Comments on: Fiat Linea vs Honda City – which is a better buy?

By: Abhishek

Abhishek — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 03:11:20 +0000

Nonsense conclusion I would say. If I compare the results under each category, here is what I get.

Top Speed, performance, horsepower – City
Design and looks – Linea (Subjective but I have never met rarely met people who like City over Linea, only ardent honda fans I believe)
Driving, handling – Linea
Fuel economy – Linea (the fact that Linea has a diesel engine, also I think Line petrol is more efficient than ANHC, but am not sure about the exact figures)
Interior – Linea
Reputation/A.S.S – Honda (A clear winner, but with Modern cars mostly we go 2-3 times in an year to the service center, whereas we drives our cars daily)
Price/VFM – Linea

So I guess you can see for yourself who is the winner.

By: Willson Mathew, Nagpur

Willson Mathew, Nagpur — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 03:45:21 +0000

HONDA City…. BYE BYE…. Its Not a Value for Money. FIAT LINEA…. “Welcome to My Home”. I guess its Great Technology, 1.3 Multijet Diesel is Effortless and Takes off Like a Dream, but the 1.4 Petrol has a Drag at Low Speeds with the AC on. While at the Test Drive and Talks with the Honda Executives, all the Honda Guys had to say against was the Erstwhile Reputation of Fiat having Expensive Spares and Non-Availability of the same. Even People generally dont have Full Faith in Fiat even with the TATA JV. I guess FIAT should seriously spend some money in getting the Faith of People and Make some Serious Attempts to propogate its Reputaion as a Reliable Car for Life.

By: adi

adi — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 18:50:26 +0000

fiat linea is better.fiat linea 1.4 tjet with 152 hp is the winner from 0 to 100km/h

By: jew

jew — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 07:27:45 +0000

I am driving Honda City , lot of problems mileage below 10Kms in city with ac without 11kms.If you start and stop more In bangalore I get only7-8KMS. No stability at high speeds I am very much impressed after test driving Linea petrol/diesel both.I am sure its a winner.After sales now very much better with Tatas. More over one feels very safe when you Lines due to weight balance

By: Arvind Bansal

Arvind Bansal — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 10:38:01 +0000

I have no doubts about quality of fiat linea. I am already having Palio Petrol and am completely satisfied. Only thing which disturbs is engine power of new linea. It looks if the company has given a smaller engine to big sedan like linea. Will it perform —— any answer ?

By: Dr. Sahdev Patel

Dr. Sahdev Patel — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 14:02:44 +0000

Booked a fiat Linea Emotion PK (Qudrajet Diesel), after extensive test drive (130 Km) on Ahmedabad – Vadodara Expressway and within city limits of Ahmedabad. ride was excellent, fuel efficiency (nearly 18 KM/ Liter), instrumentation and climate controls were note worthy. Seat adjustment and steering adjustments are good, gear shift is smooth, no noise inside the cabin at all, music system is good. Suggest take an extensive test ride before making decision and ask the company sales representative to seat in the back seat so he does not confuse you by pep talk. Insist on filling up tank completely before test ride and set trip meter at zero, top up the tank on return and check the efficiency for your self. Do not rev up beyond 2500 rpm during test drive, the engine seems to work optimally in 2000-2500 RPM range. To sum it up in lighter way, Linea is Italian elegance while Honda is like faithful Japanese wife, one has to decide for him self, I opted for the Rajiv Gandhi way

By: ram

ram — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 13:38:41 +0000

i believe fiat linea has a slight edge over the honda city.Time and again fiat fiat has proved its technological prowess by some historical technological inventions…..as far as the numbers are concerned i dont have any idea about them…..but fiat is definetley going to have a better build and ride….which is often seen in most of the fiat cars…..onething we should remember before making a decision is the company’s history……afterall fiat has invented the common rail diesel engine……now its for you to decide,which car to go for….

By: Honey

Honey — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 14:40:10 +0000

I just saw the linea diesel today … I really does stand superiorly outstanding in other sedan cars on it’s segments the top model “EMOTION pk” gives the best of the features ever given to any car in the superb range of 9 lakhs..
It’s exciting features like FPS;ABS; dual tone dash bord; blue and me tech;luxurious interiors; it’s technical specifications like displacement of 1248cc; nm/rpm of 203/2500…The advanced multijet engine; Dual front air bags… Various comfort features like tilt steering; rear AC vents at the foot and knee level;massive boot space of 500 litres…!!
An amazing milage if (approx) 17-18:… Makes it far more superior than the Honda city in my eyes…

Fiat was the first company to introduce automobiles in India… And after seeing the linea we should be proud of it…

Linea rules.

By: Babu

Babu — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 05:58:06 +0000

Dear Auto journo,
Excellen report and comments. Considering that you have admittd that u havent seen the Linea in flesh, it is amazing how u analysed the looks, ride and handling etc.
In the race to be first to comment, you have stretched beyond normal possibilities.

By: Ruzan B.Siganporia

Ruzan B.Siganporia — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 05:44:04 +0000

Hi All, I booked the Fiat Linea yesterday and seeing the Linea i think its gonna make a clean win over the other sedan cars in its segment.
Its giving all the features in its top end model (Emotion) which even a Honda City / Ford Fiesta / SX4 is not giving at an unbelievable price of 8 lacs on road.
I think its worth it and Fiat has come back with a bang. Good Luck Fiat and a great product.