General Hard to say good bye

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The only reason I bought a grande punto in 2007 was the fact it looked really modern and stood out from the crowd. It was and still is a beautiful design. I didn't like the Evo model but I love the 2014 model facelift.
 
Well you pay for what you get and to say your fiat had loads of issues what car doesnt, being a fiat ford vw or vauxhall you just get the pick of the draw even if its was a friday afternoon car.

and i dont go on my mate said this about that or that about this go from your personal experinces and the vw i bought from new back in 2008 was an absolute joke, spent more time in the dealership so german engineering id think twice. im on my second fiat punto now and safe to say no problems what so ever, and the italians do what the do best style....

and to say the punto is out of date, so is the fiesta, corsa and polo same old same, but yet the still build them, your reading magazines where the drive around in £50,000 cars plus as there run around, so of course there going to slag a £12,000 motor off. they keep reffering to 1970's and 80's build issues. its like a skoda now owned by vw and the skoda badge still turns faces no matter how you improve or change.



A modern car should not have loads of issues. Niggles granted but expensive items - No.

Granted the Punto is a good looking car, however your not looking at the thing whilst driving. I brought my new car knowing that it wasn't a looker, but it's a very good car to drive and sit in, with good running costs and fault free And that's what matters to me.

My Punto was a good looking car but average in a lot of areas. I probably could of forgiven that if it had given me trouble free motoring, but it did not.

VW reliability is a myth - I've said it before people only think they are reliable because they feel and look solidly built.

The Punto is one of the oldest superminis out on the market still - so yes it is out dated compared to others, but at the same time I would like to think they have fixed a lot of issues with early ones as they have had time to now! It's a shame that Fiat seem to of given up on it now though.
 
The only reason I bought a grande punto in 2007 was the fact it looked really modern and stood out from the crowd. It was and still is a beautiful design. I didn't like the Evo model but I love the 2014 model facelift.

I fully intend to get a 3rd Punto when the time comes to replace my Grande, in a lot of years time! (Well, I hope in a lot of years time, anyway!)
 
sorry but if you wanted style why didn't you go for a Brera :confused:

Some of us are affected by insurance costs, so would be unable to afford to run a Brera. I'm in the highest risk age category, so would never be able to get insured on a Brera. Besides, my Grande provides very stylish transport, with the added bonuses of cheaper tax, better fuel economy, and being a much smaller car!
 
I can appreciate the 'Styling' of the car is good, but I still can't believe that people can buy a car on that alone. I mean it's not like it's a desirable badge on the front of the car. I brought mine because of a number of factors.

An MG3 is a stylish looking car - and arguably better than the Punto in a number of areas. You could buy one of those.!
 
I can appreciate the 'Styling' of the car is good, but I still can't believe that people can buy a car on that alone. I mean it's not like it's a desirable badge on the front of the car. I brought mine because of a number of factors.

An MG3 is a stylish looking car - and arguably better than the Punto in a number of areas. You could buy one of those.!

The mg3 looks like it should be a proton, lol!!

I didn't buy my Grande purely because of its fantastic looks, I wanted 1 because they're good on fuel, they're safe, and mine was a low mileage, with lots of kit.
 
I didnt just go for o wow thats styled good, looks the part an all, smoke and no poke,
im not fussed if the badge is desirable or not, dont go for crowd pleasers i go for what chatchs my eye.

got a long histroy of cars ranging from vw, peugeot with the number plate being **10NUT lol, ford fiesta ztec s and ford focus ztec and two Puntos... so im not saying ive had more cars than you... or that cars rubbish compared to that one, its just i prefer a fiat. ive had some bad issues with previous cars but i just write it off as one of those
 
I have driven over the last 15 years I would guess over 50 different models of cars ranging from the most basic to high spec cars.

The Punto at the time of its launch was competitive. I personally think it was better than the Clio or 207 of its time. However the standard has moved on from what the Punto offers.

A recent test of the Fiesta, New Mini Cooper, Audi A1 and Alfa Mito actually saw the Fiesta 1.0 Eco boost Titanium win. The Alfa fared badly - which I can understand as we used to own one.
 
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