(G) Up close to an EVO

Interesting you should said that, i was thinking the same when i saw the car in showroom earlier... wasnt sure if thats because i was used to seeing 16-17" rims, or if the car sits even higher than the grande or something.

Does look out of place on that one (most certainly a Dynamic, the base model.)

Edit: actually now i've looked at the pictures properly, thats a GP.. should have 16" Alloys, ill have to watch that, maybe ask for the 17" (Multispoke ofc, those bulky ones are ugly).

i agree they look like a cheap and tacky version of the alloys from alfa ive seen on the mito, theyre not particulary attractive to start of with imo, im a multispoke kinda guy .

Just got home off nights and low and behold the Punto Evo is now on the Fiat website to configure.......how spooky

iv just configured an evo, and discovered that the biggest engine is the 1.4petrol. they have dropped the 1.6 and 1.9 diesel engines and the 1.3 is the only diesel. that means the new generation evo drivers wont have anything on us smaller engined grande owners when they try and leave us at the lights lol

pps the only engine u can get new on gp is now 1.4 sound. whatever sound means lol. why have they dropped the other engine on both cars?

...insurance group 21 on the 1.4 multiair sporting 135....

21? A mistake surely? They think its a GPA SS?

i dont know, thats what the "compare/spec" page at fiat.co.uk says, not an insurance company. it also shows as group 13 for 1.4 16v multiair GP 105.

It might be on the new 1-50 scale groups rather than the old 1-20....

oops. yeah. that makes sence.

http://www.thatcham.org shows it as 21 on the 1-50 scale too.

Well im glad you guys figured out that insurance thing before i woke up or id of slashed my wrists :P

Cant believe fiat website now has it to config after my life-ending trip up snowy roads to track down a brochure lastnight! - that said, they dont have the nice blue i saw lastnight!

Sorry for the scare!

And they do have "Acid Jazz Blue" on the config.

Some of these options are quite interesting, on the GP sound, some of the options include an 'enhanced dashboard', as well as a metallic paint upgrade for the interior. Although you can't configure it there is a 1.2 (65) as well as a 1.4 (77) when you go to 'compare' it.

As for the EVO, an option that I noticed in the downloaded brochure, they also had the same fake twin exhausts that another member fitted to their GP on this forum the other day. As well as this...

■ Optional metallic finish front bumper

I wonder if this means you can have body coloured bumpers, or if they just mean black or silver.

and yes they have acid blue on the config but not some of the other colours like unplugged green.

Just configured one, 18.5K http://www.fiat.co.uk/showroom/?id=2...r/configurator

Also had fun because its fairly easy to crash the configurator (IE7) and get a car with no wheels.

Still not a fan even with the optional Carbon Metallic insert on the front, and no big dirty Derv unit.

PS Brochure here. http://www.fiat.co.uk/WorkArea/downl....aspx?id=21465

So still rides slightly higher than the current T/Mjet which are group 18 on the new scale.

inside is very nice

Ah yeah didn't think about that, still it's easy enough to just pull it out and stick it in the glovebox