ஃபியட் புண்டோ [2011-2014] யூசர் ரிவ்யுஸ்

Exterior Very good exterior look. My car is Fiat Punto Emotion 1.3 Diesel, Bossa Nova white. I go people praises it so much. Personaly when I look at my car I find difficult to remove my eyes from it.

Interior (Features, Space & Comfort) I was most concerned about interior space and comfort before buying a car which also happen to be my first car. At first look space appear to be cramped. But while you sit in the front and back seat you find it to be extremely roomy. Comfortwise it is uncomparable to any other car of its segment. You get the smooth drive and confident and secured feeling while you drive it. Just take test drives of it and other cars like swift Dzire and you could find out the difference. Many people ignore it because it is less selling. But if you want to buy a car of your own decesion after proper judgement then only punto will stand out. I have taken test drive of almost all the cars and taken decesion after one year of analysis of all the cars because I was a very confused buyer. But now Punto has fulfilled all my expectations. Featurewise the top model offers all the features and you cannot ask fore more (as the advertisement says). Blue and me, dual airbags, delayed power windows steel backseat rear , auto door locks, door open warnings, seat belt warnings etc. If you take turn even at more than 100 kms per hour there is no shear force felt by the passangers and the car is extremely stable. If you apply sudden break from very high speed like 120 kms per hour the steerins is as smooth and controbale as usual driving.

Engine Performance, Fuel Economy and Gearbox Engine performance including pick up, torque excellant. Milleage little bit less than swift or indica vista but that is at the cost of more weight of the vehicle that offers you more safety and smoother drive. The car is extremely noiseless and there is no body noise at all indicating the solid built of the car. It is unlike swift Dzire which is very light and gives you an insecured feeling and vista which produces too much enzine and body noise. Only problem is gear shift is not smooth and it tends to struct to neutral position while you shift gear. But it may be due to newness of the car and I hope to improve it latter.

Ride Quality & Handling Ride quality I sometimes employ my driver who has 10 years of driving of all models of car. He tells me the it is a very easy to car to drive in spite of its heavy weight and he designates it as a car for the beginners. The door opens at three steps to prevent sudden striking with nearby vehicle during parking. As I have already said all the bumpyness in the road disappears while you drive it. You can drive in a reasonable high speed even over the speed breakers because of its excellant suspension and high ground clearance of 185cm (contrary to 170cm of swift and 168 cm of i20). Safetywise Fiat has given highest importance to safety of the passangers which is uncommon in othe cars of this segment. All the safety features of the luxurious sedans except curtain airbags. Its safety starts from its designing. Fiat has even compromised little bit of milleage by increasing the weight to provide more safety. Of course many of the Indians are yet to realise the importance of safety even after knowing the fact that life is precious and it comes only once. I think government should promote seeling of cars with increase selling of cars with increase safety features like they promote use of helmets by bikers.

Final Words It is uncomparable to any other car of its segment from all the aspect: style, performance, safety and comfort.

Areas of improvement To smooth the gear shift.

Note: I am not a sales executive of fiat, rather I was a very very confused buyer who took one year of analysis to buy a car after lots of internet surfing and giving test drive to almost all of the cars. It is a very good car at a reasonable price. It is not like swift which is a featureless car at a very high price, very ligt and you will fly up if you drive at more than 120 speed, neither the steering will allow you to drive at this speed. This is my personal experience and you give a test drive over bumpy road and in highway at above 120 kms per hour speed before buying it. Thank you for readind this review. I hope this will help other confused customers like me before buying a car.

Good interior space, excellant exterior look, good millage, very smooth drive etcGear shift is rough but hope to improve latter

Exterior Nice sporty look, body colored bumper, door handle.

Interior (Features, Space & Comfort) Enough space for 5, music system, A/C , fabric seat, driver informations, rear view mirror adjustment.

Engine Performance, Fuel Economy and Gearbox Its very nice, low jerk even bumpy road, ABS with EBD, but fuel economy has to be improved as for me. May be I m driving without foloow the manuel guide.

Ride Quality & Handling Very good ride quality and smooth to handle even in high speed.

Final Words I am very proud to be in fiat family. I have driven 1700 km in 1 week it was amazing experience. I love driving after get my FIAT punto.

