Fiat Grande Punto Sporting...???

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Originally Posted by Daniel

Oh yes. Historically Fiat hasn't had Lampredi twincams which have been modified to hell and haven't lasted for aaages and ages :rolleyes: Fiat engines without a doubt are some of the best in the world. Sure you might have problems with the ancillaries but Fiat engines are historically quite bulletproof and I'll not hear a word against them. Engines and electrics are not the same thing my child :)

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Yes. I can say that for the 2000 (ish) miles that my car has done it hasn't missed a beat :p

:uhoh:

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Originally Posted by AndyRAC

I did consider the Peugeots, but a few reviews weren't to complimentary, whereas the Fiats were good. I am now officially confused,... :confused:

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Depends what you want from your car.

The only reason the 207 has bad reviews is because its heavier (like most brand new cars) and GTI has 175BHP whereas most hot hatches are 200BHP.

The THP 150 (BHP) is rated as one of the best warm-hatches on the market. I've test driven one and its a very good everyday car. The PSA/BMW engines are the only reason why I'm reconsidering Peugeots.

I've owned Pugs - I've been lucky with engines and can tolerate the cheap plastic but I've thought about on moving onto something different.

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Originally Posted by Daniel

Oh yes. Historically Fiat hasn't had Lampredi twincams which have been modified to hell and haven't lasted for aaages and ages :rolleyes: Fiat engines without a doubt are some of the best in the world. Sure you might have problems with the ancillaries but Fiat engines are historically quite bulletproof and I'll not hear a word against them. Engines and electrics are not the same thing my child :)

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The last generation Punto weren't exacty the best of cars to own....

FIAT own Ferrari, mmmm, don't think I'll bother getting one now. Not handing my hard earned over to that lot!!

Eh? I thought people bought cars because they were good.

Said partly tongue in cheek....

...have seen messages urging people to boycott anything to do with Ferrari, i;e Shell, Fiat, etc

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Originally Posted by AndyRAC

Said partly tongue in cheek....

...have seen messages urging people to boycott anything to do with Ferrari, i;e Shell, Fiat, etc

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Well where was the smilie ;) Car choice is an emotional thing for me too but people not going into a shell garage (go into the tesco petrol station, it'll just screw your car over :) ) or buy a car that is otherwise good is just silly.

No, a FIAT it is, all the reviews are good, it looks good. Decision made!