great value for money

after a lot of study I bought FIAT GP 1.3 diesel Emotion Pack from a thane dealer. I have so far driven more than 2500 Kms including trips to Pune & Shirdi. Earlier I have used various small cars including Zen ( old model) , UNO & Santro. I always wanted to buy a small car, however I was not happy with the space & comfort offered.

When my Santro Xing was due for replacement , I wanted to buy another Hyundai Vehicle as I was very satisfied with service level & refinement of the vehicle. However I never liked the i 20 & had decided to settle for Getz 1.5 CRDI. My everyday travelling is more than 70 Kms & hence I wanted to buy a Diesel Vehicle. though the Getz was an almost perfect choice, it lacked several important features like ABS.

then GP arrived & it had almost everything I wanted in a premium hatchback.

I am overall very happy with the performance of the vehicle. during my recent trip to Shirdi , it gave me a mileage of over 18 ! in mixed conditions I get an average of 15+, with first service coming up it may improve further.

the vehicle has great style , good interiors & a host of latest featues. we were very happy with the comfort. Bad roads were easiliy soaked up & body roll was minimal. vehicle feel very solid & high profile tyres with 15"alloy wheels do a perfect job. 

the engine tends to be slighly noisy & it takes some time to get adjusted to higher levels of NVH especially in my case as I had never used Diesel vehicles earlier. the pick up in second gear is delayed & one must rev high while overtaking , vehicle feels very good @ 2000 RPM , speeds of 80 ~ 90 KMPH.the steering is not as light as Santro or Swift but does the job

Overall I am very happy with the vehicle & hope the service matches up. however it is really strange why FIAT is not advertising & pushing this vehicle? it may be because of TATA marketing guys may be afraid of their own cars taking a beating !! whenever I stop at the signal or for refualing , many people ask me a lot of questions as they love the looks. FIAT / TATA should think seriously , else this car will also follow the path of Palio & other FIAT cars.

 

Mahesh , Thane

good economy, highly comfortable , good road grip , great features normally avl only with big carsdiesel engine slightly noisy , low pick up in second gear