Advantages: Great equipment levels, good range of engines, 3 and 5 door available. Disadvantages: Not without its problems, non exsistent aftersales service from dealers.
mph, deadlocks and multiple airbags.
The car also has a compartment over the glove box which can be cooled or heated using the air con/heater which is great if have a hungry baby , or if you want chilled drinks on demand.
Overall you get alot of car for your money as they are heavily discounted and depreciation is high.
ana equivalent golf would cost considerably more, so if you want a good looking grand tourer, with all the gadgets under the sun, the FiatStilo Abarth is the one. ...
Advantages: selespeed gearbox, endless list of gizmos, good looking Disadvantages: You might as well live in the Fiat service garage, thirsty, road tax is expensive
The Stilo abarth has a equipment list to rival the higher end models;
Dual zone climate control, F1 style flappy paddles, built in voice activated Sat Nav, telephone/texting, trip computer, cruise control, 16" alloy wheels, mp3 cd player to name a few. Performance isnt bad from the 2.4 engine-138 mph and 0-60 in around 8 seconds, the car is fairly rare and is visually nice to look at. These thing ultimately attracted me to the Abarth.
However I have finally sold my Abarth, in some ways I'll be sad to see it go. The selespeed paddles are great, it has a good engine with pretty good acceleration and it's a nice looking motor in 3 door guise. But on the other hand Fiat probably love this car, they must make more money from it going back to them for repairs than actual sales. In 2 years I have had to shell out on;
Front and rear brake ...
Advantages: Great Specification, Sat Nac, Cruise Controlm Electric Seats Disadvantages: Some Issues with Airbags Sensors and Tire Wear
Bought my 2.4 Abarth as an ex-demo model in 2002, overall very pleased with the car. The specification is fantastic for a car of its class, Sat Nav, Electric Heated Seats, Cruise Control, Auto Lights/windscreen wipers, Parking sensors. The 7" colour display in the center console is really impressive, friends cannot believe this car is supposed to be in the same class as a ford focus...
Car drives very well and has torque all the way throught the rev range, partuclary nice is putting your foot down at 50mph and feeling the selespeed box drop down a gear you`ll be 80 and beyond before you even realise.
Only thing I would say if purchasing one of these second hand, particulary the MK1 (2002) model, is to check the front inside edge of the front tires, Fiat sent all of these out with the Geometry all wrong and it will wear like crazy ...
