FIAT Punto · photos, packages and modifications

Even though the Fiat Punto released in the third styling iteration, it was probably remained unchanged like the Grand Punto when it arrived first in 2006. This car came with the revisions of design including optional paint colors and new lights. The age of the car was normally visible because of the design. Because of this reason, the Punto fell well behind the new rivals such as the Kia Rio and Ford Fiesta. When you consider about the inside of the Punto, it was normally remarked as the low rent one because of the swathes available with a tiny gear lever and cheap plastics. Compared to other rivals, the revised Punto is available at a comfortable budget. The cabin quality of the car was disappointed everyone and treated as next to the newer and cheaper Fiat Panda.

The main thing about the Fiat Punto was, it's suitable for the life in the city as the best one with no surprise. This is because of the well working of the five-speed manual and the light steering, which made the parking as the easiest one. It was also provided with the excellent ride along with the sharp brakes that would make the soaking up of bumps and ridges as an easy one. Even though the light steering was suitable and ideal in town, in the case of the open road there was quite vague and feedback lacked. Because of this reason, it was added to the sloppy body control and felt as the one apart from the world with the dynamic Mazda 2 and sharp Ford Fiesta.

In the Driver Power Survey, Fiat completed the last place that made everyone disappointed. It was mainly because of the bad reliability of bode well and the bad consumer satisfaction among the new Punto owners. Most of the owners felt that as the Fiat owners were poor and hence the build quality was questionable one. But among all these things, in the Euro NCAP crash test the Punto achieved with the full five-stars because of the feature of driver, passenger and knee airbags available. It would probably make that as one of the supermini models on the market.

When you consider about the outright boot space, the Punto lost its value with some of the contemporary rivals. With the 275 liter space, it was relatively 20 liter down on the Ford Fiesta and 10 liter down compared to the Vauxhall Corsa model. It was designed with the option of folding the rear seats that would probably provide up to an impressive 1,030 liter load space, which can transform the carrying ability of hatchback in an efficient manner. Since it was designed with the decent head and legroom for full-sized adults, the space available in the rear seats was acceptable one. The driving position of this car was felt as a bit high and the poor turning circle of this model was compromised by the light steering, which offered the easiest parking option with efficient rating.