Fiat Brava 1.4SX

great all rounder. paid £600 for a 98 plate with new mot, full service and 6 months tax 4 years ago. had 48k on clock. done 90 now and just starting to have issues, injector warning light stays on when its cold and most of the stupid rubber on handles gone, but just had another mot, most spent as it cost £280. still, cant get a great looking car for that. fuel not too bad as it dose 200 mile round trips to london (about 30 in london traffic) for £35. 1 regret is no split rear seat so have to drop hole back if carry anything big. will carry 5 interior doors with hatch shut or a 3mtr worktop hanging out just 10 inches.

i love my brava this is the second brava i have had,recentley i had an accident in one in which a taxi driver ran in to me, unfortunately mine was written off ,but i was really suprised that the speed he hit us at we were not hurt due to the strenght of the car.i would have another if need be but hopefully that wont be a long time because as i say i love mine and i look after it really well.i would recomend them to my mates.

The Fiat Brava 1.4SX looks and feels Italian. I'm doing about 1000 miles per week with total reliability. I'm getting 57mpg from the 1.9 diesel and I love it to bits!

i have had a brava 1.6 sx for 10 years now with now problems at all, allways had yearly sevice and except for once it whent wrong i have had good service from this car, it is good on fuel could be better in town but on long trips its a dream to drive

Problems with starting and idling have never been resolved. As I type the car is waiting to go to the garage for the 6th time in as many months its a 1998 fiat bravo.

The Fiat Brava is a nice car, happy with it generally, no real problems, good to run, but high fuel consumption when driving in town.

Looks nice, spacious and comfortable but mechanics and clutch with gear box are very unreliable. Not reliable in terms of parts. Electric faults come up every week. I was on the road and went into a side road to reverse it. Pressed on the clutch to change to reverse gear and it gave grinding noise. Not sure what it was but I am not able to change any gear as whenever I press clutch it gives me grinding noise like something is breaking or being ground up inside it. Will take it to garage and lets hope it won't take too much out of my wallet.

It's a family car alright. Large baggage, plenty of sitting space, comfort to the driver and it is still running neatly even after many kms ran. But Fiat maintenance, although cheap, is constantly required and with mileage comes increase of gas consumption and revisions. If you have knowledge in mechanics, you can do most of the necessary repairs yourself. If you just drive it, it will come as an odd fact the time it spends in the garage. Thus being, I wouldn't recommend it.

Well, I've had my Fiat Brava 1.4SX for 2 years. It had 92,000 on the clock, now has 144. I've done over 50,000 miles and all that's been needed is brake pads, services, and last night my clutch went. Not bad at all, always gets me where I need to go without problem.

Overall, I quite like this Fiat Brava 1.4SX car. The developing rust spots on one of the panels and bonnet are annoying. I assumed the galvanised body wouldn't give me such problems? I also had a slight problem with the horn (wear and tear on contacts). This was supposed to have been sorted by a service centre in Leeds under a three month warranty, but it turned out when they said they'd fixed it, they hadn't!