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Rs. 4,93,000 (Ex-Showroom)

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Good looking car with lots of issues
Dec 30, 2009 07:20 PM 8288 Views
(Updated May 26, 2010 08:35 PM)

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I am writing this review after 6 months driving 3000 km Fiat Punto 1.2 Petrol



Pros: Great looks, good steering, instrument panel displays lots of information, servicing interval 15000 KM, price very competitive, strong built, suspensions are very good,


Cons: very poor quality of plastic, big turning radius, not convenient to reverse the car, A/C not good for summer:), rear boot opener, fuel consumption, engine response, starting car requires lots of effort, ground clearance, rear seats,


Let me discuss some points in detail, especially Cons,


Plastic quality: Its very bad, you can feel the quality at first sight, my glove box opens every time I pass through the speed breaker, I took car to service centre they fix it too hard now if very inconvenient to open, so I am not using the glove box as I know it will come out if I open 10 times.


Turning radius: Its very huge like Truck, it becomes very inconvenient when taking U turn, there would be a traffic jam if 2/3 punto's are taking U turn, its really true, this car is not good at all for female drivers.


Reversing issue: you cannot reverse this car(I am not a new driver), Its hercules task, once I hit parking wall while reversing this car in malls parking basement, then I decided to take help of family member to get out of the car and guide me to reverse the car, like truck drivers do:),


A/C not good enough to cool the big car: A/C is not effective at all, in Delhi's summer you will not feel whether A/C is on, as A/C has to cool so much area of the car and its not good enough, you have to keep your one hand free to grab the paper tissue):


Rear boot opener: you will not able to locate the handle at the rear, there is small groove where you need to put the figures, one I injured my figure while opening the boot.


Fuel consumption: With A/C ON is around 10KM/L, its very low by any standard.


Engine response: Pickup is very sluggish, on red light even bicycle car overtake punto as its engine will not respond till 3rd gear, on 2nd gear there would be a de-acceleration and sometimes car gives jerk in 2nd gear.


Difficult to start the car: when you insert the key you have to put lot of effort to start the car, ladies cannot start the car without proper guidance.


Ground clearance: Its very low if roads are not good, it can cause huge damage to your Punto.


Pros I already mentioned no need to describe them again.


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