I owned one of these for over two years, it proved very reliable with no mechanical failures.

The service costs were fixed but fairly expensive and I didn't find the dealer network particularly friendly, they seemed to have a "sell em cheap and then abandon em" policy.

The worst thing about this car was the horrible amount of squeaky plastic that chirped constantly when driving on anything other than a billiard table, oh yes, lets not forget the rubbish quality inbuilt radio which came without any rear speakers.

I thought that it looked the buisiness from the front but that rear view is so boring compared to either the bravo or brava.
rear legroom is tight but it has a centre armrest which helps to seperate the kids during extended wrestling matches.

The last nasty shock I had from my Fiat Marea was when I returned to the dealer twenty six months later to be told that my £13000 one owner low mileage pride and joy was now worth less than £5500

I didn't buy another !!