Fiat

This review refers to a branch of FIAT in WEST Kent: The fiat range of cars are fairly good. The build quality is reasonable, and the rustproofing is good. The styling is fairly modern, but it could be better. Reliability is down to luck. Some fiats are very very reliable, whilst others are on ebay for "spare parts" within five years. I had a fiat for some years. I purchased it from new, and I loved the car. The sales department were "friendly" when I parted with my money. That's where the "friendliness" stopped. Their attitude changed once I had bought the car. They were not interested in problems, and even ...

My wife bought a Punto there about 18 months ago. Sales team are fine and the only problem we found was that the spare key wasn't programmed and we couldn't start the car and the AA (Fiat membership) managed to sort it out as a last ditch effort. At the showroom they made our 2 young sons very welcome whilst all the forms etc were being sorted out. The salesman we dealt with, Russell Palmer, even gave one his bannana! And he gave them a model car each. Can't speak for the service department as we used Perrys in Amersham for the 1st service as they're much nearer to us. They were expensive but OK. Generally speaking the service ...

I bought a one year old Fiat Seicento 1.1 Sporting (Schumacher Ltd. Edition) from Thames Fiat in Slough (just 1/2 mile from Fiat's UK Headquarters). Like most reviews on Fiat dealerships, I too can't complain about the Sales department. They were honest and did their job efficiently and professionally. I even praised them in a questionnaire the salesman handed me when I collected the car. The Aftersales care is utterly cr*p. So much so that I would strongly recommend anyone considering buying a Fiat, especially from Thames Fiat in Slough against the idea. The problems began when there was a problem with the fuel supply. The fuel gauge had ...