GP Too common now?

[fenton_jd]

Annoying me now, I must have counted 10 Grande Puntos on my possibly 2 mile trip to and from work...

Everyone has them now, good looks being cancelled out by 'commonness'

Whether its just Telford where these things are selling like hotcakes, I dont know, just a shame as I didnt expect to see this many on the roads this quickly

The original ford focus was considered to have a 'radical' design when it first hit the streets, wouldnt think that now would you?

Looks like its time to buy something 'different' lol....3Door Stilo!

 

[JFL]

today i have seen a black 56 reg multijet stilo, 2 red stilos, all on the way to work, and then i overtook another different stilo on my home from work (the long way which includes fast a-roads and the motorways ). 4 in one day

all 3 drs as well

must add, mine looked the nicest though :devil:

 

[Chrisst10]

Please don't tell me you thought you would get exclusivity when you bought into the Punto brand?

 

[dennisb71]

Annoying me now, I must have counted 10 Grande Puntos on my possibly 2 mile trip to and from work...

Everyone has them now, good looks being cancelled out by 'commonness'

Whether its just Telford where these things are selling like hotcakes, I dont know, just a shame as I didnt expect to see this many on the roads this quickly

The original ford focus was considered to have a 'radical' design when it first hit the streets, wouldnt think that now would you?

Looks like its time to buy something 'different' lol....3Door Stilo!

No way man.....Good Taste more like

 

[stealthstylz]

Please don't tell me you thought you would get exclusivity when you bought into the Punto brand?

What he said.

Matt

 

[Schwenck]

FIATs as breed are pretty exclusive in the UK (I reckon all the FIATs I see in a day don't add-up to number of 3-Series I see). Perhaps its just a local hire fleet that has them on at the moment; they'll be gone in six months and you can relax again...

 

[T14086]

and replace by grande punto mk2

 

[Helz]

FIATs as breed are pretty exclusive in the UK (I reckon all the FIATs I see in a day don't add-up to number of 3-Series I see). Perhaps its just a local hire fleet that has them on at the moment; they'll be gone in six months and you can relax again...

You musy live somewhere posh. I usually see at least 6-7 GPs on my 15 mile drive to work and maybe only 1-2 3 series. Usually only one other Brava mind (the same one every day)

 

[Thomas_Si]

If you want exclusive buy an Alfa 149

 

[luvduvs]

Aren't GPs as exclusive as Corollas in the UK?

 

[dpr59]

A couple in the works car park along with on eon the way to work.

A like to think discerning people with taste

 

[loudpunto]

i see loads of them on my way to work.

to remain exclusive i just customised mine and theres no others like mine...... lots of GP Stripes but none like mine.....

 

[JFL]

get a stilo like mine for exclusivity

i havent seen a single one in my colour around my region with my spec etc, i see red ones and black ones, but no grey

 

[Schwenck]

You musy live somewhere posh. I usually see at least 6-7 GPs on my 15 mile drive to work and maybe only 1-2 3 series. Usually only one other Brava mind (the same one every day)

Ye, dead posh in Basingstoke! FIATs are what most people's gardeners drive!

Funny though, when I got my 10 year old Coupe it was more of a talking point in the office than any of the more expensive more recent 'prestige' cars in the car park...

 

[TroyO]

If you want to own a GP and have exclusivity, move to Australia. Ateco is doing a great job at keeping Fiat exclusive here.

Troy.

 

[Gingosporting]

Since Fiat were on the brink of going under (or worse becoming part of GM) just a few years ago I think we should all be relieved that the core models are so popular!!


JON

 

[luvduvs]

If you want to own a GP and have exclusivity, move to Australia. Ateco is doing a great job at keeping Fiat exclusive here.

Troy.

Well its almost 1.5 years since the GP was here and sales really never took off (not that I could see anyway).

That said I read somewhere the 500 has already been sold out for 5 months so wouldn't be surprised if we start to see them shortly.

Plus the Ritmo (man that name sux!) has just gone on sale here (I think).

 

[TroyO]

Well its almost 1.5 years since the GP was here and sales really never took off (not that I could see anyway).

That said I read somewhere the 500 has already been sold out for 5 months so wouldn't be surprised if we start to see them shortly.

Plus the Ritmo (man that name sux!) has just gone on sale here (I think).

Yeah I have seen both the 500 and the Ritmo at the dealer (Both are nice looking cars). Apparently the allocation for 500's is 500 cars for the year, and I was reading that Ateco are only expecting to sell 400 Ritmo's for the year.

Troy.

 

[luvduvs]

Any idea how many GPs have been sold here?

 

[TroyO]

I'm not totally sure in total. From what I could find 2007 sales figures for Fiat in Australia was 1712 vehicles, with 971 of those commercial vehicles (Ducato). That would leave 741 sales for the Punto.

Troy.