2002 Fiat Seicento Sporting from UK and Ireland - Comments

Two new tyres due too bad tracking when car was purchased (both were illegal)

New indicator unit.

New rear demister (damaged from previous owner.

Loud tapping on rear offside wheel (six visits to garage to fix)

3 new shock absorbers.

New clutch cable (snapped after two miles driving)

Awkward engagement of reverse gear.

This is my first car which I acquired for £3000 with only 8 thousand miles on the clock.

I was disgusted at the state I received the car in for saying I bought it from a reputable dealer. So far I have owned the car for 9 months and have made 11 trips to the garage, (mainly in the first 3 months) however after all the initial faults were fixed the car settled in nicely.

For a 1.1 engine I am amazed at how quick it was, it is easily equipped for town, country and motorway driving. The standard kit on this car is also very impressive for the price; it comes complete with power steering, alloy wheels, sports seats, electric windows, sun roof and body kit.

One of my main issues with this car is the very poor wet weather handling braking, I have had a fair few near misses which is scary for the amount of time I have been driving the car.

Another issue I had was with the poor service I felt I received at the dealer during the first few months of my driving as they seemed reluctant to help and kept passing me around.

All in all though now the problems have been fixed the car itself has been fantastic and I would recommend it to young drivers mainly due to the sporty appearance at a low cost.

Hi there, thanks for the good review of your sporting.

I would agree about the handling in the wet conditions, I have the same problem.

I also had to change my shock absorbers both front when the car only had 3,000 miles on the clock (i believe this to be because the car was hardly used before I bought it).

Also the throttle was sticking and reving by itself, but this was soughted out by Fiat under warranty with no trouble.

I would have to say that the service I received was excellent, I think that you were unfortunate on this occasion.

There aren't many 1.1s that are this quick, but that's because the sporting models have quicker gear ratios than most other cars of this class.

I have owned my car for about 8mths now and have had no problems, travelling to Ireland and back and a few trips to Manchester from London, with fuel economy excellent (breaking the speed limit by about 40mph!).

Keep it.

Its to much fun to give away!!

Thank you very much for your comments the suspension on these cars does tend to be delicate as does the clutch, but for the cost its good value now looking into upgrading at the end of the year for a larger car possibly a 2000 ibiza.

Thanks again Dean.