just been brousing the wh smiths library and came accross the above autoexpress head to head,only had a brief read but the punto pipped the mini overall.one thing i did think was how brilliant the punto looked against the mini.the punto is a classy looking motor.everyone raved about the minis looks when it came out but i now think it starts look a bit boring.my mates got a mini and the inside of the car is really tacky the indicator storks look like kids toys,he's also had a lot of problems with the car,ive never known a car with so many rattles.and at the end of the day there not a cheap car to buy in the first place.for all the problems fiat have they know how to style cars.

cool mate... might have to have a browse myself haha!!

is there an on-line link?.....

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is there an on-line link?.....

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not sure probably not until the mags been out for a while ?.

my dad gets the mag and read it. the punto stood up well and looked every bit as good, if not better. my dad was thinkin of gettin the cooper D as his next car too. maybe not if its not as good as mine tho lol. your right about the mini's interior too...

i know the changes are only minor, but the car used was a pre MY07 model (not that it matters) but its just something typical of autoexpress... they're not a very good magazine imo, but it was a good result for the MJ Sporting imo... although the mini was more expensive and only a 1.6, then they ramble on about how much quicker the GP is in gear... well obviously!

they have the 0-60 time down as 8.9seconds for GP, and i think the mini down as 9.2seconds 9might be 9.5, cant quite remember now) but i doubt they will have tested this themselves.

gets slated for the buttons on the seats although they 'hark' back to italian sports cars of old, and a sloppy-ish gear change.