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Originally Posted by bottle Hows the suspension and body roll , both of which are severe weak points on the palio ? |
Suspension is beautifully calibrated, best amongst hatchbacks. Body roll can be felt, but it's not significant (as in some tall boys). Punto's high speed manners form the new benchmark for this segment (it can even teach some sedans a thing or two). Quote:
Originally Posted by gautomobile apart from the higher FE of the MJD, are there any other advantages / disadvantages vis a vis the petrol version? |
MJD would fetch far superior resale value too. Quote:
Originally Posted by narayan Hows the turning radius/manouvereablity in the city ? |
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Within the city, expect complaints on the wide turning radius (5.4 meters). Most u-turns within Delhi were three point exercises.
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Originally Posted by karanraheja If you were in the market for a petrol premium hatchback , which would you choose among the 3 :- i20 , Jazz, Punto ( 1.2,1.4)? |
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This clearly isn't a car you'd buy with your head as much as you'd do with the heart. For the women in my family, I'd choose the i10 (preferably automatic). High mileage urban running for them? Ritz diesel. If you want ample space for 5 or chauffeur-driven comfort, look no further than the Indica Vista. For those who are looking at driving a light chuckable hatch only within the city with high quality interiors, turn elsewhere.
To really enjoy the Punto, you have to experience her brilliant dynamics. Of all the new hatchbacks launched this year, my money would be on a "Red, MJD, Emotion Pack". This hatch pulls the strings to your heart like no other.
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Originally Posted by Abes In my Tiida hatchback, the rear seat can be moved forward and backward, in addition to being reclining, just like the front seats. Thus the rear leg room can be increased when the boot space requirement is minimum. The rear seat also has 60:40 split and center arm rest.
Fiat should consider providing this feature in GP in future updates. Then the GP would be a complete modern "big" hatch. |
You bet! Vis a vis the Vista, the Punto has clearly gone for a bigger boot at the expense of the rear seat space. A sliding bench would greatly improve matters. Quote:
Originally Posted by Sivasankar @GTO - Pls post photos of GP fully loaded, especially the back seat, with 3 on it or just 2 with the front seats pushed fully back... also photos of the black GP from different angles, just to drool on |
Sorry Sivasankar, don't have any pictures of 3 in the back, nor any more of the black Punto. Here's some extra's for you "just to drool on": Quote:
Originally Posted by amulu10 btw i would suggest that a thread be created in team-BHP reviews which contains all the links to the reviews you have done so far so that it would be easy for a person to make a decision about the cars he has considered.
moreover once a hype about a car dies out you have to go really back in the pages to read a review. Case in point is the ritz review which is not in the first few pages(ok some times it was in the first page) but anyways say after 6 months it will be difficult for a person who wants to make a car choice between say ritz and punto to search through the entire forum for that review.
hope this request is not too much to ask right.? |
1. We have an accurate search mechanism on the forum. It's free to use (no registration required).
2. All new cars will eventually find their way to our official Test Drive section. Quote:
Originally Posted by diablomk ( Those are my first words here on TBHP and am excited ! First cry of a new born ? ) |
Welcome! I enjoyed reading your post and hope to see many more of the same. Quote:
But the spirit shown by TBHP-ians on the other Punto thread where the page count went to 50 odd from 20 got me pumped up, to go from hospital to showroom, instead of going home !
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Too many to write.
Most points already covered by all seniors in both Punto threads
Dislikes : - Took a U-turn on a 4 way highway and beauty needs some space to do this maneuver. Maybe the key-hole technique, mentioned by Safari owners in this forum, has to used on normal roads to take a U-turn.
- Had the driver seat pulled back and reclined ( to very acceptable levels ) and A and B pillars was clearly giving some blind spots, while making the above U-turn
- Once boot was opened, it was not closing/locking and saw that remote boot open knob was not going down willingly !
- Turbo lag. I did not push the vehicle too much, but around 3000 - 3500 rpm it was making pretty good engine noise inside cabin and shifted gears. Am not sure if it was the 'long' clutch, it lost some serious acceleration and had to go through a slight delay in acceleration before turbo kicked in again.
- Dead pedal do not like big footwear
- Driver seat height adjuster level
- We got a "T" shaped cramped driveway inside compound where we reverse the car. Reversing the black beauty was not easy like how we did in our old Santro and maybe, was even harder than ( or similar to ) our current Fiesta. Maybe this should be driven around like a sedan
- Not peppy
- Cramped footwell and rear seats
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Spot on with your observations! |