Linea my Love

 

Hi, I am samik from kolkata. I bought Fiat Linea Dynamic 1.4 petrol on 27th July 2010. in last 7 and ahalf months I drove this beauty for 12500 km and had my 1st service only. I was floored by it's fantastic design and stylist look before i bought it. it is really an eye stoppr. may be to keep it,s weight less it's body is not that sturdy. but everybody knows that a beauty needs more care.

 

Interior is good, plastics could be better still. ac was ok but in summer it needed a boost. BUT in the last month only i got an sms mentioning my car reg no, it said that Fiat asks me to bring my car to the nearest service center to upgrade the ac for free. i called KB Motors, got an appointment  after 10 days. now i am driving my love with an upgraded ac and i'm very happy. mostly i set the fan speed to 1 and HVAC to med cool. at the noon only i useto set it to coolest. the fun part is in elsewhere, after ac upgrade and ECS flash, aparently the power below 1700 RPM increased distinctly where there was some disappointment before. cabin noise reduced and the car became more lovable.

 

Engine Performance is good. it roars like a tiger when you push the race over 20000rpm. after ac upgrade i don't feel any power lag (it's a family sedan not a racing car). i pushed it upto 146kmph on NH2 had good fun, after that i was a bit nervous because of it's huge momentum. but it was easy to handle and controllable at that speed also. it's steering feels same in 20kmph to 146kmph.  Fuel Economy means lower consumption, i previously had a santro... so i had no expectation from this linea. afterall beauties are expensive... people say. i get 11.5 to 12kmpl in city with ac on and i got upto 15.1kmpl on the highway without ac and 14.5kmpl with ac on. so friends? Gearbox is smooth but the clutch pedal is very high and very strainuous for city driving.

 

Ride Quality & Handling Fantastic. this huge car manuevers like silk.

 

Final Words Buy it or not you will love it. service interval is 15000km. FIAT has guts. BTW huge boot space is an added advantgae i forgot mention.

 

Areas of improvement Clearance. interior plastic quality. esternal black lamination, cabin noise should be less.

 

Fantastic style, eye stopper, good fuel economy, roomy, very good manueverclearance, poor rear visibility, clutch pedal higher.