USED Fiat 500 Hatchback (08 - )

My car

Living in France I already own one of these iconic cars. Go to your Fiat dealer, look at it drive it and you will want it.

It is a true design icon! It is comfortable, it drives well in town or on the motorway, it has amazing specification for a car of this size with ABS, ASR, EBD, trip computer, Bluetooth connectivity, parking sensors, AC, opening glass roof - all done with total Italian design and flair. OK it is a city car so it was never expected to have acres of space in the back. I cannot believe that some reviewers only give this car three stars but give four stars to the Panda which is ordinary in comparison. Many stars are given to the Mini but here I think there is a bit of badge snobbery since it is built by BMW so it must be good but as a retro design it is not as convincing and much more expensive. The build quality of the 500 appears to be as good as any of the major German manufacturers and this opinion comes from someone who has owned BMWs and Mercedes in the past. The attention to detail is amazing - even the mats in the footwell have the 500 logo and a little Italian flag embroidered onto them.

Running costs are low. Fun factor is high and it is wonderful to own a car which attracts attention since it has not been designed by the same computer programme.

I love retro and by the way my second car is a VW new Beetle