Fiat Seicento 1.1

...was enough room for the Fiat and still not overhang the pavement.. I made up my mind I would look out for one, when I finally got round to trading in my old bike. Fiat Seicento Suite ------------------------- I found a Silver sporting model for sale in Dewsbury, which was asking about £2000. Then I saw a silver Suite parked up in a dealers just a few streets away from my house, I had a good look round the car and also again when the dealers opened ...
...this is just imagination, or Fiat have built in a system to the steering to make it so. Although I would have thought this would only be available on more expensive models of car. The engine has decent power for the type of car too, its not going to win any drag races against GTI's so don't try. If you do, chances are you will blow the head gasket which can be fragile if the car is thrashed. Although there is a recent aftermarket "Spesso" gasket ...

exup35 01.03.2007 (07.04.2007) · Read full review
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...been rattling around in a Fiat Seicento Sporting and by now I know every small inch of the car. That is mainly because it is so small, I take up most of the room in it. But while I have had a good run in the car, Im still lost as to where Fiat have cleverly hidden the "Sporting" part that its name suggests!!! So let me explain why. Firstly, it is dog slow. Sitting under the bonnet is a noisy and somewhat underpowered 1.1 litre engine. Saying that, ...
...service it yourself very cheaply. Fiat are not too expensive either. Failures? Since I have been driving it, It has needed a new exhaust system (£200) and a new set of shocks on the back as the suspension collapsed on the rear right hand corner. (£140). All in 2 months on a 5 year old car with only 25,000 on the clock! Would I buy one if I had the chance? No. However I am thankful that work let me borrow it while mine was off the road. Retail ...

andycharger 03.04.2004 · Read full review
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...I didnt choose my fiat seicento, nor had any intention of having one until my current seat ibiza failed its mot and was too dear to repair and basically not worth it so it was scrapped. Thus began my search for a new car. As a student I am constantly poor and wasnt expecting to get much when my cousin offered me his seicento sporting for free! The main reason being, it had been sitting in his garden for 6 months and hadnt moved once. I expected it ...
...to my mechanic fearing the worst. A day later, I heard back that it needed, a complete new exhaust system, a new gearbox, new clutch, new front wing and a new tyre. On top of that, the inside was absolutely disgusting with mould popping up in places and the seats covered in stains that i did not even want to know about. It was right about then that i considered walking away but i realised i needed a car badly. As i have read from over 20 people moaning ...

ash_dm 08.06.2007 · Read full review
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I own a 1999 Fiat Seicento Sporting, and have owned this particular car now for 8 months, before it, i owned a cinquecento sporting for a year. and i am a member of the owners club, so this is my review of near 2 years of 'cento ownership and living with the car and its quirks. first off, the size of the car, now it is very small, we all know that, but there is a surprising amount of space in the front. don't believe people who say you won't fit ...
...nonsense, i am 6ft 2 and have plenty room to spare. i just need to make sure i don't have any passengers sit behind me that are over 4ft tall!, so bare that in mind if you're looking at one, if you carry more than 2 passengers, its maybe not quite the car for you. if you dont have so many passengers to consider, then great!, how much luggage do you carry? if you need to move wardrobes, you'll need a bigger car!, though saying that, the boot space ...

Mrcento 06.12.2008 · Read full review
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...wanting to buy is a Fiat Seicento, why oh why didn't anyone stop me! I've had my Seicento Sporting since the end of March this year. Of course I didn't just buy the first one i saw, oh no, i waited till the second one i saw and bought that instead! It was love at first sight, well as much love as one person can have for an inanimate object that causes the most deaths per year. It was girlie, small and Silver with just under 32k on the clock and ...
...Thats because the genius' at Fiat decided that on a sporting they were going to make it near enough impossible to replace anything under the bonnet, the poor saps had to take off the front bumper which is 'modified' take out the knackered radiator fit the new radiator replace the bumper check to see if the head gaskett had gone and then replace that! Parts take forever to be shipped from the 'central office' too 4 days we were waiting for a radiator! ...

