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The Design Standard City Car
dwink9909, 09/01/2012
2012 FIAT 500 Pop 2dr Hatchback (1.4L 4cyl 5M)
12 of 16 people found this review helpful
I only have a few hundred miles on my Fiat 500 Pop hatchback, but my initial impression and every bit of available research and feedback tell me that Fiat has hit the mark with this Americanized version of their hit European city car. Even at 6' 5" and 240 pounds, I fit easily in the cabin and like everything about the driving and pedal positions, clutch, shifter, steering and all the features, from steering wheel controls to "sport" mode selection. My Fiat handles well, both at highway speed and close quarters city driving. It reminds me of my 1970 VW Beetle, but with modern handling technology and almost twice the horsepower. Like the Beetle, it's an incredible bargain as well.
Sad to have raved about it
carreview5, 05/06/2014
2012 FIAT 500 Pop 2dr Hatchback (1.4L 4cyl 5M)
17 of 24 people found this review helpful
When I bought this car I was really excited and raved about it to all my friends. I expected nothing but great things from this little car and really started saving a lot of money in Gasoline purchases. (Was getting 42+ MPG by driving reasonably and not being aggressive with it, itÂs not a racer) 27,000 miles into it, the clutch failed (in rush hour traffic no less) and Fiat claims that it was just worn out. All calls for Customer Service ended in no help what-so-ever. Fiat is not ready to return to the American car market. Do not purchase this car. The clutch replacement at the studio costs 10 percent of the price of the car.
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50,000 that's it!
Dp, 09/11/2015
2012 FIAT 500 Pop 2dr Hatchback (1.4L 4cyl 5M)
11 of 15 people found this review helpful
Warranty stops at 50k miles and that's when everything thing fails! You buy the car with a maintenance package.... They will change oil every 8,000 miles (factory recommended)... 500 miles out of warranty and engine light comes on... Now the story changes... Change oil every 5,000 miles!
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Horrible!!!
Dissatisfied Customer, 07/21/2018
2012 FIAT 500 Pop 2dr Hatchback (1.4L 4cyl 5M)
7 of 9 people found this review helpful
I bought this car with 12,000 miles. At 70,000 miles here is a list of repairs and cost. Headlights went out, cost over $800.00 to repair, had to replace some electrical board. License plate light is out , cost over 300.00 to replace. Manual transmission it is hard to shift. There was a recall still hard to shift. Had to replace the stick shift boot because the base came a part. And, the thing about the stick shift boot is it was replaced with a a very nice high quality boot that I had to pay for. Now at 77,000 miles the left boot is torn another $800.00 plus to replace. I have had more issues with this car but don’t have time to keep going. This car is of poor quality. Everything is put together with plastic clips. My suggestion, find another cute car. Fiat sales are down, and the reason is this car is a piece of junk! Don’t waste your time.
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Lease it if you want this car
Rob, 01/29/2019
2012 FIAT 500 Pop 2dr Hatchback (1.4L 4cyl 5M)
5 of 6 people found this review helpful
I would never buy this car again. Brand new, runs great, great fuel economy, parking is great but in year 3 and beyond, be prepared to fix the leaks. Leaking water pump, oil leaks everywhere, there’s no indicator light for low oil in engine so you won’t know if there’s a engine leak until it’s too late and the engine is damaged. High labor costs
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