Fiat Multipla in general

You've all seen them, haven't you? Those weird vehicles, with the bug-eyes! Most people have to look twice, just to ensure their eyes aren't deceiving them. With the Multipla, Fiat have managed to create the most unique car on the road. (Although Renault are beginning to get in on the act with their new creations...) So I'm going to tell you the story of how I came to choose a Multipla, and what I think of it now, after 2 weeks ownership.... are you sitting comfortably....? We're not a big family, really. Just me, the wife, the daughter (aged 2 1/2) and the dog. But we often found the boot of our old Laguna filling up when we went on ...  Read the complete review

"urghhh..you can't possibly want THAT monstrosity?" said my partner. "It's so...ugly". I dug my heels in...I liked the fact that it looked so different from most cars. But..."it's so un-aerodynamic..." he finish lamely. Aerodynamic? ... why do men gush over cars with smooth lines and give it lots of "ooh's and aah's" about "aerodynamics"...and then conveniently bypass the fact that it guzzles 4 times as much fuel as 'normal cars'? (Correct me if I'm wrong but I thought the whole point of aerodynamics was to decrease wind resistance and thus make the car more economical to run?). Yeah...right! I ...  Read the complete review

My dads old Mercedes finally went bang earlier this year, it was 17 years old and drove worse than a scoda. He had just lost his job so we were looking for a cheap car just to get him around. We ended up with a Reno not much better than the Mercedes. He hated it. So for the next two months we went car shopping. I love to shop, just like most women do, but when it comes to cars; I’d rather not shop. We went to Mercedes and test drive a new a class, and hated it. The seats and headrests were terrible so we gave it a miss. We tried a few other cars and then it came to the turn of the mulitpla. The multipla (also know as… most ugly looking ...  Read the complete review

It does look odd, doesn't it? No wonder Fiat can't quite work out how to sell it - their latest "3x3" campaign makes it sound like it's a bit less than a 4x4, which isn't quite the point. I test drove the Multipla and the Renault Megane Scenic back to back. Now the Scenic is a good car, full of clever ideas. So are the Zafira and the Premacy. But - the Scenic is a tall Megane hatchback, the Zafira is a tall Astra estate, the Premacy is a modified 323. BTW, the Citroen Picasso wasn't available at the time (March 2000). The Multipla doesn't need all the clever features of its competition because it's quite clever ...  Read the complete review

I loved the look of this car when I saw the photo's of it as a concept back in '96. Last week I finally bought one! A JTD ELX in Canary blue. It is by far the best car I've ever had, and one of the best I've ever driven (and I've owned and driven a lot of cars). I admit that the looks are very much an aquired taste - either you love them or loathe them. One thing you can't do is ignore them! Personally I'd rather drive something that looks different than yet another eurobox like a Golf or an Astra. We are a family of five, with children aged 3,13,and 15, and they all love the car and make excuses to go out in it. Of ...  Read the complete review