Areas of improvement Fuel economy, sales and service.

style, performance, ride qualityFuel consumption

Exterior The exterior is sporty, perfect italian. Designed by Giorgetto Giugiaro.

Interior (Features, Space & Comfort) Interior is spacious, comfortable and well illuminated. there r good leg rooms. The cup holders and the bottle holders r of no use. The sun shield does not have a mirror. It has the largest boot in this segment. Trip meter is excellent. Beep sound when going at high speed or when the doors r unlocked and auto lock after 20km r some of the functions worth noticing. Seats r firm, not soft.

Engine Performance, Fuel Economy and Gearbox The engine perfomance is quick, and responsive both in city and highway drives. The gear shifts r smooth and easy in congested roads. Fuel economy is 13 to 14km/litre in city and 19-20km/litre on highway. there is a noticeable engine lag with five people seated during the initial driving.

Ride Quality & Handling Ride quality and handling is excellent. we get so much of confidence while driving both in city and highways even at high speeds. There is no straining or fatigue while driving.

Final Words Best hatchback in this segment. Good Italian to roam around.

Areas of improvement The bottle holders, cup holder. No boot light in Active variant.

Good value for money car. Spacious interiors, nice handling, smooth gear shifts, relaxed drivingthe bottle holders, cup holder r of no use. noticeable engine lag with five people.

Exterior Perfect build, Very nice design, Finishing is good at till small details. Front view  with a very good Bumper, Grilles and Head lights give a nice appearance. Bent on the Doors are also very good.

Interior (Features, Space & Comfort) Lots of space in front and backside seats, Good enough Boot space. Total 5-6 people can go easily.  Seat height is also very good which gives very good comfort. Quality of the material used are really good with this 2012 onwards release.

Good control of power windows. Power Windows work  till 59seconds after car is switched off. Visibility of front and back side of the car is good. Initially I thought that is not good. Later after becoming familiar with the car, I have realized the proper design of this.

My car has seat height adjustment, which is also useful.

Backside of Rear seat has metal cover which is good, one can fold the rear seats and take some goods over it.

Engine Performance, Fuel Economy and Gearbox Diesel car. Millage is good enough. I am getting 17km/litre  in city and 19-20kmpl in Highways. Power is also good, I have compared with other cars in Highways and cities. Pick up is better than other cars, which I always notice. We can drive with 3rd gear most of the time in city with proper pick up and speed ( 30km/hour) Gear Transitions are smooth.

Ride Quality & Handling Steering is better than other cars. One can feel the easy of handling at sharp curves and ghat sections.

Ground clearance is the really better one (185mm). I have driven car very easily over many big humps and bad road in villages.

As an example I have driven the car with the top speed of 110 to 120km/h ( Bangalore - Hassan Highway 185km with very less traffic ) and overall I have felt the cars stability which is really good.

Final Words I have driven 7000km till now. Punto is the really a very good car with many good features, one who wants a Hutchback 6-8L can go for this.

Areas of improvement Fiat has to give more service centers like Maruti and Hyundai.

AC

Stable, Fuel Economy, Power, Style, Build, Interior, USB/Bluetooth Interface,Internal Beige Colour was not available

Such a fantastic vehicle this is, I have been driving this car for the past 1 year, I never find a car which gives confident in riding like this. Really value for money, you can compare any other hatchback with this none offer value for your money like this. If you ride 300 Kms also u never feel tird. Some people said if u buy punto u r the last owner which means they commented that there are no resale value for the vehicle. Yes ofcourse there are no justice for the right act in india. same way the vehicle doesnot have resale value. The people like me never mine about the resale because resale will effect by any one the following reasons wear and tear, technology upgrade, dissatisfaction, material unfitness, low mileage, better product and etc. Can any one say in which way the punto can be replaced with the above reasons. I strongly assure no way u replace any product with punto. Never try to sale ur punto because u cannot match the riding satisfactionwith any other vehicles.

STABILITY IN HIGH SPEED, BRAKE, BUILTIN QUALITY AND EVERYTHINGBAD COMMENTS OF OTHERS

Exterior Its a very good exterior as a matter of design the look is quite contemporary, its a italian make car it matches its expectation of design

Interior (Features, Space & Comfort) I got the  base one  Punto Active1.3 that come with superb music system in built, really no match at all in the segment, company has not comprisemised in fact here I would say Fiat has  exceptionally done well.

one thing I would like my reader to know the quality of

Engine Performance, Fuel Economy and Gearbox I am not a competent enough to make any coment on worlds leading engine maker, superb is the only word that I may define, I have diesel engine but quite often people has asked if its diesel or petrol due to less sound and noise.

