Hey everyone,
This is my first post now that I've decided my first car is going to be a Punto, but just which one?
I have a budget of around £3k for the car, road tax, and insurance (this latter may be excluded from the budget and I may just have to pay it monthly).
I have found two models I am particularly keen on, that being the GP 1.4 16V and the evo 1.2 8V. The former seems a much more technically advanced car. Being a multivalve has its obvious advantages and should see me hit 0-60 in 11 seconds hopefully! The down side is the interior looks quite dull compared to the evo and ICE seems poor (I'd like to be able to listen to music off my phone which I don't think it'll manage). This is the strength of the 1.2 evo, but I'd have to sacrifice performance.
I think the 1.2 evo has 0-60 time of 13.5 seconds. Would this additional time be noticeable compared to the 11 seconds of the GP?
I learnt how to drive in a fiat 500 (remember those BSM cars driving around?) around 3/4 years ago, which I loved, before doing my final few lessons and test in a corsa, which I hated, and now that I've finished uni I want to rediscover that driving fun I had in the fiat 500 by driving a punto.
Any advice would be appreciated!
Charlie :slayer:
This is my first post now that I've decided my first car is going to be a Punto, but just which one?
I have a budget of around £3k for the car, road tax, and insurance (this latter may be excluded from the budget and I may just have to pay it monthly).
I have found two models I am particularly keen on, that being the GP 1.4 16V and the evo 1.2 8V. The former seems a much more technically advanced car. Being a multivalve has its obvious advantages and should see me hit 0-60 in 11 seconds hopefully! The down side is the interior looks quite dull compared to the evo and ICE seems poor (I'd like to be able to listen to music off my phone which I don't think it'll manage). This is the strength of the 1.2 evo, but I'd have to sacrifice performance.
I think the 1.2 evo has 0-60 time of 13.5 seconds. Would this additional time be noticeable compared to the 11 seconds of the GP?
I learnt how to drive in a fiat 500 (remember those BSM cars driving around?) around 3/4 years ago, which I loved, before doing my final few lessons and test in a corsa, which I hated, and now that I've finished uni I want to rediscover that driving fun I had in the fiat 500 by driving a punto.
Any advice would be appreciated!
Charlie :slayer: