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The best mid-sizer for such affordable price

A Review by Deepak Tripathi on Fiat Petra
10 January, 2007


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Pros : Build quality, performance, maintenance, value for money
Cons : Dated interiors, Fiat badge
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However there is no much to talk about this car. It shares the same platform as Fiat Palio and Fiat Adventure and has similar pros and cons as these two cars. I find this car as the best mid-sizer available in India.

The most unfortunate fact is that it has Fiat-badge on it and that makes things worse. While I drive car, people stare at me as if I have committed a crime by buying a Fiat. Its merely 1.5 years old, visited a dealer and just joked about resale, he replied in such horrible manner as if I am driving a theft car! "Do-dhai se zyada nahin milega. Fiat hai na, koi nahin kharidta ise." He was smiling all the way at me. I am enjoying the car at fullest and have no plans to sell it in next 4-5 years though. :-)

Engine performance is quite good, seats are comfortable, cabin is spacious and car is very much affordable. Car has great build quality. Ride quality and handling, cornering etc are good.

I wonder if these cars were from Maruti, they would have set unbreakable sales-records. :-)



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2 Comment(s) on this Review

  1. on 21 May, 2007 at 10:29 AM Rajesh (Ludhiana)

    I fully and completely agree with the above review.Its a total value for money mid-seg car but I you tend not to resale it.

  2. on 06 Aug, 2007 at 10:12 AM Bharat (Mumbai)

    Hi. I have purchased a 2003 petra elx ps with LPG on 26th july.I am pretty impressed with the car.I actually saw many other model of cars like ikon,opel but found petra better in all aspects.Its looks are much better than others.Enough leg space and very fine interiors.Features are also good and the car is very stable at 100 kmph. Mileage is low but with LPG one can overcome this problem.I have no idea about availability of spares.If any one can advice me on the same. Overall you get a very car

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