If you had a choice between a Mini and a Cinquecento...

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which would you choose and why and what colour would you get?! (not sure if I've got the choice but I might have later in the year) love to hear your thoughts esp. if you've got one of them!

FIAT stands for Fix It Again Tommorrow! so by default i would go for the mini, fiats are well known by mechanics to have electric problems

Mini all the way - in black!

I have an unnatural longing for a cream Fiat 500 with red leather seats with cream piping. I think it's because it's so incompatible with children and I currently drive a mummy-mobile which is nice but dull. I'm less keen on Minis which have grown and don't look as cute as they once did.

I always choose black for cars - should I break the mould?? Maybe I should get a bit wild and crazy?!! I like cream a lot but a friend has recently got a cream mini so can't 'copy' (sigh), unless I got a different colour on the roof or something! My DH is more interested in mechanical stuff - so thanks Goddess - DS would die of shame if I collected from school in a pink car DD would be happy... Give me more ladies!!

I found that my black car showed the dirt worst of any car that I've had. Silver shows the dirt least IMO but I don't really like silver much. I really like the colour that I have now, it's a metallic blue-dark grey.

Of the colours on the Fiat website I like Cha Cha Cha Azure or cream (which I think they call Bossa Nova White).

oh yes cream Fiat 500!

Maybe look at the crash test data. Dull but important. Both cars look cute as (IMHO), my first one was a 500 but old school - much prefer the modern ones (or are they seicentos?)

Generally I would hate either of these because they are small but if i had to choose i would always choose a mini because at least they have cool styling and are INCREDIBLY safe. Apparently safer per pound of weight than a landrover.

and black always always always

my dp says that the mini has high CO2 emissions....same as a big beamer according to him.

i love a fiat

A mini but it would be hard to choose between a mini and a Fiat 500, I always used to want one of the old ones too.

We had a "new" mini for 4 years, and all it ever needed was servicing.Very reliable. Good fun to drive too. Only went because we needed a bigger car. It was red with white bonnet stripes, mirrors and roof.

I think it's only the cooper s that has the high CO2 emissions. Certainly the diesel is very low - only £30 to tax.

I have had 3 minis (cooper, cooper s and cooper diesel), although I have a golf now and loved loved loved them . Very safe. Very economical, particularly the new ones with the stop/start technology. Got 70 mpg from my cooper diesel.

Very safe, very reliable, very solid and very good handling. I've driven a cinqucento a few times and found it to be much less well put together, rattly, dodgy handling and much less reliable.

Thanks everyone - will definitely check out the safety stats and emissions stats. I think the Fiats look really cute, but perhaps a mini will be more reliable & safe. Tartyhighheels - I want one BECAUSE it is small . I have to drive my dcs everywhere and I can never park - only got looong estate at the mo and driving me a bit bananas when I'm only nipping up the road to school etc. and end up parking miles away or driving around until I find a gap for my overlong car.. (too far to walk/cycle before anyone gets upset!) Lots of the mums drive even bigger 4x4's and no one can pass each other on the road where the school is etc. I want to rebel - so jealous of all the nippy little cars I see getting into tiny spaces - even the rubbish ones - but trying to think beyond which car is prettiest - even though that is the fun bit!

What about a Fiat Panda? We have its much bigger brother - a doblo!!

Out of those two I'd get the mini - looks nicer, safer in a crash, more fun to drive, although it will be much more ££ to buy and insure I imagine.

We were debating getting a Mini or a Fiat 500 and have decided against both. I was convinced (by MNers in a thread on here) that 3 rather than 5 doors would be really irritating.
I'm now planning on getting a Fiesta or Mazda 2 - still small to park but 5 doors.