Looks like two cars squashed together (Fiat Multipla in general)

Member Name: sarashaw100

Product:	Fiat Multipla in general
Date:	15/10/01 (800 review reads)
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Advantages: drives like a dream, 2 sun roofs, 6 seats

Disadvantages: ugly, wide

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 transportation imaginable, please look away) is made by fiat. It has six seats, three in front and three in the back. You may think this is strange but it is very well designed.

The instrument panel (yes I know fancy words – my dad was a car designer) has the gear stick on it as well as the normal little bits like a tape player and fan. I personally think that all the gadgets put together looks like a face; this may be intentional, maybe not.

The car is a little bit wider than most cars and shorter. It is not much harder to park though (I say this but as I’m 16 I obviously can’t drive to confirm this). My mum does however refuse to try and put it in the garage.

So what does this car look like? UGLY!!! It basically looks like two cars squished together on top of each other. It comes in a range of colours, ours is silver. There are a set of headlights on top of the bonnet and another where you find all headlights at the front.

The boot is really big and spacious and enough to fit all my shopping bags :)

It is really easy to clean. I get paid £5 to wash the car and I hate my mum’s golf, it takes me a good couple of hours to get it shining. This however is easy money, wash, rinse, leather!!!

2 sun roofs. You heard me right 2!!! On
e for the front and one for us kids who sit in the back.

My mum has a bad neck and so always moans about how cars hurt it. We always carry cushions to prod up the headrest where it is not designed well enough. However I cant remember her using a cushion in the multipla… yet.

The wing mirrors are brilliant on this car. They have two parts. The normal part that lets you see behind like all cars do and then a little bit underneath so you can see the road and things like double yellow lines. This helps us, women drivers, park straight in the parking spot and not all wonky (unless the lines are).

So enough with the gadgets, how does it drive. Well I am the queen of travel sickness. I haven’t yet been on a long journey in the car but I have done a 2-hour trip. I loved it. It road brilliantly and I didn’t feel sick. Down country lanes and on the main motorways. This car is a bad travellers dream come true. My dad loves driving it as well.

It is not available in automatic yet. However my dad (who is a big fan of such things) hasn’t found a need for it. The car is so well built that it already is not hard to change gear and reverse. 3-point turns are now made easy.

That’s about it really. Sorry boys that there are no fancy technical words in here but what do you expect. It’s a great car and if you are looking for a new car (especially a family size one) this one is worth a test drive.

Sara

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