General Rate you Stilo

[Shadeyman]

Rate your Stilo

I find the Stilo to be a safe car to drive on todays roads considering its price.
Its hard to find another car that compares(everything considered, insurance, purchase price, runing costs etc.) so what would you be driving if your Stilo had never been?

The Stilo is not a bad car, but nor is it the exceptional offering that Fiat hoped it would be. It is competitive and worth exploring as a possible purchase, but in this most competitive of all market sectors, only an outstandingly good deal is likely to swing a decision in the Stilo's favour.
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[bloodline_89]

ouch

 

[mzhussein]

id still be rolling around in my mk1 punto....i may have treated myself to a slightly better nick one, but the stilo has no equal competitors...

 

[Oakley28]

Well i was either between the Stilo JTD or a Leon FR TDI so if there was no stilo then prob the Leon.

Stilo is better value for money though.

 

[jim cooper]

Very hard to say as it has no effective competition. Golf is ridiculously expensive for one of the most mass produced cars of all time. Engines on the Stilo from 1.4 16v upwards beat all other makes. Probably an Octavia but it would be very much second choice.

 

[Yellow Peril]

Re: Rate your Stilo

Its hard to find another car that compares(everything considered, insurance, purchase price, runing costs etc.) so what would you be driving if your Stilo had never been?

If those criteria were the only factors in most people's buying decision, your thoery might stand up. But like Mr Cooper, I can't really accept that the Stilo is an incomparable ownership proposition. Let's face it, if it really was without compare, everyone would be driving a Stilo!

So many other factors will impact on why I might buy a certain car: looks; design; practicality; performance; ride; handling; ease of maintenance...the list is endless.

The Stilo's main claim to fame is value for money, and that is mainly due to FIAT's policy of offering a cheaper alternative to VAG, Ford etc and, as a used buy, the Stilo's poor depreciation record and residual value.

 

[mzhussein]

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in my searches i was unable to find a better "bang for buck" value....and as a bonus the car is bloody nice aswell, comfortable, quiet... not just a rapid death trap....i mean group 7 insurance with 135bhp....to me was a no brainer...

 

[Shadeyman]

Re: Rate your Stilo

If those criteria were the only factors in most people's buying decision, your thoery might stand up. But like Mr Cooper, I can't really accept that the Stilo is an incomparable ownership proposition. Let's face it, if it really was without compare, everyone would be driving a Stilo!

What theory?

Just interested in what car you would have chosen if Stilo's had never been?

 

[mzhussein]

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I just remembered my thought process from 2 years ago....id have bought a bravo, 1.8 HGT....

 

[Yellow Peril]

Re: Rate your Stilo

What theory?

Just interested in what car you would have chosen if Stilo's had never been?

The theory that "...It's hard to find another car that compares...".

If the Stilo Schumi didnt exist, I'd probably have gone for an Alfa 147 GTA, Leon Cupra R, Mk1 Civic Type R or Golf R32. And yes, I know they don't really 'compare', but that's my point - insurance, purchase price and running costs aren't the only issues.

Thanks for starting the thread though Shadey, nice to dream about what might have been!

 

[Shadeyman]

So I was right in saying its hard to find a car that compares to the Stilo?

If there was no Stilo I'd still be driving a Range Rover. I known it doesn't compare in anyway to a Stilo but its what I would be driving.

 

[JTD_Liam]

If it wern't for the Stilo, i'd have either gone with a Mk2B Punto JTD Eleganza or Multijet HGT for a similar sortof price.

Failing that i'd have spent abit more and gone for a Renault Megane 1.9DCI Dynamique 5dr, Alfa 147 JTD Lusso or Citroen C4 HDI VTR+.

I'd put the Stilo in a similar catergory to the Megane/C4/307 (ie family hatch for those who can think outside the box).

