Advantages: Cheap to buy, run and in theory insure, small, well engineered and spacious, yes, very spacious! Disadvantages: Windscreen wiper speed (see op), none really.
The small, BIG car! Yes that?s right, the small car, only 3.227 metres in length and yet 58% of the car's volume is available for passengers and objects carried in the car. Impressive for such a small and cheap car.
Being only 17 years of age this is my first car. I have always liked these tiny little cars. I was interested in the Fiat 500?s and the 126, though they?re getting a little elderly now. The Cinquecento is a small car, ideal for learning to drive in and is also relatively new, but still affordable. My friend who is also 17 purchased one as his first car before me and when I was taken out for a ride in his I was incredibly impressed.
My Fiat is a Cinquecento SX model, which has a couple of added extras such as electric windows, sunroof and central locking. It has an 899 cc, 5 speed, 41 bhp, 4 cylinder, fuel injected ...
PeterFarrell 10.02.2002 (21.02.2002)
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Advantages: small sporty and stylish Disadvantages: small engine
about 5 months ago i was reading a car magazine when i saw the best car in a while, the car was a fiatcinquecento it had all the modifications that were possible. from then on i have wanted one. the car is nice and compact and full of style for a little run around. the only bad thing is that there is a 900 cc engine in it witch doesnt supply much power, but can be very very helpfull to young people like me by being friendly with insurance and tax. now im just wiating for enough money to buy one. For the people with a bit more money there is the 1100cc sporting. now though fiat has stopped the production of cinquecentos and started to make siecentos witch are a bit more bubbly. ...
bigboy77 13.06.2001
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Advantages: Good economy, cheap insurance, fun to drive & reasonably nippy. Disadvantages: Too fragile by far.
We bought a Cinquecento Sporting to replace my wife's old FIAT Panda. We wanted something cheap to run, yet fun & reliable. Well, it's cheap as far as petrol consumption and insurance is concerned, but not as far as parts & servicing is concerned.
The car is a 1997 model and after approximately 18 months of running it the following issues have arisen :-
Passenger door fell off due to hinge rusting, seizing, then breaking.
Rear wheel bearing failed.
Engine mount failed.
Exhaust failed (This should not happen on a car of this age)
Front brakes & discs worn very rapidy.
Jack broke (Probably due to the amount of times we used it!)
Rear dampers failed.
Handbrake seized up.
Both rear trailing arms needed replacement due to wear.
Various bits of trim coming loose.
As you can see, quite a catalogue of parts. In all fairness ...