staind1985 30.04.2006 · Read full review
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I bought my second hand Fiat Seicento in April 2007, at 9 years old, for my first car. My car is a 1.1 Sporting Abarth edition which comes up upgraded alloy wheels, bodykit and abrath interior. It is a nice 'ferrari' red colour, which is a lot less of an eyesore than the yellow version! 1. Interior of the car The car is well made, with extremely comfortable sports seats. The interior of my car is Abarth with the scorpion logos embroidered onto ...
...is nicely arranged, and the additional rev counter seems to be in an odd position at first but you get used to it, and then it seems the norm. The leather steering wheel is nice and a good size, and complements well with the leather gearknob. There are what looks like carbon fibre panels on the dash which gives a nice sporty feel to the car! My only problem with the interior is the seatbelts... the work fine, don't worry, but the are very very slow ...

aliclare 26.07.2007 · Read full review
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...my dad bought me the Fiat Seicento (1999-W-Reg) as a present for passing my driving test, I was over the moon. At the car dealers, I tested out the seat and remember feeling slightly put off by the 'manual' looking clock and speedometer as nothing was digital, but I wanted a newish car that wouldn't have me associated with the boy-racing Ford Fiestas of this world, nor the strangely square older cars such as the dreaded Robin Reliant. We took the ...
...really puts me off the Fiat Seicento in fact, is the NCAP results that can be found on the internet (just type in euro NCAP fiat seicento) and you'll see what I mean. The car may be cheap to run and maintain, but as a first car it is slightly ironic that often this notoriously dangerous car is offered to first drivers, often the most vulnerable kind of driver. Although the car can easily manage the speed on the motorway even though it's only a humble ...

emma_Spaghetti 16.02.2007 · Read full review
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...and chose to look at Fiat due to there being a local main dealer that offered good finance deals. Having been cornered by the salesman I was beginning to feel pressured into buying a car there and then. Being a mere 'woman' and , true to the clichés, knew very little about the specifications of a vehicle, I was soon trying to back out of the door with a headache. Then I saw it! A bright yellow 'Noddy' car. Seeing as I am 'getting on a bit', missing ...
...I fell in love instantly with my little dream car. I arranged the finance immediately and signed on the dotted line. The salesman found it difficult to believe that I bought the car because I liked the colour but was smiling all the way to the bank. My car was duly delivered, all shiny and beautiful. My first reaction on seeing my car outside of the showroom (I never even had a test drive) was that it really was small but I wrapped that feeling up ...

Tansi53 20.11.2005 · Read full review
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...models on the market. The Fiat is now no longer made which has hit residuals hard so if you are adament you are going to buy one shop around for a few weeks first. I'd personally go for an old shaped Micra if you are in the market for this sort of car but the choice is yours. ...

Mattastic 07.06.2004 · Read full review
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...I've had my Fiat Seicento for under 3 years, and as some may notice, I've bought and reviewed the peugeot 206. This is because I got fed up of the uneasy ride and the fear that a 40mph crash could fold the car up like paper. The brakes are light, clutch very low, and the seats are uncomfortable. My car was supplied with a leaking sunroof which took months to fix, and also a faulty speedometer which rendered the car unsafe. However the latter fault ...
...action against the dealership. The fiat approved dealership were completely useless, and I always felt that I was treated differently for being a 17 year old girl. The car only scores 1 full star in the euro NCAP tests. The good things you get are a reasonable tape player, sunroof, central locking, and power assisted steering. The PAS made it easy to squeeze the car in and out of the tiniest spaces which is useful especially in inner cities. The ...

