May have to disagree with you there..... IIRC if you look on the continental fiat websites http://www.fiat.ithttp://www.fiat.de etc. you have a choice of two wheels on the Sporting - those ones pictured and the ones that we get.
had my grande punto 1.4 sport for just over a week and am very , very pleased . It certainly attracts a lot of looks . Previous Fiat was a Brava 1.6 ELX