 

[neonglow]

When I bought it end 2007 it costed 5000 Euro and it was a 3 year old car. There was a Nissan Micra 2006 that costed 7000 Euro, a Gold 4 for 7000 Euro (1998) so it was a pretty obvious choice, I wouldn't drive anything else. Although there are some anoying things about that car, like the squeiking plastic stuff... but considering the road and climate conditions where i live, that happens to all cars. I have observations on my dad's 2009 Corola, well I wouldn't expect from a two year old car to have any squeks whatsoever.. but it has.. so viva Fiat, I plan to continue supporting Fiat's "cheap but better" policy

 

[bruders 338]

i'm new to the stilo but what got my attention with the stilo is for the price i seemed to get alot more.
but i was thinking about a mk2/mk4 golf.
or waited a few month and got the 147 GTA but i would be looking at alot more money for that prob double to what i paid for the shumi

 

[jim cooper]

Forgot to say, reliability is quite important to me and my Stilo has been 100% reliable in 4 years since new. Normal servicing is very easy (oil, filters, plugs, brake pads) so garage costs are minimal. My 1.4 has more bhp than an equivalent Golf and a 6 speed gearbox for easy motorway cruising. All this for £9000 at the end of 2006.

 

[rattystilo]

I only bought my Stilo as a stop gap. When i have been paying for my cars as opposed to company cars i have always had sports cars or sports models of cars but at the moment i have a turbo charged MR2 which satisfies my sports car cravings. So the Stilo is the sensible daily drive that is cheap and economical to run.

I will be selling the MR2 next year so have a tough choice. Do i keep the Stilo which is very punchy to drive and does everything i want in a car or do i get something like an S2000 or 350z. Wife and i will hopefully be starting a family next year which makes me think keeping the Stilo for a couple of years will be the option.

 

[bloodline_89]

I had a couple of factors :

When i first saw it I had never seen one before and thought that looks sporty ! - I like the fact there are not many on the road !!

Cheap on insurance 1.6 !

A fairly comfortable ride and handling is ok ! city option is an added bonus i guess!

so the fact that it is not tht popular is a + for me and everyone has said to me how much they like it !!

 

[onas5]

Ive always had my eye on the Stilo ever since i saw it (in 2003 i think), was 18 and was one of those moments back then where i saw a car and thought it looked good, but didnt see another again for the best part of 2 years later! (thats how rare they were at the time)
now i could afford one, im probably thinking id be driving an Alfa 147 if the Stilo never existed...
(or god forbid some other ten-a-penny Vauxhall/Peugeot/Renault)!!

 

[rattystilo]

Forgot to say that the main attraction of the Stilo to me is that its not an Astra, Focus, Golf etc. I am not a sheep!

 

[vladof]

The people buy from what they hear, not from what they like. That's why, in my oppinion, more people go for golfs rather than a bravo or stilo. Because the brand gives them confidence. Fiat was always thought to make bad cars, so everyone thinks they are rubbish. Ask a friend with a service on how often does he needs to repair Astras or Focuses or even Golfs that are in the same mileage zone as your Fiat.

How many of you were told by friends not to buy the Stilo because Fiat make rubbish cars? Now, how many of them stood by you over the years and saw nothing is falling off and it's still working? Moreover, nobody liked the thought of me buying it but now some of my friends are actually looking to buy.

When we bought the first Stilo, it was either that or a golf or focus. I drove all 3 and after a ride in the Stilo, I was sure that was the car to be. Golf is lame, astra looks like a chipmunk all of them mainly suck at performance.

The Stilo has Style and attitude. It's a car for those who want a smooth ride and acceptable performance. It's cheap and offers a lot more than the golf 4, which is what FIAT wanted in the first place. Too bad they have a bad reputation.

I actually made a comparison with one of my friends about the options the new golf and the bravo have. The comparable version of the Golf takes out more than 10000E from your pocket for the same gadgets. And with a 5 year or 500.000 km warranty on the Bravo, I dear you to buy the Golf. :yum: