You say no to a bravo yet here's one for less than £7,000 with a turbo'd engine (120BHP). It's the same one I have and it's no slow poke believe me). It's the dynamic model with cruise control, duel climate control, updated blue and me system. USB input, Cool box. All around electric mirrors. Cornering lights, trip computer, facelift headlights and gloss black trim. It's less than three years old and only has 14,000 miles on the clock. I dare anybody on this site to find a car less than 3 years old with that many miles and all those extras, for less money.
And I keep seeing people slate the bravo on here. I owned a grande Punto and the bravo is 10 times as good. It's solid. Looks great, has fantastic amount of toys and gadgets and it's powerful. And if the 120BHP (which is actually closer to 130) isn't enough for you there's a 150BHP version of the t-jet engine.
Tell you what take one for a test drive and you will see. And at that sort of mileage the engine is barely run in, you could be starting with a nearly new car. You keep up your services and look after it properly like you should with any car the t-jet engine will keep going for 150,000 miles and some. I'm on 65,000 and the engine still feels quirky, quick and runs great.
Oh and it's not just a "bigger Punto" as a Punto is A vauxhall corsa.