Ulpian said:

Point taken.

It's just very frustrating.
No car is perfect and to have to keep seeing completely uncritical commentaries is soooo unhelpful.

When, on other subjects, we read paeons of praise for a thing, we know the commentator is biased and consequently take no notice. In fact the subject of the praise is devalued. I simply don't want the Bravo to be diminished by palpably biased - for completely understandable reasons - commentary.

I am 13 stone by the way, and have relatively long legs. So I need a seat highish. The Doblo, like many other cars, has a seat with a tilt that can raise the front relative to the back, whatever the height. The Bravo seat front falls away with rising, probably on the assumption that it would be shorter people needing to sit high, and so their little legs wouldn't want to be cut into by the front of the seat. This leaves no under-thigh support for the likes of me.

All details; but the Devil is in the details:devil:

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Ok, I'm 6'7" and around 18 stone so I guess that's bigger than most on here. Stuart took me out a run in the car and I'd no problems with the seats.

You're right that no car is perfect and I didn't get the chance to sit in the back and take measurements but what I can say is that the car is very stylish inside and very well finished. There were no squeaks or rattles at all during the brisk run run down a poor quality back road. The ride is firm but not what I would call harsh. One thing I did note is that the suspension clonks a bit over potholes but overall I was very impressed.

BTW before I'm accused of wearing rose tinted specs whilst eulogising over Fiats I should point out that I'm an Alfa man through and through. I did own a Stilo Abarth for a couple of years and whilst it wasn't a bad car I was glad to get back in an Alfa.

For me to get out of the new Bravo with a grin on my face, and I wasn't even driving, says a lot for how far Fiat have come with this new car.

Si. PM me the cars reg and details I'll see what I can find out

We just traded in our 2004 Punto for a new bravo. We got the 1.4 TJet model.
We live in Singapore, so the car is insanely expensive, but my wife prefers the feel to alot of other cars we tried. (She picked the color. I picked the engine. lol) She chose the Minuete Blue.
Now just waiting for it to be processed. We get the car around the end of the month.
Can't wait.


Cudixs

Enjoy ...spent a few hours messing about in one again today (any excuse ) & really nice.Get some pics of your car on here when you get it

T14086 said:

Enjoy ...spent a few hours messing about in one again today (any excuse ) & really nice.Get some pics of your car on here when you get it

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Will Do.
I have a pic of my wife standing in our punto when we first got it. (Sunroof)
Grinning like a cheshire cat.
New car no sunroof. we hardly used the sunroof on the punto. Too warm in Singapore.