We are with the Fiat Egea.
The Egea is the sedan model that the Fiat positioned in the compact class.
This car, even before it came to the market was highly interested in and was very much demanded.
It currently is on sale.
Let’s see if the Egea really possesses the fine features that attracted curiosity?
Let’s analyze it together.
First of all, in my opinion one should start to commentate the Egea from its name.
It sells in our country with this name but in Europe it is sold by the name Tipo.
As a matter of fact these cars are the same.
And anytime soon this car’s hatchback and station wagon bodies will join the family.
I shall now tell you briefly about the design of the Egea standing next to me.
For one thing, if you were to ask my opinion about its design, it looks very elegant.
In this, certain details definitely have a share.
If you look at the bonnet, there is a protrusion starting from the bumper
and this even continues inversely on the roof.
And this has a share on the car appearing very dynamic from the front.
Furthermore, due to the headlamps thinning towards the center of the grill ensures the car to look more aggressive.
The main part that adds elegancy, as you can see, is the grill that has been shaped by chromium details.
Let’s also look at the Egea from the side.
Primarily, this bicolor wheel rims is only used on the full complement level Lounge.
It can vary according to taste, but I think it cuts a dash.
This car, as it is a sedan from the birth, you can see from its shape that the boot is an integral part of the design and not added afterwards.
The Egea has 2637 mm axle spans here.
This suggests that there will be a wide living space in the interior; of course we will look into it later on.
Now let’s look at the rear of the car too.
The rear of the Egea also possesses an attention grabbing features.
To begin with, you know that when you mention design, the Italians come to mind.
The Italians here have made a magical touch to the Egea and laid a feature that the rivals do not have.
The taillights, as you can see, are C form and 3-D, in other words have a hollow structure.
Furthermore, with the chromium details the rear has been differentiated.
Alright, let’s see what lies behind the boot lid.
In here, 520 liters loading capacity is offered.
It is quite a large boot, which means that the families who choose this car will be able to put their loads here easily.
But there is one minus here and that is, the boot attachment points are not hidden anywhere.
Therefore, unfortunately they have a potential to hit the top of the articles you put here.
There is another minus here but before I tell you that let me take off my jacket and be prepared to get into the rear seat.
The other minus is that there is no handle here.
In other words when you want to close the boot and if the car is muddy doing this will make your hands dirty.
Fortunately, our car now is immaculate and my hands are clean.
Come lets look at the rear.
Let’s see what kind of knee room is offered here?
Those who have watched the Egea Vlog previously will remember that we have tested this with Tarık and Nihan.
At the moment I am the lucky one and am sitting on the left side at the rear.
The driver seat as usual is in the ideal driving position for me and I am 178 cm. tall.
As you can see a very good knee room is offered here.
And the headroom is not bad at all too.
There is also an armrest, it is a convenient accessory but when you look inside, it amazed me as how low its quality is.
Now it is time to start driving, come on.
Finally, I am behind the steering wheel of the Fiat Egea.
The design of the interior of the Egea looks well groomed.
In here at the top there is one touch screen multimedia, apart from that there are some plain buttons and an A/C controls below.
You are able to use the touchscreen multimedia very easily.
But the screen being 5 inches to me is clearly a bit small.
Because, at present even the mobile phone screens are almost larger than this.
Here, you are able to link your mobile phone as well as reaching the navigation and as well as listening music readily.
The indicators are legible; from the trip computer in the center you are able to reach many menus.
For your small items there is a deep space in front of the gear lever and two cup-holders behind.
The cup-holders are good but a bit small, when you try to put 330 ml tin can you somehow slog on.
The seats are very comfortable and there is an electrical waist sport setting in the full complement levels.
This way you are able to adjust your sitting position in comfort.
The leather steering wheel fits to the hands very well and you can reach to the cruise control and trip computer controls on it easily.
There is one plus in the Egea that I like and that is that the controls of the music system is not on the steering wheel but behind it.
This positioning to me frankly is more practical.
When you hold the steering wheel like this, instead of commanding the music system with your thumb, to make these moves with your forefinger in my opinion is more ergonomic.
The quality of the materials used in the interior is quite good; in here soft plastic materials are used.
The appearance as I have said in the beginning is well groomed.
But as I have mentioned in the previous Vlog, I did not like this straight grain very much.
But still, the black shiny coating around the music system and door upholsteries raises the quality perception somewhat.
Let us consider the engine and driving features of the Egea.
Under the bonnet of the Egea I have been driving 1.6 liters turbo charge Multijet2 diesel engine is functioning.
This engine develops 120 HP and 320 Nm of torque and can only be purchased with 6-speed manual gearbox.
This is not a new engine; the Fiat uses this engine in many of its models.
But it is an engine that satisfies the Euro6 emission norms at the moment.
I can say that the power and the traction of the engine are very good.
As long as you are not on the lowest rpm, in other words when you choose the correct gear, it makes you feel the 320 Nm of torque.
As well as in the interim accelerations, as overtaking, I can say that the engine will satisfy you.
Personally, it satisfied me during my entire drive.
There is no disharmony between the engine and the gearbox.
The gearbox can be used very easily and comfortably.
The steering reactions are not bad at all.
Naturally, since it is electrically supported you should not expect too much sensitivity from this steering but it has a normal firmness in the normal driving.
Of course, in the Egea as in many other Fiat models there is a City mode of the steering.
You are able to engage the City mode by pressing this button on the mid console.
This way even though the sensitivity of the steering does not change it softens a bit.
Therefore you can maneuver and park easier in the narrow places in the city.
The suspension has been fixed with comfort in mind.
Thus, the shock absorbers do their best so that you should not be shaken in the interior when travelling.
The Egea naturally does not stick to the ground as if glued.
But if you do not force the limits too much, especially if you do not affect the car’s balance you can take the corners comfortably and safe.
I can say that the insulations did not bother me at all during my entire drive.
Let us now consider the fuel consumption.
This subject is a bit complicated, because this engine has frugal potentiality when you drive calmly,
on open roads without traffic and on highways you can travel with low fuel consumption values.
But when you spend time in the city and when you drive with performance the fuel consumption increases substantially.
Nevertheless let me tell you what I have experienced.
I have been driving the Egea for a week and have covered 300 km and at the moment the trip computer indicates to me 7.0 liters fuel consumption averages.
As I have said, the potential to increase or decrease this value is very high.
The Fiat Egea is sold between 50 thousand TL and 70 thousand TL.
At the outset, with wide living and loading space and comfortable driving features and frugal potential and powerful diesel engine,
it captured the Turkish consumers attention and if you ask me it looks as if it will carry on doing so.
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