In top gear car sticks to roads and gives you better control on roads as today most of the car has been euipped with high speed ability but no one cares about comfort and safet  in top gear but here this car has been well thought for that , as you feel very much as ease in top gear also,Braking for that matter is unmatched it feel like ABS although its base model doesnt come with  ABS as standard feature.

Body materail is really -really very solid in this car as i can safely vouch for that as i met with severe accident with this car where a truck hit me from behind on highway, but god saved me although i was not wearing seat belt also but i felt that day, had there been any other car instead of Fiat i would have crushed in the car itself as my car was thrown in ditch form of 15 feet hight  and i was safe inside the car.

I will really thanks Fiat for designign such wonderfull safe car for people.

I bought this car in patna in Aug 2012 my friend were hisitant about my decision but those critics who drove my car didnt utter anything after driving my car here i will say its driving comfort has been excellant as was convinced my driver, we drove vehicle for 1000KM in 20 hour stercth and its definately with no doubt one of the best comfort in this segment.

Gear Box here i will like to comment that i dont know why but i feel it hard comparing with other car in this range as i have already driven my car around 11000KM, so will like it to be more smoother.

Performance- No problems.

Mileage- I purchased this car on my gut feeling, and believe me it didnt cheated me, I took mileage test of my car after almost 15 month and that too on stetch of 828  km, I used tank full to tank full method and I got average of 19.88 with AC on that too in most of city driving. i will strongly support for this car.

Ride Quality & Handling Its a joy drving this car and no doubt.

Final Words Its great car with no second thought , pricing is wonderfull as you get many features at entry level itsef, Kudos to maker of the  this car.

Areas of improvement I dont know why people are under estimating this car , having all the quality of becoming a hot selling car, Marketing drive  is needed to make people know the exact about the car.

Mileage , comfort, look, music systemGear shifting should be bit smoother

Exterior

The car looks too cute from the front side. Its the best beauty I ever got. 

Back seems less sexier than front but looks good too.

Interior (Features, Space & Comfort)

Nice sporty seat covers, steering cover gives you a rich Italian feel.

Odometer display has loads of functions.

Amber lighting makes one feel good, dashboard and gearbox area is simple and sober.

The inbuilt stereo is good at low volumes but not at high volumes as speakers will not give you nice thump/vibrations.

Steering Mounting Controls are awesome with voice dialing via Blue & Me. 

The front legroom is not so good for a person above 5'7" tall as one cannot stretch to maximum like other present hatchbacks.

Back seats are comfortable but the legroom is for the kids only if all front seats are moved back even 50%.

It is difficult for a person to sit at the back for long hour journeys.

Dead pedal is a treat to Drivers for long hour drives.

Auto Climate Control works good and no need of turning AC on and off again and again.

All safety features are good in this hatchback like Airbags, ABS, EBD, Antitheft, Childlock, Follow me, Bluetooth phonebook and calling etc.  

Engine Performance, Fuel Economy and Gearbox

This car has the best powerful diesel engine one can have in a hatchback.

The engine noice is bearable. The fun part in 90HP is that one can feel the power this car can deliver on highways as well as on hills. One cannot feel short of power when you start playing with this beauty.

City economy is around 16-17kmph considering the weight of the vehicle.

On Highways one can get upto 22kmph because of effortless power provided by the 1.3 Multijet F.I.R.E. Engine.

The gearbox is responsive enough for frequent gear shifts but if one needs to fastly change the gears it gets difficult somewhat.

Ride Quality & Handling

The performance of this Hatchback is awesome in traffic as per vehicle size and comfortable drive as well on highways as you feel more secure as the car acts as a solid vault cruising at high speed.

The ride becomes fun when one goes above 2500rpm as this car feels more and more safer when it is driven at high speeds and one will not able to notice how fast the vehicle is cruising as nothing is felt inside like a Cockpit.

Perform so well on Indian potholed roads; persons sitting behind will be at ease most of the times as this car can take bad roads like a butter.

