Each have their problems, i havnt known a standard punto engine to blow up completely before like i have known the GTI and VTS engines before though, and i've done a fair bit of work on both. If my 1.8 stilo can keep up with a GTI/VTS then i know what a HGT can do. It is a 200cc difference, but the puntos a heavier car.
Again each to their own put saxo and 106 bodies are literally made from thin tin, the bodyflex is unreal and the interiors are hadrly as spacious and refined.
Each to their own
Jordan