Thought I'd better introduce our new acquisition.
It's probably the last (or possibly penultimate?) Fiat Qubo ever registered in the UK - 26th June 2020 - unless someone here knows different? It was probably made towards the end of 2019, at the tail-end of production.
We found it on the internet at Motorvogue in Norwich, a mere 225 miles away from us. It had been sitting on the forecourt ever since, with just 22 miles on the clock. Apparently, the people who bought it didn't like the colour, so asked the dealer to change it for another - that's the story, anyway.
It's a Lounge manual with the 1.3 Multijet Euro6D 80PS engine, in Rockabilly Black. I would have preferred orange, but beggars can't be choosers.
We part-ex'd our 64-plate Fiat Panda 4x4 1.3Mjet for it (both vehicles bought unseen, just using photos - so lots of trust involved on both sides). Motorvogue delivered the Qubo to us, and swapped over to the Panda for the drive back. So, if you want a nice 64plate Panda 4x4 with a brand-new propshaft and a towbar, just look at Motorvogue's website.
Apart from the lack of spare wheel, the Qubo has everything we need - so aircon and parking sensors - and apart from Start/Stop, none of the modern gizmos we don't need.
We owned a Qubo before in 2010-2, so knew what to expect, and so far our impressions are very good. It's really the Missus' car, as I still have my trusty 2009 Doblo for all the rufty-tufty fetching and carrying, but she is chuffed to bits with it, and even though it's not run in yet, it's already pretty quick.
For me, as passenger, the front seat is vastly better than the Panda's, and it's less noisy too - and, of course, it's got far more space. It may not look anything special, but I can't understand why they weren't more popular. The fact that Fiat never advertised its existence, probably didn't help.
Anyway, that's our Qubo - you'll be the first to hear of any problems we encounter...!
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It's probably the last (or possibly penultimate?) Fiat Qubo ever registered in the UK - 26th June 2020 - unless someone here knows different? It was probably made towards the end of 2019, at the tail-end of production.
We found it on the internet at Motorvogue in Norwich, a mere 225 miles away from us. It had been sitting on the forecourt ever since, with just 22 miles on the clock. Apparently, the people who bought it didn't like the colour, so asked the dealer to change it for another - that's the story, anyway.
It's a Lounge manual with the 1.3 Multijet Euro6D 80PS engine, in Rockabilly Black. I would have preferred orange, but beggars can't be choosers.
We part-ex'd our 64-plate Fiat Panda 4x4 1.3Mjet for it (both vehicles bought unseen, just using photos - so lots of trust involved on both sides). Motorvogue delivered the Qubo to us, and swapped over to the Panda for the drive back. So, if you want a nice 64plate Panda 4x4 with a brand-new propshaft and a towbar, just look at Motorvogue's website.
Apart from the lack of spare wheel, the Qubo has everything we need - so aircon and parking sensors - and apart from Start/Stop, none of the modern gizmos we don't need.
We owned a Qubo before in 2010-2, so knew what to expect, and so far our impressions are very good. It's really the Missus' car, as I still have my trusty 2009 Doblo for all the rufty-tufty fetching and carrying, but she is chuffed to bits with it, and even though it's not run in yet, it's already pretty quick.
For me, as passenger, the front seat is vastly better than the Panda's, and it's less noisy too - and, of course, it's got far more space. It may not look anything special, but I can't understand why they weren't more popular. The fact that Fiat never advertised its existence, probably didn't help.
Anyway, that's our Qubo - you'll be the first to hear of any problems we encounter...!
https://www.fiatforum.com/images/smilies/smile.gif