LenaSophia 25.02.2004 · Read full review
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I had this car as my first ever car, and was very happy with it...probarly for the best part of a week. I havd the carfor just over a year, and during this time, bless it, I had to have the head gasket changed, 3 times!! 3 TIMES!! Not great! The engine is very noisey, running at high speed, which in that car would be about 60mph! its very noisey and having a sixth gear with be good. Inside, the lay-out I cute, Id never ever ever have the SX versions ...
...all the way! The sound system is nothing to brag about, and the headlights wernt over fantastic!! Handeling the car, well I nearly died about 20 times Im sure, Id skid all over the shop at the slightest sharp turn!! I felt it was like driving a roller skate, very tinney, very plastic!! Security on the car is also kinda rubbish, mine was broken into, they actually made a hole in the metal work on the passenger door and borke the lock from inside!! ...

bang_it_tiger 18.04.2005 · Read full review
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I bought a Fiat Seicento, brand new from an official dealer, because they were gorgeous cars, good to drive, fabulously priced. Unfortunately I discovered the hard way that you get what you paid for. They come with a one year manufacturer warranty. Immediately I found out that I couldnt fill it full of petrol. If I did it stank and any one in the car was almost passing out from the fumes. The garage claimed they couldnt fimd a problem, so I just ...
...months my major problem appeared - the sunroof leaked. I dont mean drips - I mean I lived with towels, buckets, huge handfulls of paper towel sellotaped to the roof, and yet still ended up sitting in a smelly musty car with a wet a*s on a regular basis. After several trips to the garage and sending it in for work a couple of times (after which they always said "thats fixed it"!!) nothing had worked, and the garage told me that was all they could ...

Gemma_and_max 28.06.2003 · Read full review
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Finished in custard yellow it looked small, not entirely without charm. Neat alloy wheels at each corner. Overall a pleasant mini sized car. But this is no world beating supermini if this car were a person it would be Little Jimmy Krankie, irritating, annoying, trying to be clever when it isn’t. Sit in the drivers seat and there is a neat curved dash, simple chunky buttons and neat easily readable instruments. The front seats are reasonably ...
...need to be very young, have very short legs or suffer in appalling discomfort. A long journey could put you in danger of deep vein thrombosis. This would be all very acceptable if the blessed thing wasn’t so awful to drive. The 1.1 Sporting I drove recently promised far more than it ever delivered. It bounded into play like a 40-a-day smoker due to tennis with Anna Kournikova but a lot of enthusiasm soon evaporated into the reality of wheezing ...

polydeuces 07.09.2002 · Read full review
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...mixed with the fact that Fiat parts arent cheap, this was a problem. Also annoying were the wipers. Its a small car so it has a small windsreen, yet, the internittent wipers had bout half a second delay in between wipes, the normal continous speed was extremely fast and then the fast wipe was like warp speed, they were soo fast and powerful that whilst driving along a motorway at night in the rain, the driver side wiper went right off the windscreen, ...
...the wipermotor to manfunction, costing me 45 Pounds! that was good compared to Fiats price of 75 Pounds! Tax, Insurance and Petrol are cheap, BUT, how much is your Life worth? If you can deal with all the above, then please Read this and TAKE NOTE!!!!! I ended up crashing into the back of someone, at a mear 20mph, if that. And it wrote the car off. My Selt Belt failed, and the two Front Seats came away from their subframes. A bar at the front ...

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I have owned a Fiat Siecento SX for nearly a year now. I used to drive a Peugeot 205 GTi before that, so I was expecting a change! I'm actually very impressed with the SX's performance. It is not the quickest car off the lights, but for a small car with a small engine (though 1.1 litres for such a small car is not bad) it gets up a good motorway speed and the acceleration is better than i expected. I have no idea what the "sporting" version is like, ...
...joking. I think that the Fiat Siecento is probably one of the smallest cars on the road, which is good for tight situations. But not shopping. Me and my wife are the only users and we keep the back seats down most of the time so that we have space for the weekly shopping, or luggage etc. When passengers sit in the back, though (with the seats back up, of course), they don't complain and say that it is a comfortable enough ride. The Fiat Siecento ...

Yaakov 02.03.2005 · Read full review
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