Review on Fiat Adventure

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NAME : Sagar Patel <Sagar01_patel@yahoo.com> Rajkot, Gujarat (India)
POSTED ON : Saturday, September 19, 2009 at 04:12:29
REVIEW : Fiat Adventure is very nice car But Parts not available in Market. Why ?

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NAME : Ashu <ashu3509@gmail.com> Mumbai, Maharashtra (India)
POSTED ON : Saturday, August 23, 2008 at 00:01:49
REVIEW : I have test driven adventure sport last year ending but it is now that i want to finalise upon it and upon the enquiry I have learnt that the production for this car by fiat has already been stopped last year. now is it possible for me to purchase this from a authorised dealer, in mumbai, assured with the after sales service.  

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NAME : Peter Hungu <phihungu@yahoo.com> Vagator'Anjuna'bardez, Goa (India)
POSTED ON : Thursday, June 12, 2008 at 10:17:32
REVIEW : I mean ts its four year adventure his driving no trouble at all I just did 3500km,trips/india it was great driving and cheaper traveling of Rs12000/only what more best I need?

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NAME : Dr Omar (kirmaniomar@yahoo.com) Srinagar, J&K (India)
POSTED ON : Friday, June 15, 2007 At 09:09:14
REVIEW : I am from kashmir and often drive to high altitudes over rough roads. Let me tell u adventure flies. Due to good ground clearance and suspension, drive is amazing.

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NAME : Jolly (Jolly.Dsouza@rediffmail.com) Chennai, Tamil Nadu (India)
POSTED ON : Friday, June 01, 2007 at 06:40:36
REVIEW : I feel the dealer network is bad. It's more than 1.5 months since I started my inquiry about Fiat Palio Adventure, but I'm yet to put my hands on one for a test drive. None of the dealers in Chennai are able to commit to me on this. If getting a new car is so tough I wonder how servicing would be ????

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NAME : Shaikh Umar (omar1310@rediffmail.com), Mumbai, Maharashtra (India)
POSTED ON : Friday, September 08, 2006 at 06:12:34
REVIEW : Hello, Its been a month since I owned this car. Its a GREAT car to own. The response from Tata-Fiat dealer has been good. I have been getting 9+ kmpl mileage now with a/c on in Mumbai city. I am sure this will improve after the 1st servicing.

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NAME : S U Ali(umar1310@gmail.com), Mumbai, Maharashtra (India)
POSTED ON : Wednesday, August 16, 2006 at 04:18:17
REVIEW : Hi! All,

Its been exactly 8 days with the new FIAT Adventure. I have driven 463kms already in 8 days. Please find the initial feedback on the car. My rating in a scale of 1-10 where 10 is highest.

1. Suspension :- 9.5 (May be because the car is new, but its awsome)
2. A/C :- 8
3. Ride Quality :- 9
4. Pick up in 1st gear :- 7
5. Pick up in 2nd and 3rd Gear :- 8
6. Pick up in 4th and 5th Gear :- 8.5
7. Breaking :- 7.5 (Could have been better)
8. Handling of the car :- 9
9. Dealing with bad roads :- 9.5
10. Stability on the highway :- 9.5
11. Comfort of Long Drives :- 8
12. Silence inside the cabin :- 7 (Well the rating will little more on Tarmac, my rating is on Concrete Road...Mum-Pune express way and noise levels are more on concrete roads)
13. Looks :- 8 (You start feeling little conscious when almost everyone turns his head to see your car)
14. Dealer Satisfaction post Sales : 9 (There was some issues like Autocop and Music system. This was done immediately)

FUEL ECONOMY : Well, I did a tank full on last Tuesday with 87 OCTANE Fuel (normal unleaded) from a pure for sure pump. (While going through the manual, I came to know that for Euro III, they recommend, 91 OCTANE Fuel). I drove 193 km in City and 270 km on highway.

193 km in city with 1st gear - 5%, 2nd gear 15%, 3rd gear 30%, 4th gear 25% and 5th gear 25%. A/C was on for 95% of the time. I got a mileage of 8kmpl. Please remember, the car is new and all of us, know, the mileage will improve after 1st servicing. (I had got 9.5-10kmpl in my Hyundai Santro in the 1st tank full in city driving with 50% A/c) 270 kms on highway with 85% A/c and 4 people on board. Here I drove with 5th gear 95% of the time. I got a mileage of 13kmpl.I drove @ 90kmph with occasionally touching 100kmph. (As the car is new)

Over all, I have driven 463kms and I have at least 6-7 litres left in the tank. (Total tank capacity is 51 litres)

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NAME : Sunil Sharma (sunilks71@yahoo.com), Delhi, Delhi (India )
POSTED ON : Sunday, August 06, 2006 at 09:16:06
REVIEW : I have FIAT ADVENTURE SPORTS.
I have test driven only a few cars like Esteem, Aveo, Baleno, IKon and I find Fiat better. The reason I bought FIAT was for Safety,comfort on long drive,looks and fun with Okay mileage.with TATA taking marketing and services part from Fiat the problem of customer service has come down.
The Car is a class of its own. People who are professionals or business man preferring SAFETY first than mileage should consider buying FIAT. If one is driving on high ways then one realises how safe is FIAT ADVENTURE on highways. Excellent design and value for money. Very tough car with great looks.

