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This is the Fiat Punto Evo, the revised version of the Grande Punto that will be displayed at next month’s Frankfurt motor show and go on sale in the UK next spring.

As well as a mild restyling, the Fiat Punto Evo gets an updated engine range that includes the innovative 1.4-litre petrol Multiair unit.

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The engine technology sounds impressive. I hope they still drive with 'italian verve'.

The external face lift is one thing this car didnt need. It was already the best looking small hatch, and even if it maintains that position, i dont see any improvements. It looks a bit more fussy than the original. I guess again we will have to wait to see them on the road to make our minds up.

 

Why do they try to make a good looking car look worse by adding this and that, awful. Should have kept it the way it was on the outside at least.

This is one of the best looking hatches in the market, it looks 10 times better than the Alfa Mito, but it's still a bloody Fiat and u gotta be mad to buy one...

Topkat:

This is one of the best looking hatches in the market, it looks 10 times better than the Alfa Mito

Agreed.  It's also a more complete package than the Mito.

 I find the Alfa Mito better looking then the Fiat Punto anytime. This may sound awkward but this generation of Punto somehow reminds me of a Hewlett Packard Laptop & Nokia n-79 especially the rear and the front bumper. Perhaps is the chunky design.:)

         

Terryen was obviously high when he compared a car to a mobile phone and a laptop ;-)

 

i didn't like the facelift when  the spy shots came out, but i rather like the nuova Punto, ok so the exterior of the original really didn't need an update, but the interior most certainly did!

 Tough job updating one of the best looking cars on the road, but i think Fiat have just about pulled it off!

And theres always bound to be someone who'll trow in the whole thing of "wouldn't touch a Fiat blah blah blah" having owned 11 Fiat Group products, i'll only ever buy them!

Technically impressive. Multiair should be a step forward and will have same impact that "common rail" had on diesel engines (common rail has been originally designed by Fiat engineers). 7 airbags, that's right. Everything looks ok... but the look!

Facelift is really ugly, especially at the front. That was the best looking supermini. Why they did it so badly? 

Looks are always subjective, I personally prefer the MiTo.  But the most interesting thing here is the Multi air engine, these look a good step forward in petrol technology.  It brings petrol back onto the table for those of us (in the real world) who just can't ignore the need for fuel economy.

I think it looks good, better than it did in the spyshots from a month or so ago. The interior looks especially Italian, a vast improvement, although I'm not convinced on the rear lights - the revised graphics make them look altogether smaller and that makes the back end look slightly chubbier. But maybe it'll look better in the metal. Overall, I think Fiat have done a good job - the Grande Punto was a good looking car that was difficult to improve.

Mini1:

the Grande Punto was a good looking car that was difficult to improve.

So why try and improve it then? think they've made a mess of a great lookin small hatch IMO all they needed to do was improve the interior, which they have done a far better job at!

Mind you, they did this with the last Punto, remember? The pre facelift, it was a sharp looking hatch, then they stuck big polo style headlights, and fussier rear lights. I'll wait to see what the Arbath version looks like, cause that was on my next car list in a 18 months time