Extended test: Fiat 500L - "You need it, not a crossover"

From 18 years old until today I have had three (more or less old) vans, two caravans and a Golf of the XNUMX generation. Yes, I can say that I look at a car (and not a motorcycle) primarily as a useful means of transportation. So don't let addicts with different M, RS and GTI designations on their pets bother you that I will put a car that does not cause dizziness and hedgehogs in itself, quite high on the scale "I would do it." It didn’t seem particularly remarkable to me either, until I myself drove it for several days.

What do you really care about?

In fact, I'm not entirely sure what makes a good impression on this car. The form? Well, yes. While the front is still fun, the back looks like a sweat the aunt serves on the table with the comment that she really didn't do it today. Interior shape? Perhaps, but more than modern design and advanced infotainment systems, it is satisfied (a more appropriate verb than "impress") with its ease of use, flavored in Italian by a less precise mix of plastic and undefined flabby steering wheel feedback. ... Roominess? Oh, that's for sure! Five adults took us on a trip up the hills, each with their own backpack, and no one had to squeeze it between their knees. This is not a rule for this size and price range!

As if the 500L is fraught with real, unspoiled, almost cargo equipment. I forgive the aforementioned and some other mistakes, such as a gearbox that resists faster shifting.

Fiat 500 L 1.3 Multijet II 16v City

Basic data

Test model cost:	16.680 €
Base model price with discounts:	15.490 €
Test model price discount:	16.680 €

Costs (per year)

Technical information

engine:	4-cylinder - 4-stroke - in-line - turbodiesel - displacement 1.248 cm3 - maximum power 70 kW (95 hp) at 3.750 rpm - maximum torque 200 Nm at 1.500 rpm
Energy transfer:	front-wheel drive - 5-speed manual - tires 205/55 R 16 T (Continental Winter Contact TS 860)
Capacity:	top speed 171 km/h - 0-100 km/h acceleration 13,9 s - average combined fuel consumption (ECE) 4,1 l/100 km, CO2 emissions 107 g/km
Mass:	empty vehicle 1.380 kg - permissible total weight 1.845 kg
External dimensions:	length 4.242 mm - width 1.784 mm - height 1.658 mm - wheelbase 2.612 mm - fuel tank 50 l
Box:	400-1.375 l

Our measurements

T = 11 ° C / p = 1.028 mbar / rel. vl. = 55% / odometer status: 9.073 km
Acceleration 0-100km:	14,5s
402m from the city:	19,9 years ( 109 km / h)
Flexibility 50-90km / h:	11,5s (IV.)
Flexibility 80-120km / h:	14,5s (V.)
Braking distance at 100 km / h:	39,6m
AM table:	40m
Noise at 90 km / h in 6rd gear	60dB