The use of clutch is minimum compared to Maruti's where one has to change gear so often. With ADventure even at 3rd gear the ride is very smooth while for same ride one will have to use 2nd gear in other cars.
I recommend to all.
Any way the future fuel in Metro's is CNG and with such good suspension CNG is another alternative for people who wants 17-18 Km mileage.

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NAME : S U Ali (omar1310@yahoo.com), Mumbai, Maharashtra (India)
POSTED ON : Thursday, August 03, 2006 at 06:10:40
REVIEW : I took the test drive for the first time of this car (Fiat Adventure) in the 1st week of April 2006. Let me tell you, I had taken test drives of most of the mid size cars (Petra,Honda City, Optra, Accent, Aveo,Fiesta, Fusion, Ikon, Baleno). It was like a feeling you get when you fall in love for the first time. You remember that very first moment. Likewise, I am not able to erase the very first feeling which I got when I test drove this car. It was simply great! After that I have driven this car for as many as 10 times.
I was planning to buy a car in April, but I couldn't decide purely because of the following reasons

1. I wanted to own an Adventure, but was not very sure, how this car will turn out to be
2. I wanted to check other cars again and compare my experience with Adventure
3. I wanted to be sure that this car returns me a decent mileage (at least 8kmpl in Mumbai city with A/C on)
4. I wanted to be sure about the post sales service of Tata-Fiat joint venture and cost of ownership.
5. I wanted to study more about FIAT worldwide and wanted to be sure FIAT is going to be there for at least 5 years in International and Indian market ( I kept a maximum deadline of 5 years for keeping this car)
6. I wanted to check what re-sale value I will get if I sell this car after 5 years. So I needed to check with couple of used car dealers as well.
7. I wanted to check, how will this car be viewed in terms of status value as well in comparison to Accent, Honda City or a Baleno?
8. I wanted to check, if I need to change the interiors of the car and make it all leather, two tone and wood finish, will it be possible, if yes, how much and who is the best.

I did 4 months of rigorous study, on Internet, Spoke to users of this car, asked certain experts of Automobile industries, spoke to Fiat Executive, read certain journals and magazines. Here what I have to say!

1. No one gave me a wrong feedback about the car. Every one was extremely happy about the build, handling, chassis, pick up, driving pleasure about this car. Even the auto gurus vouched for this car saying its a great car to own. No one reported any major issues with the car as far as engineering or electrical faults are concerned.
2. I drove all those cars again. But I still couldn't get this car out of my mind. The cars which came close in terms of pleasure and performance was Petra and Baleno. Optra was a clear third and Accent was 4th. Very disappointing New Honda City, as it lack power and not so easy to handle. It scored well in terms if interiors (So did Accent and Optra).
3. Whoever, I spoke to told me that they are getting 9-10kmpl with A/C on in city (Fiat Adventure). I spoke to some who are driving this car in Mumbai city (since I belong to Mumbai). They reported around 8kmpl + and nothing less in some of the worst stretches on Mumbai like Andheri-Kurla Road. In a recent article in Top Gear (August Issue), there is an article on Fiat Adventure and they also report a mileage of 8.8kmpl of this car.
4. Its all clear and evident. Tata-Fiat has recently announced a 50:50 JV which is the extension of their distribution partnership. No one, I spoke to was unhappy about the service. In fact, some even said, some initial glitches were done very fast without cost as the car was under warranty. Even those, who have owned it for more than a year, have not reported any issues in terms of high spare cost or whatever. Need I say more!
5. I did extensive study on Fiat Spa and found that, they have returned to profit, thanks to Grande Punto. I found that, they have no plans to shut their business which is 100+ year old. (At least I couldn't get any evidence). I found that they are doing extremely well in Latin America, South Africa and Western Europe. I found that more than 50% of their revenue is from international market. India is a strategic market and they are here to stay.
6. I spoke to 2 Used car dealers. One said, this car is going to return better resale than what the Fiat cars giving as of now, as Fiat is coming back and TATA-Fiat JV is going to boost the resale vale. Another dealer told me that, this car in a worst case will return you about 20-25% of the car value after 5 years (If the present perception about FIAT remains as it is). If the position of FIAT India improves, which I am sure will, after the Tata JV, this car may return better resale. I own a Santro and is 5 years old, and I am getting about 33% return on my original car value.
7. I checked about the status value as well. Obviously, the owners of this car always told me that this car is a head turner (I agree with them fully). But this, I checked with other Auto Gurus, and they said, it falls into a different segment all together. This car definitely gives a good status value minus the interior which is looks dated. But let me be honest, If you expect a status value of Honda (especially in Indian market), Adventure is not going to give you that, purely because of Indian mind set. But it's not too far away as well. Secondly, would you like to bridge that so called "Status Gap" by paying 2 lacs extra and much less powered car! Well, the call is yours!
8. I read couple of magazines and saw some work which was done on cars like Honda City, Optra, Indigo, Skoda etc. I was very impressed with the face lift which an interior can give post this. I checked with Fiat, in case doing this deprives me of any warranty. They said nothing as long as you get it done through the authorized dealer of this car. Else, you wait and get this done after the warranty is over. The complete change of interiors, which may include, pure leather seats, two tone beige dash board with wood finish panels, AC vents and door handles. Leather finish door pads, change of roof carpet, floor mat, half wood and half leather steering wheel etc, will cost you maximum 45,000/-. This comes with 3 year warranty. If you want to do it with composite leater, 10,000 less. I have seen the works of an agency called "Morfeus" (www.morfeusdesign.com), which seems to be neat and quite good.

