anyone see new auto express ? they gave mini review of 13 cars for 2006 giving them points for diff catagories. punto grande came last lol it did nothelp that the glovebox fell off during the test lol
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Did you expect anything else from Auto Distress? A Clio or Fiesta could spontaniously combust and they would still vote it better than a Fiat.
I have an old auto express group test report from when the new (1986) panda came out, and it says "the Daihatsu domino is our car of choice, as it brings together flair and style, which are two things the fiat panda cannot give" what a load of sh*t 
Mmmmmmmmmm stylish.....
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the review when they had a group test with the G punto, they moaned that the new clio rattled and squeaked everywhere but it was still better than the punto lol.
Although they did rate the punto above the fiesta! shock eh!
Although they did rate the punto above the fiesta!
shock eh!Prestissimo
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For balance, try the April edition of Car magazine where they compare 18 new superminis including the Grande Punto and the Suzuki Swift (which was their favourite last year). The Punto comes top
I get the distinct impression though that some of the early demo cars had a non-standard specification as well as occasionally flaky build quality (eg. my local dealer's Dynamic 1.3 Multijet demo car didn't have alloy wheels) therefore Auto Express must have had one of those early cars. Whoops...
I get the distinct impression though that some of the early demo cars had a non-standard specification as well as occasionally flaky build quality (eg. my local dealer's Dynamic 1.3 Multijet demo car didn't have alloy wheels) therefore Auto Express must have had one of those early cars. Whoops...
Auto Express lets usually come out the cars best whose manufacturer pay the most in advertising.
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Although magazine tests may make interesting reading material, I very much doubt that there's many people who let them influence the cars they choose. I read Top Gear magazine every month, and they always scored the last Punto very low in tests, but it didn't stop me from wanting one!
Im knowen by my friends and colleagues as an italian car fan and everyone keeps coming up to me and saying "have you seen the Grande Punto advert, it looks dead sexy" Ive got the feeling its gonna do very well.
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But I presume that the UK will get the 16V as well, or not? Believe me if I say that the Grande Punto in the UK is more complete than here in Holland. For example: the Dynamic in the UK comes with alloys, here in Holland the standard steel rims.
diablo_NL said:But I presume that the UK will get the 16V as well, or not? Believe me if I say that the Grande Punto in the UK is more complete than here in Holland. For example: the Dynamic in the UK comes with alloys, here in Holland the standard steel rims.
Speaking to one of the dealers here about it. I was told that the delivery with steel rims was a mistake and they need to change them all over to alloys at no cost to the owners. This is the official version.
I wouldn't be surprised if the truth is that they didn't get the alloys in time for the production and had to fit the steel ones.
Anyway, ask the dealer about the alloy situation. They may be instructed to do so and don't being able to charge for something the manufacturer (time) without doing it.
thats cool, when i first sat in one and had a look around the inside i said to a mate, that glovebox feels cheap! we tried it and it felt as though it would break really quickly... and theirs did!
Saw my first GP in the flesh at the weekend.
From the side it looked like a cross between a Polo and a Hyundai Getz.
Bit disappointing considering the effort made with the front end.
From the side it looked like a cross between a Polo and a Hyundai Getz.
Bit disappointing considering the effort made with the front end.
I see more civic when i look at the side of it
