2007 Fiat Sedici reviews

Fiat Sedici 2007

I’m not a car expert or fanatic by any means. I drive only to get from A to B and I’m interested only in safe economical driving everywhere - cities, villages, countryside, everywhere short of severe off-road conditions (which I have never tried so I can’t say it would not cope even there). I have driven my Sedici over 55,000 km, of which about 99.8% have been in 2-wheel drive, but the two optional levels of 4-wheel drive have been absolutely essential in the other 0.2%, e.g. winter 2010 in Ireland and a serious slope upto a holiday cottage at all times. I have been driving for over 65 years, everything from a Chevrolet car, a small Ford lorry, a bread delivery van, a Renault 4, a Volvo, a Fiat Punto, a Suzuki 4wd; some second hand, most new - including the Sedici TD, bought in 2007. I do not recall a more satisfying vehicle than the Sedici; I have had no mechanical or other trouble, its powerful acceleration gets me out of any potential trouble spot. On the very rare occasions when I meet another Sedici driver, they"re always as enthusiastic about it. It seems to me to be the most overlooked all-purpose car on the road. It’s also possibly the most poorly marketed; I wrote to Fiat Ireland a few years ago pointing out that their sales stuff still described it as a permanent 4-wheel drive and a year later the description remained unchanged. The rarity gives the Sedici a certain eminence, of course..