car following behind would have been nice to catch all the bits falling off!!!

I want to lower it on the standard alloys, but need to go at least 40mm, I can't find a spring set that will go lower than 20mm, what can I do?

Spax will lower the car 40mm, just give them a ring!!!

Well the Fiat has plenty of style.

You should not be using a mobile in your car, you should be listening to that horrid Fiesta rattle.

Yeah, the Fiat probably doesn't do 115 mph, but Fiesta's are crap and dull. I'd have a Fiat over the rest any day!!!

I don't know why you love them, I think they are cheap and nasty, and before you think I own a Fiesta, I don't... I own a Cinquecento Sporting and the performance is pants!. I have got a K&N induction kit, Peco DTM system and also had it superchipped, but it's still pants! I don't know how you got that speed but I think you are wrong! I must admit that it does handle well, but it's just the crap build that lets it down. That's why I'm getting a Bravo 2.0 HGT.

Cinquecento Sportings won't do over 100 mph, unless you turbo them. All the tuning mods under the sun short of fitting the Punto 1.2 Sporting 16v engine or Hormann turbo kit give you bugger all extra performance.

Standard the car does about 95 mph, with exhaust and filter you may see 97 mph. Not many tuning mods are available. I fitted a Punto R reg crashed sporting 1.2 16v engine 86 bhp. I fitted a custom back box, and exhaust and K&N cold air kit.

The speedos is inaccurate, I timed it against my mates Mondeo 2.0 and it does 110 mph + genuine. Beats a 1.6 Almera on acceleration, whereas a standard engine car gets drilled by a 1.0 16v Micra.

I wish reviewers would understand two things when claiming there car's top speed is well above the manufacturers figure:

1) The figure a manufacturer quotes is based on the car traveling on a flat, level road, not a five mile downward stretch on a motorway.

2) Standard car speedos usually read well above the cars actual speed at the top end (up to 10%).

I have had nearly 100 out of a 1 litre Metro going down a slight dip but it would struggle to do 85 on a level road.

Well a month ago I took delivery of brand new Saxo VTR after driving a Cinquecento Sporting for over 4years and believe me the fiat is no where near as fast as the VTR so dream on. But I do agree the Fiat is a great little car and I had over 4years of fun and adventure driving it. I'd recommend it to anyone as a first car.

I destroyed a Cinqy sporting in a race with my 1.35 Micra Sport+, and even that cannot do 0-60 in 10 seconds!

I bought a broom yellow cinquecento sporting two months ago and its a great car! Its s real head turner since its got the abarth bodykit and alloys, it feels great to drive and I would recommend it to anyone wanting a cool car without the cost!!

Listen boys. Fiesta's are alright but what's better, crappy Essex dustbin or an Italian designed car. The Fiesta is way too common with so many old people driving them, I wonder if the car is aimed at old people?? Cinq sportings are phatt. I had a mark 2 Fiesta as my first car, fair enough it wasn't the best car but it got me around. Cinq's however are wicked little motors which turns heads. I've got a 1997 P reg in Broom Yellow with the Abrath side skirts. Kept the rest of the car standard to keep the Italian 'look'.

I would like to see your face if I ever pulled up in my 1.6 Zetec Sport at the lights next to you! Dull granny 1.6 Zetec sports, guess again!

The mk1 + mk2 Fiesta, and possibly the mk 3 Fiesta Flight are slower, have less appeal, are nasty looking, and have nasty performance compared the little cinqy. Saying this, the mk4 + mk5 will go faster, but the cinqy owner will still be smiling cause this little car has bags of class and turns heads. Who needs performance figures when this little car is cool. I have a Fiat Panda and it leaves mk1 + mk2 Fiestas and 1.1 Novas behind. They try, but the little cinqy is great. And I'm getting one soon.

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But would your Panda outrun my 1.6 Zetec Sport?! And does it have more style?... I think not!