Overall a great superb car

Hi

After a long long wait I had a test drive for Punto petrol and desiel. This is typical Indian marketing style ...even when u walk in to the showroom there is no one to attend u. This happened with me with 2 dealers in mumbai. If u compare this to the Skoda Fabia or Ford Fiesta the sales guys they r really helping and answering all your queries and I had the test drive for Fabia and Fiesta immediately the next day at my door step....

Atleast dropped in to Wasan Motors Chembur and the Sales rep Mr. Jogindar was really helpful. In fact I walked in to the showroom quite early and the showroom guys arranged the test drive for Punto desiel ....

The main drawback I found was the huge engine noise in the cabin for the 1st and 2nd gears.When I gave this feedback to the showroom guys they requested me to try the petrol version. ,...and but obvious the petrol engine was smooth with hardly any noise.

Now the question was I wanted to go in for desiel model but I was very upset with the noise in the cabin. This is where Mr.Joginder helped me and we again went for the test drive of desiel model......

Guys ...let me tell u this was a real different experiance for me ....The car pick up is great compared to other desiel cars....

U can go on the 3rd and 4th gear at very low speeds ...the engine remains smooth even if reduce speed on 4th gear .....the car just moves on even if u dont accelerate ...that is in heavy traffic u just need to control the car with breaks ....absolutely no gear shift required u can be on 2nd or 3rd.......U will never feel like u r driving a desiel car

Now this feature and smoothness I have never experianced in any car.....

Its a real great engine superb built body u feel very safe in the cabin...and ofcourse all the features that u want and think of (u may check the features in the specs)......Moreover the wider wheelbase helps the car stability

Overall I am very impressed with the drive quality and planning to book Punto Desiel Emotion .......the only worry is the big question mark on after sales service of Fiat

Superb build quality, perfectly balanced stearing, smooth ridemay be the seats should be more comfortable