Overview:
Fiat Grande Punto is a beautifully crafted car with a host of practical features to ensure high levels of comfort and safety. The car is designed by the famous Giorgetto Giugiaro of Italdesign who creatively designed the car to offer best of two worlds to car enthusiasts.
It is the biggest car in its class that imparts a sensational feeling with its elegance, sturdiness, and a wide range of customization options. Even the interior of the car has class-leading space and is well appointed with ergonomically designed features and controls.
Fiat Grande Punto is available in three variants: Active, Emotion and Dynamic versions equipped with a revolutionary petrol engine or a powerful diesel engine.
Powertrain and Performance:
Fiat Grande Punto is available in three variants: Active, Emotion, and Dynamic with a choice of petrol and diesel engine.
The range of petrol engine delivers thrilling driving experience without any compromise on performance and mileage. The petrol version is available in three variants- Active, Dynamic, and Emotion. The Active is powered by a 1.2-litre engine that generates 65 bhp. It propels the car from 0 to 100 km/h in 18.1 seconds with a top speed of 155 km/h. Dynamic and Emotion is driven by a 1.4-litre engine mated to a variable valve timing technology to generate a power output of 89 bhp. All the three petrol variants channel power through a 5-speed manual transmission.
The diesel version too offers three variants- Active, Dynamic, and Emotion. All the three variants are powered by an 75 bhp 1.3-litre multijet engine with variable geometry technology and a 5-speed manual transmission to accelerate the car from 0 to 100 in 17.8 seconds and reach a top speed of 165 km/h.
The suspension setup comprising of front MacPherson and rear torsion axle is finely tuned to improve handing and stability.
Build and Styling:
Fiat Grande Punto is an attractive and spacious car designed with sleek cues, aggressive styling, sporty side, dynamic front, and sturdy imposing wheel arches. The Sky Dome sunroof is one of the most significant features of the Grande Punto. The interior of the car comes with an incredibly lavish range of features comprising comfortable seats of fine quality fabric, stylish dashboard, impressive instrument panel, the dual-zone automatic climate, parking sensors, a powerful 6-speaker Interscope Sound System, and Blue&Me.
The Blue&Me technology revolutionizes the concepts of car communications and in-car entertainment. With this innovation, the driver can use his or her mobile with ease and safety without taking hands off the steering wheel. The system can also read messages and has the ability to connect to five Bluetooth enabled mobile phones. Listening to music on the move also becomes exciting with this innovation.
Standard features in the Actual are electric door mirrors, power windows, remote door opening/locking, in-cab electrical tailgate, 'follow me horne' headlamp, sliding front seats with memory functions, adjustable electric dual drive power steering, and advanced car audio system. The Active variant comprises height adjustable driver's seat, and height adjustable head restrains in addition to the features available in the Actual.
The standard features in the Dynamic variant includes all the features of the Active along with a host of other features including the body-coloured electric door mirrors, 40/60 split rear seat, leather steering wheel and gear knob, window airbag, and front side airbag.
Emotion in addition to the features available on the Dynamic comprises mirror with demisting function, illuminated mirrors in sunvisors, driver's seat with electrical lumbar support, manual climate control with pollen filter, and Blue&Me technology.
The top-end sporty variant of the car has even more lavish range of car technologies and comfort features in addition to all those available in the Emotion variant. It comprises the rear spoiler, side skirts, sport instrument graphics, leather hand brake lever, multi-purpose display, and driver side power window with automatic function.
Grande Punto is brought on roads after hundreds of tests on components and crash tests. The standard safety features in the car anti lock brakes with electronic brakeforce distribution, electronic stability control device, and two dual-stage front airbags, side bags, and window bags. An energy-absorbing bodyshell, anti-whiplash front seats, and safety belts with pre-tensioners further enhance safety on the wheels of Grande Punto.
