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First I am quite satisfied with my decision to go with Palio Stile 1.1, I an enjoying every bit of it.

Here are my opinions about some of the questions raised by fellow T-BHPians about Palio Stile 1.1

1) Underpowered? I shall say the people will only see the printed bhp figure but its torque in low speed is awesome and you will definetly not feel underpower after the run in period. That said one thing I would like to tell you is first gear peppiness in not there compared to other cars, because obviously it's heavier than others. This means on red light you can't just zip ahead but give it couple of second and it will roar like anything ready to take on even bigger cars. To this I would also add that I am able to take it from 0 - 100 within 17sec. whereas the Overdrive magazine gave it 20.1sec. I already got 3 challans for high speeding with this. Infact one time I just started from red light and within 10sec cops stopped me for speed and when I checked their speedgun for my speed it was whopping 84KMPH in less than 10sec. But the best part is its handling at high speed, its absolutely awesome. Few weeks ago I and friend went for trip (he was in Santro eRLX) and we were driving neck to neck and then few turn came and I zipped at the same speed but he had slow down for curves and after that he was not able to catch me for entire journey.

2) Fuel efficiency? Honestly initially I was also worried as it gave only 10 - 11 KM/L. But after the run in period it is just awesome, now I am always getting more than 14+ KM/L. And this is when I drive with very very heavy foot, means always with full accelerator.....speed devil.......if someone will drive more sensibly this will definetly be much better than thiss. And this is in 100% city driving with 100% AC.

3) Service I felt is depend on the dealers, in Delhi I had not so good experiance with Him Motors, good with A-One Motors and absolutely awesome with Vivek Motors for my Stile 1.1. About spare parts I have not yet faced the need for it so no comment on delivery and price.

4) One thing which I like most is the ride quality and suspension on bad roads, I drove and sit in the back on almost all of hatchback category cars and it was just fantastic in Fiat.

5) I also liked the gear shift in my stile, while driving I always get to feel in which gear I am shifting, but with my friends WagonR, Santro, and Estillo many time I keep guessing which gear I shifted into.

These are my opinion about my baby, some may agree and some may not, and I don't mind that. This is for people interested in buying Palio Stile 1.1 but skeptical about it because of what they hear from other opinions about Stile. So this is first hand ownership review after driving it for more than 8000 KM in six months.

Regards