Whilst the Fiat Marea Weekend is not normally a car that you would consider buying new, it makes an excellent secondhand purchase. I recently bought a 8 month old 1.6SX with 11,000 miles and 2 years warranty from a main dealer for £7995. The cost new was over £14,000. The Marea is reasonably quick with a lovely responsive Italian engine, a very slick 5 speed gearbox (better than a Ford Focus that I drove recently)and I'm averaging around 36 mpg. Its roomy enough to cope with a family of 4 who have no idea how to travel light,but not as big inside as a Mondeo, and has excellent seats, which are very comfortable on long journeys. Mine came equipped with power steering, sunroof, climate control, twin front airbags, ABS, and electric front windows. There are cubby holes everywhere to stow all those bits and pieces and a very clever fold down tailgate which makes loading heavy loads very easy. Its quite well built (doors are much less tinny than a Focus's) with only a very few squeeks and rattles over rough road surfaces. Overall, I have been very pleasantly surprised at just how good the car is and I know I have got a cracking bargain.
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