Fiat Punto 1999-2003 model
Fiat launched it's second version of the Punto in 1999, and continued with the design until 2003 when the MK3 was introduced. The car was made with a variety of petrol and diesel engines ranging from 1.2 litre petrol units to 1.9 litre diesel engines.
This little front wheel drive hatchback was made in both two door and four door bodies.
At launch in 1999 the Punto range included a choice of 1.2 litre petrol powered cars including a 16v version, a 1.8 litre petrol engined car (the 1.8HGT) and a couple of 1.9 diesel powered cars.
The Punto has had a fair amount of flak over reliability issues including early onset of suspension problems requiring replacement parts amongst other things.
The bottom of the range 59bhp, 8 valve 1.2 Punto has a modest level of performance. Acceleration to 60 for this model is a pedestrian 14.3 seconds and the top speed is about 95mph. The 79bhp 16 valve 1.2 shows a good improvement with a 0-60 time of 11.4 seconds and a maximum speed of around 106mph.
Moving on to the larger engines in the range, the 1.8 Punto which develops around 130bhp will see 60mph in about 8.6 seconds and keep on moving to a top speed of over 125mph.
The 1.9 diesel is unsurprisingly lacking in the accelertion stakes with a 0-60 time of 15 seconds and maximum speed of about 95mph.
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