General why does everyone say the stilos so bad?

[Steve148]

In my experience, those who slag Fiat off and Stilo's in particular haven't owned one. Yes they have problems but no worse than many and a lot better than some so called premium brands. Check out the Warrenty direct website for their car reliability index. Last time I looked it was Alfa, Saab and Audi at the bottom.

www.reliabilityindex.co.uk/trends4.html?apc=3128339010848601

2003 Index (in the middle of the stilo model's lifespan) says Fiat were 9th from 23 marques, beating Audi's, Merc's, Volvo's, Bimmers & Saab's.

Interesting site, well worth a browse!