Comments on: 2008 FIAT 500 Review

By: franz chong

franz chong — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 13:46:53 +0000

My family are Fiat,Lancia and Alfa Romeo owners from way back and can see the virtues of a car like this.It is beautiful and kind of cute not to mention If you live in the inner city and only need a car for work/private use and in situations where Public Transport is not the answer rather practical.The Micra I have is not a bad product but to be honest Once you have driven European you won’t drive anything else.

By: franz chong

franz chong — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 12:28:00 +0000

It is not overpriced and rather attractive.The only reason I can think of not buying one is the need for four doors.I drive past Nissan and Toyota dealers all the time and look at the idiots who buy Tiidas and Corollas when for not much more they can get one of these Fiats and a far superior car too by the way.If I won the lottery soon enough I would get a 500 with dualogic to supplant the little micra I am driving these days.

By: Max Matter

Max Matter — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 07:19:29 +0000

As you probably know the italians are not very patient and it reflect in their driving.
I owned a Fiat bambino back in the 1960′s,it had a smaller motor then the 500.I drove from Paris to the south of france about 750km many times with the little thing and at an average speed of about 90km/h .Never missed a beat and whe i finally decided to part with it(I migrated to oz) it had a wooping 260000Km on the clock. My sister,now in her 70′s still drive it once a week to the shop!!!
If looked after,serviced etc…they are indestructible!!! Good luck.
Nb The modern one will do 120km/h until the cows come home!!!!! he, i just realized it was 2008,did you buy one??

By: Daniel

Daniel — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:58:06 +0000

stinkypete – it’s called “painted plastic”

By: fitto

fitto — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 08:32:06 +0000

I have a 1.4 Sport with DualLogic 5sp no clutch. Bought for what it was designed for – a FANTASTIC town car for me and my PC and occasional client but it handles the freeways easily. More room in this than you think and more fun to drive than 90% of the barges that pass for cars these days. You can dive it like your granny if you want or press “sport” and drive it like you stole it. It makes people smile and attracts positive interest everywhere. These should be all over the place but Fiat’s chequered history here and scarcity of competitive dealers probably hold it back. If you spec up “competitive” models with all the safety and electronic gear that the 500 has you’ll come out close together price wise. At this stage – I won’t part with it! Couldn’t.

By: Frank

Frank — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 03:26:36 +0000

Even without reading the review I would say the Polish built Italian Fiat 500 is a no brainer over the British built German Mini most especially at these prices.

Style-wise the 500 is a no contest winner in and out. The Mini\’s plastic retro dash and knobs are shockingly ugly and are an assault on the eyeballs whereas the Fiat\’s interior is far superior in looks and styling – easy winner in my book.

Can’t wait for the retro version of the 1962 Ford-Lotus Cortina to come out! Is anyone at Ford listening in?

By: Frank

Frank — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 03:25:24 +0000

Even without reading the review I would say the Polish built Italian Fiat 500 is a no brainer over the British built German Mini most especially at these prices.

Style-wise the 500 is a no contest winner in and out. The Mini’s plastic retro dash and knobs are shockingly ugly and are an assault on the eyeballs whereas the Fiat’s interior is far superior in looks and styling – easy winner in my book.

Can’t wait for the retro version of the 1962 Ford/ Lotus Cortina to come out! Is anyone at Ford listening in?

By: Simon

Simon — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 03:13:04 +0000

Great car, I just bought a 1.4 Sport with leather and 16inch wheels for $23k drive away, at that price I think its great value compared to a mini.
For the bogans that slate the car, its not meant to be compared to run-of-the-mill mazdas and fords, its something different. Unfortunately Australia may be a little too backwards to fully appreciate this car like the europeans do.

By: mr.crowley

mr.crowley — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 01:45:53 +0000

this car sux!!!!!!!!!!!!!! it is way over priced and not even an eye catcher, its a piece

By: FrugalOne

FrugalOne — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 23:31:14 +0000

^^^^^^Franz Chong

Errrrr, NO, its NOT made/sold to compete with that garbage you listed.Its a fair price v the others its selling against, ie the Mini and the Bettle.

So your totally WRONG, its infact very fairly and low priced against those other 2 listed above, oh and VASTLY superior in every way too.

Cheers

F-0