Fiat Grande Punto Sport Review

The stunning car manufacturer Fiat has introduced its new car named as Grande Punto Sport which would be a tough competitor to its similar other cars such as Maruti Suzuki Swift, Maruti Ritz, Hyundai i20, Skoda Fabia, Honda Jazz and many more. The new Grande Punto Sport is a value for money with comfortable space to hold four adults comfortably. The car would satisfy all the needs of Fiat fans and car enthusiasts. The price of Fiat Grande Punto Sport is really affordable which ranges between Rs.5.04 lakh to Rs.7.38 lakh and it is packed with lot of thrilling and exciting features.

Fiat Grande Punto Sport Colors

The Fiat Grande Punto Sport comes in various attractive color options which are listed below.

1) Hip Hop Black
2) Minimal Grey
3) Exotica Red
4) Pearl White
5) Oceanic Blue
6) Tuscan Wine

Dimensions of Grande Punto Sport

Both petrol and diesel variants comes with an excellent external dimensions which are represented below.

1) Length – 3987 mm
2) Width – 1687 mm
3) Height – 1495 mm

Along with that, the Grande Punto Sport provides the larger wheelbase of 2510 mm and ground clearance of about 195 mm. The kerb weight of the Grande Punto Sport is nearly 1144 kg.

Fiat Grande Punto Engine Details

The Grande Punto Sport comes with a powerful engine in which it is powered by a 1.3 L Diesel engine offering the displacement very close to 1248 cc. The diesel engine of the car produces the maximum power output of 92 BHP @ 4000 RPM in combination with the maximum torque of 209 NM @ 2000 RPM which is mated with a five speed manual gearbox ensuring better gear transitions. The 4 cylinder engine DOHC engine has turbo miltihet diedle fuel supply system ensuring excellent fuel economy. The fuel efficiency of Fiat Grande Punto Sport is really appreciable.

Acceleration, Mileage and Fuel Economy

Fiat Grande Punto is well known for its fuel efficiency and acceleration. The car can accelerate from 0-20 kph in just 1.23 seconds, 0-40 kph in 3.68 seconds, 0-60 kph in 7.25 seconds, 0-80 kph in 12.14 seconds, 0-100 kph in 18.54 seconds, 0-120 kph in 28.86 seconds respectively. At the same time, the car can accelerate in gear acceleration from 20-80 kph (third gear) in just 15.98 seconds and 40-100 kph (fourth gear) in 21.99 seconds. The petrol variant of the Grande Punto delivers a healthy mileage of 12.1 kmpl on city roads and 15.2 kmpl on highways. Likewise, the diesel variant of the car provides a mileage of around 17.1 kmpl on city roads and 20.3 kmpl on highways.

Design and Comfort

Interiors of Grande Punto Sport

The interior of the car is very attractive but it borrows most of its features from its sibling Fiat Linea. The cabin is designed with dual color combination of both grey and black which looks really impressive. The fit and finish of the car is clean and the company logo is stitched on the seats as well as floor mats. The dashboard comes with an advanced technology in which orange backlit instrument cluster consists of four dials with a digital odometer and trip meter that helps to read out trip time, mileage, trip time for two trips. It has a single CD Blaupunkt music system with six speakers ensuring better entertainment. The car is fitted with a tilt-adjustable steering and height adjustable driver’s seat that allows it to fine tune a driver’s seating for better comfort. The slim A-pillar and large windshield of the car maximizes the front visibility where as the thick C-pillar and small rear windshield minimizes the rear end visibility creating many problems while parking in tight spots. The seating arrangement is also well and good assuring much comfortness to the passengers. It has lot of storage spaces inside the cabin for keeping some important things.

Grande Punto Sport Exteriors

Not only have the interiors, the exteriors also looked very similar to the Fiat Linea. The new car has been developed with the SCCS platform undertaken by Fiat and Opel engineers in Turin. The vehicle sports a trendy decals and ORVMs in contrasting colors. The door handles of the car is of chrome plated which looks really impressive and it has body colored bumpers. It is packed with a very aggressive pattern of designs with Italian flair which is quite good. The front fascia of the car sports a chrome plated front grille with the red and silver Fiat badge at its centre and the leaf shaped headlamps expands up to the front fenders. The front and rear fog lamps of the car provides a better vision during night time riding. The Grande Punto Sport is packed with a wide windshield in a steep rake and its hood exhibits a gentle crown. The silhouette of the car comes with a shallow greenhouse, overhung front end adding more bold look to the car. The car has a flared wheel arches which is quite outstanding.

Brakes and Suspensions

The brakes and suspension of the car is sound and dynamic in which the front brake is of disc type and rear brake is of drum type. The top end variants of the car is well equipped with Anti Lock Brake System and Electronic Brake Force Distribution which ensures better safety even in slippery road. The ride and handling of the car is too good for the driver. The front suspension comes with an independent wheels with McPherson struts, double acting telescopic dampers with stability where as the rear suspension is of torsion beam double acting telescopic dampers with stabilizer bar. The Grande Punto Sport consists of many safety features such as two airbags, ABS, EBD, Fire Prevention System with Fiat Code System, Central door locking, height adjustable front seat belts, immobilizer with rolling code, rear seat metal black etc. All these features assures more safety and security to the driver and passengers.