Faults:

Nothing to report to date.

General Comments:

I must admit before now, I had not paid much attention to the merits of the Stilo, but I am a now a converted man!!!

INTERIOR:

What struck both of us was the equipment level, it was incredible, I did not believe the salesman when he told me the 'active' was the base model

The effort that has been put into the interior design is fantastic, there are more cubby holes than I can think of things to put into them. The safety side of things are great, with 6 airbags fitted as standard. The fully adjustable rear seats are great, the kids can crash out if they ask, the rear ventilation system is excellent, due to the centre rear vents. All round visibility is excellent, the drivers seat is fully adjustable, as is the steering wheel in both reach and rake.

EXTERIOR:

Nice clean lines, not the most of dynamic of designs, but still pleasing to the eye, very easy for my 82yo mother to get in & out of.

DRIVING:

What can I say? 1.2 litres, never!! drives great, the six speed box is a delight, (not the old rubbery feeling that fiats used to have).

Road handling is great, even considering its overall height, the two speed power steering is very useful, trying it out in a tight supermarket carpark, it was a relevation.

Very poised out on the open road, so much so that the speed warning function is almost a must to set to 75mph!!!

Faults:

Radiator bottom pipe broke (after 5 days)

Replacement radiator required.

General Comments:

We find the reverse parking sensors very helpful when doing reverse parking.

The seats are very comfortable.

There is a plenty of rear leg room.

The engine seems to have plenty of power for overtaking.

Reasonable fuel consumption.

Faults:

When I went to pick the car up from the dealer (non-fiat) the dashboard warning lights were all on. The dealer brought in a auto-electrician and the fault was rectified before I took delivery of the car. This took an hour to resolve.

Warning light passenger air bag came on, but rectified itself after a week.

General Comments:

The car seems well built with reasonably good materials. The doors make a nice 'golf-like'sound when shutting.

The car is comfortable and easy to drive and I especially like the 'city' steering option for town use and parking.

The safety features are extensive with airbags for front and rear passengers and the reversing proximity bleeper is very useful.

Faults:

Upper glove-box broken on picking up vehicle.

Rear axle replaced at 60 miles due to fault.

Power steering ecu replaced at 100 miles due to failure.

Buzzing from dash at 70 m.p.h.dash sub-frame replaced at 250 miles.

Car wandered to the left tracking adjusted.

Steering wheel not central this was adjusted.

Rattling from rear of car all trim clips replace, but still rattling.

Passenger side central locking button keeps coming loose still not fixed.

Engine very sluggish when cold on pick up still not sorted.

Various rattles 2800 miles waiting to be fixed I won't hold my breath.

General Comments:

Yet again abysmal build quality from fiat.

1.6 engine a bit underpowered and sluggish at low revs, but fine on a long run.

Good equipment levels.

Good price.

Poor fiat dealer service again.