ahmett
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I was at the Fiat dealer today, and I happened to run into a Fiat 500 L in the showroom! I was pleasantly surprised, so I immediately went to have a look. First impression; it is HUGE compared to the 500. I mean really huge, the roof feels twice as high! (I think the fact that the showroom car didn't have a panorama glass or sunroof did add to the fact but still huge). You would need to be over 7ft tall to have issues with the headroom!! The front of it reminded me of the 500, the rims are nice, the back not at all it is really square looks like a MPV back! Inside, it is really huge, think Mini Countryman style, I sat in the back and I fit comfortably at 6ft 3. In fact it kept on reminding me of the Countryman with the higher ride height, the accessible doors, and the front seat. I prefer the Countryman to be honest interior wise, but it is a good deal cheaper than the Mini Countryman, so it feels like the cheap version of that!
The interior reminded me of it being more of a big brother of the Panda than the 500, it does not have the same charisma. I must say though it is INFINITELY more practical than the 500, you really don't need a car bigger than the 500 L. Its like a golf but a bit bigger and higher. When the salesman friend said that it handles very well, I asked him if I could test drive it; he said yeah sure call me tomorrow! So I think tomorrow I will have a drive! They have the 1.4 version as a test car so it should be quite interesting to compare it to my 500 1.4, I guess it would be slower as it is MUCH bigger than the normal 500.
Overall I was quite impressed, and with the price being quite reasonable for such a big car (19,000 euros for the showroom version which was a diesel and according to the dealer, pop star is the mid range version), it is definitely a good buy for someone with dogs and kids. The boot proper massive, at least twice as much space as the 500! I'll let you guys know how she drives tomorrow, lets see if the dealer is saying the truth with his 'good handling' claim!
Between the two, I would still go for the 500 normal though, but there again as a bachelor I really don't need the space and many people really do!
The interior reminded me of it being more of a big brother of the Panda than the 500, it does not have the same charisma. I must say though it is INFINITELY more practical than the 500, you really don't need a car bigger than the 500 L. Its like a golf but a bit bigger and higher. When the salesman friend said that it handles very well, I asked him if I could test drive it; he said yeah sure call me tomorrow! So I think tomorrow I will have a drive! They have the 1.4 version as a test car so it should be quite interesting to compare it to my 500 1.4, I guess it would be slower as it is MUCH bigger than the normal 500.
Overall I was quite impressed, and with the price being quite reasonable for such a big car (19,000 euros for the showroom version which was a diesel and according to the dealer, pop star is the mid range version), it is definitely a good buy for someone with dogs and kids. The boot proper massive, at least twice as much space as the 500! I'll let you guys know how she drives tomorrow, lets see if the dealer is saying the truth with his 'good handling' claim!
Between the two, I would still go for the 500 normal though, but there again as a bachelor I really don't need the space and many people really do!
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