Take this car anywhere whether in traffice, on highway, on hills or on offroad driving.. You will never feel short of power and the handling is awesome at high speeds, curves, and in traffic.

Final Words

If you are fond of driving then this is the car to drive in metros for good handling and comfort. 

I drive this car in Delhi and I love the way the car responds to the steering which makes effortless driving.

Parking this vehicle is also effortless considering small areas in Delhi for parking.

I took this car to Delhi Agra Highway and my fiance took this vehicle to 178kmph and I didnt realized until I saw the odometer.

Its like a small airplane crawling on the road and the fun begins after 2500rpm, the more you accelerate the more it responds to everything like handling, breaking, feels more safer.

I will recommend this car if one loves driving, taking this car on the highway makes driving so pleasing.

I love driving cars and this is the best Hatchback i ever drove and I am in love with Punto!

I am writing this review after driving 8000km in Delhi and mostly on the Hills & Highways.

Areas of improvement  

Fiat needs to work on the interiors of this vehicle as seating is all cramped.

A better stereo and speaker system would have make this car more enjoyable for long drives.

Gearbox should be more smoother for changing gears rapid firely.

GPS to be added in future models.

 

 

 

Treat to drive anywhere, suspension, smooth ride and feels SAFE inside.Less legroom (from & back), Crawls <2500rpm and Mediocre speakers

Review :-

I booked the Emotion 90hp Diesel on October 2013 . Before booking the Punto I researched a lot of hatch back diesel vehicle.

Finally I choose Polo,I20,Punto,Fabia and Swift. Am a big fan  for Fabia , but I heard that Fabia is going to EOL soon in India , so I dropped it.

Then am little bit confusion between Swift and I 20, both are good vehicle ,but when I drive them I find out that they are not STEARDY vehicle at all.

Both has very light body compare to Polo and Punto.  So I dropped both. Now  I have to choose between 2 P’s ( Polo or Punto ). Both are very good looking , very steardy vehicle ,good road grip. When I drive both I enjoyed a lot.

Polo pick up is better that Punto. Handling skills and ground clearance part Punto is the best .

I have go through lot of research in web site and users , then I came to one conclusion that Polo after service and spare part are too expensive and it has very less ground clearance.

Finally I booked the PUNTO 90 HP emotion . Now a days Fiat came out from TATA, Fiat will provide end to end sales and service.

Now service is better that before.

Exterior It’s a pretty old car but still its rocks in exterior look compare to other cars.

Interior (Features, Space & Comfort) Features are really good, it has blue and me technology. But compare to space, it’s become little bit difficult to sit 3 people in back.

Comfort wise its really good, no lag at all.

Engine Performance, Fuel Economy and Gearbox Supper fine engine with silky smooth sound. Now I drive  9000km (75% highway 25% city  with 100% A/C @22 ). Am getting around 15 km/l on highway with speed of 120+km/hr. I tested at 90km/h on highway with 100% A/C I got around 21.7 km/l amazingly good. In city condition with A/C I get around 11-12 Km/l. Gear box is average compare to polo.

Final Words Just take a test drive then decide your self .

Good looking, Good Style,Road grip,Ground clearance.Average interiors ,less space.

 

Exterior

 

Built Quality, Aerodynamic hatchback, aggressive Hood, symmetric lined disciplined sharp tail light

 

Interior (Features, Space & Comfort)

 

Specious cabin, lavish dashboard boast feel of big car, comfortable driving & rear sheet

 

 

 

Engine Performance, Fuel Economy and Gearbox

 

Best Diesel Engine with Max fuel efficiency up to 26KM per litter on Highway, smoother gearbox , no vibration of engine even if u find clear highway to run your car till 160KM/Hr

 

Ride Quality & Handling

 

Excellent Ride Quality no fatigue or tiredness even I have drove 700KM/ per day  

 

Final Words

 

Go For Punto- Real Value for Money

 

Areas of improvement

 

Dashboard can be change as New Linea got, Clutch/Break console are little uneasy for first time userService level to be excel with competitor like Hyundai & Suzuki, Front & rear can be improve little more with current generation lighting styling, Turning radius is very bad, Wheel steering could be lighter

 

Interior

 

Hand break console is capturing extra space, rear vision less could be improved

 

Built Quality, Riding Comfort, Best Aerodynamic hatchback, Value for moneySo Called Brand Image- Actual No problem prodcut