So, my verdict, if you love driving, care a bit about your and your family's safety while in the car, you love smooth ride on Indian roads, understand what 100BHP mean and care a bit less about mileage (Only when you are thinking about NHC, Baleno and Aveo, since others are very close to the mileage which Adventure is going to give), you cannot miss this car. If you have still, please go, take a test drive. After all, gone are the days, when you had to search for a FIAT dealer & workshops. They are as close as any other car, which are still on your mind.

Now the question comes, do I own it yet! Well, almost. I have booked the car and expecting the delivery of this car soon!

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NAME : Ravikumar Achanta
POSTED ON : 8 June, 2006
REVIEW : This is the best handling and riding car out of all the cars I have driven and owned - Santro, Maruti 800, Ford Ikon Zxi, Toyota Corrolla and Skoda 1.9TDI. Only the Skoda is more powerful, but overall I rate Fiat higher, because you cannot go to all the places you can go with teh Adventure in a Skoda. Skoda's ground clearance is only 13.5 mm. The Toyota is more powerful but its ride and handling cannot compare with this Fiat.
Somebody says this car is a guzzler. But no, look at these averages I got:
9.3 Mumbai city and express highway running
10.6 Mumbai city and express highway running
8.6 Mumbai - Pune high speed run touching 150-175 kmph and climbing
12.8 Pune - Goa crusing between 80-110
11.3 Goa Local and highway run
11.6 Goa Local and highway run
9.1 Goa Local running
12.8 Goa - Pune - Mumbai Highway crusing between 80-120

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NAME : Shaikh Umar Ali
POSTED ON : 1 April, 2006
REVIEW : I tried this car sometimes last week of March 06. I couldn't believe the comfort, drivability, manuverability and pick of this car could be so good. I was tempted to take a test drive on the highway, which was even better. 120kmph and absolutely stable. AC is good. Very good exterior. I wouldn't have been in 2 minds had the interiors would have been better. This car can become best seller, if they improve the interior drastically. I am not sure about the service. I guess with Tata Motors coming into the picture things may improve! Overall, I am still thiking of reasons for not buying this car!

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NAME : Sekhar
POSTED ON : 20 Oct, 2005
REVIEW : Bought adventure sport, mixed feelings abt the car, great machine,interiors looking cheap, service at bangalore- they doesn't know what customer service means.

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NAME : Alexis Greenwood
POSTED ON : 29 Aug, 2005
REVIEW : I own a palio adventure 1.6 ltr. Its an excellent car, loads of space very stable on the highway, and suspension is great..... Prefer it to the indigo marina everyday....

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NAME : Anirban
POSTED ON : 19 Feb, 2003
REVIEW : Amazing car - the Adventure! Its a sheer pleasure driving this powerful machine having fantastic pick-up and drivability, excellent road grip in off-road conditions and a tough suspension.
I have owned this for 2 months now..am extremely satisfied. The performance and mileage is improving certainly. No better car which provides the best of an off-roader and an estate combined in one!
Will post my next feedback after 6 months.

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