New 2005 Fiat PUNTO PIC! /part 2/

[lire100]

ok here's another pic of the new punto. this one is appearing everywhere so maybe you've allready seen it:

 

[jasper]

Looking very, very good....IMO

 

[wolfracepunto]

wow!! very stilo-like, i love it

 

[ChrisUK]

Yeah thats the problem too stilo like. I like the stilo but i think the punto should be a punto not a miniture version of a stilo . Tbh they couldnt improve on the mk2 style the headlights are spot on.

 

[Ozric-Al]

Hmmm. New Corsa anyone? :-(

Now I personally dont think they can get much worse than the MK3 which is, quite frankly hideous (VW Polo anyone?) but that really has got Corsa written all over it.

Fiat really are getting it wrong with this determination to convince people their cars are now good because they look like the competition. When will they realise that it's the build quality they need to improve not the looks. With the MK1 and 2 Punto and the Bravo/a Fiat had a truly interesting line-up in the bulk sector but have now reduced their image IMHO to that of "Come and get 'em cheap Grandad".

Not nice. Where's the innovative styling gone? :-(

There are even hints of the new Ibiza going on there; another bluddy pseudo-German mundanity. :-(

 

[Liam]

I thought it was kinda Seat looking, a' la Altea maybe?

Liam

 

[Steven]

Yep, it looks like a Seat to me with the high waistline. I'll wait and see one in real life before I decide if I like it or not though.

 

[gaz.d]

i thought it looked like a yaris rear end, a lupo front (without lights)

 

[The Negotiator]

I thought Seat too straight away but didn't know which model...

It seems as if Fiat are settling down in the area of cheap cheap cheap....

 

[Bob in disguise]

i like it, it looks a bit like a stilo but still has some good features on it. Those wheels are the stilo's tho

 

[ChrisUK]

I thought Seat too straight away but didn't know which model...

It seems as if Fiat are settling down in the area of cheap cheap cheap....

They already are cheap cheap cheap....

 

[roby76it]

This is a photoshop...

Then you should say... "I like this photoshop" "This photoshop seems a seat" "The photoshop is like a Stilo"...

For you Fiat will make new Punto 2005 with the same front lights of the current Punto restyling?... With the front bumper of new Audi A3?... With the mirrors and the sides of the current Stilo?...

This thing will not be the new Punto 2005...

;-)

 

[wolfracepunto]

thats a good photoshop tho................had me fooled but i really do like the look of that

 

[lire100]

i don't really think it's a photoshop. i think they just switched the licence plate.

anyway:

Interior: (not too nice)

New Corsa (bad lookin lol)

 

[Steven]

That interior is just a dummy. If you look at the glove box it's not real, it's just moulded. I think roby is right, the finished car will look nothing like this!

 

[punto chris]

yuk!! what are the italians doing to this car.. the best and original shape was around for about 7yrs, now they bring out 3 new shapes within 5yrs... is this because the mk2 and mk2.5 are crap compared to the mk1 (the original). no shape they bring out for the punto will ever come close to the mk1.. you cant improve on perfection.

 

[Steven]

The Mk1 Punto was far from perfect!

 

[punto chris]

it was more perfect than the other 2 efforts they tried with the puff button aka 'city' button.... birds car

 

[Steven]

The Mk2 Punto was superior in almost every way to the MK1. The looks are a matter of taste, but in terms of reliability, interior space, comfort and safety is was a leap forward over the MK1. That's a fact and it's not even debatable!!

 

[Ozric-Al]

I had a test drive in a MK2 HGT before I got the Bravo and found that I couldn't change gear without braking as the pedals were so close together. Absolutely no space to put your left foot when not using the clutch either.

Never had that problem with my MK1.