Faults:

Wheezing noise from the engine, after it warmed up, still not diagnosed.

Drivers seat constantly loose, despite attempted repair job.

Battery discharging, possible immoblizer conflict (separate alarm system fitted)

General Comments:

The car is good fun to drive, yet I've only had to for 2 months as a new driver, yet am counting the days to when I can get something else.

The interior is roomy, but it has a terrible pedal layout, ugly dashboard, and no glove box! However, most surprisingly... you cannot move the passenger seat forward, nor backward.

The car was built on a budget, so bear that in mind, yet it feels like the wind will knock it over.

Faults:

Lost 5tg gear, just one week after buying the car, although it had only done 13,800 miles, covered by dealer warranty.

Lost 5th gear again at 20,000 miles covered by dealer warranty.

Stone chips appear very easily.

Speedometer needle judders until you get to approx 40mph.

Exhaust heat shield over the cat vibrates and makes a nasty noise, sounds very bad.

When you drive the car it sounds as though you have a boot full of small boxes bouncing about.

Standard stereo speakers sound like speakers from a set of ear phones.

General Comments:

I know the Cinquecento is no ferrari, but you don't expect all of these problems on a P-Reg car, no matter what it is.

The car does go well for a 900cc it can reach 80mph in good time, 85mph at a push, but that's to be expected.

It is very economical, however not as economical as I expected.

The paint-work is terrible, and I will never buy another Fiat.

Faults:

The only thing that has gone wrong with the car, since I have owned it was that the handbrake cable snapped.

This was when I pulled it on, when I was on a hill and to be fair I probably pulled it way to hard.

General Comments:

I own a 1997 Broom Yellow Fiat Cinquecento Sporting and would just like to say, all these people that say their car can do 115mph I think their speedo is out. However I have raced a 1.2 16V Vauxhall Corsa away from the lights and totally annihilated it.

I've had 100mph out of mine, but I didn't want to push it any harder. My cars bog standard and has nothing done to it.

It handles really well and feels much quicker than it actually is, I have no complaints what so ever about it. The Fiat dealers are fantastic and are always willing to help me out.

Faults:

One of the driver's door hinges broke, which meant the door was hanging off.

Interior quality is not great.

General Comments:

Steering feels heavy (because it doesn't have power steering).

Very nippy around town.

Feels very tiny.

Cabin has lots of room - for such a small car.

Faults:

The clutch cable snapped at 32000 miles. Ordered the part and easy to fit however.

The screen wash pipes often fatigue and need pushing back onto the reservoir.

The seats after about 2 hours become slightly uncomfortable.

Slightly annoying rattle under the speedometer cable, not really a problem though.

General Comments:

The car is a good looker, and drives like a roller skate. It is immense fun to drive and as it is very light, has a surprisingly quick acceleration.

The handling is amazing, and it grips the road like glue. It does help if you have the over sized wheels if possible to improve stability!

The interior is simple but functional, but in a sporting model, that is all you want. A leather steering wheel and gear stick is an added bonus.