The Fiat Grande Punto, a hatchback in both petrol and diesel variants, is a joint venture of Fiat and Tata Motors and has premium features like ABS (anti-lock braking system) and EBD (Electronic Brake Distribution).
The third generation Fiat supermini to bear the name Punto, codenamed Project 199, the Grande Punto was unveiled at the 2005 Frankfurt Motor Show and went on sale later that year. Styled by Giugiaro, the car is based on the Fiat/GM SCCS platform. Whilst the model shares some of its name with the previous Punto, a large number of its components are new, including a new chassis and body shell.A Fiat India official said,"The launch of Grande Punto marks a new milestone for Fiat in India as we bring the quintessentially Italian designs to Indian shores".
The Fiat Grande Punto petrol variant is equipped with 1.2L and 1.4L engines that pump 65 and 77 horses respectively, the diesel variant has a 1.3L multijet diesel engine.Based on the same platform as the Linea, the Grande Punto will be available with three engines - a 1.2-litre FIRE petrol engine with 67 bhp of peak power (which it also shares with the Tata Indica Vista), a 1.4-litre FIRE engine (based on the 1.4 Linea) with 88.5 bhp of peak power and the renowned 1.3 Multijet fixed geometry turbo common rail diesel with 74.5 bhp of peak power. The 1.2 is available in a single trim - Active with the 1.4 available in Dynamic, Emotion and Emotion Pack trims.
This Fiat Super Mini Car will be available in six colours with safety equipment such as driver and passenger airbags and ABS equipped brakes as standard on the higher models, while the car is Euro NCAP 5 star rated for a fully loaded model.
Fiat Grande Punto Car Price and Variants:1.PETROL-1.2:
Fiat Grande Punto Active : Rs. 3.99 lakh /-
(ex-showroom Delhi)
2.PETROL-1.4:
Fiat Grande Punto Dynamic : Rs. 4.66 lakh /-
Fiat Grande Punto Emotion : Rs. 5.06 lakh /-
Fiat Grande Punto Emotion Pack : Rs. 5.61 lakh /-
(ex-showroom Delhi)
3.DIESEL-1.3:
Fiat Grande Punto Active : Rs. 4.85 lakh /-
Fiat Grande Punto Dynamic : Rs. 5.16 lakh /-
Fiat Grande Punto Emotion : Rs. 5.56 lakh /-
Fiat Grande Punto Emotion Pack : Rs. 6.11 lakh /-
(ex-showroom Delhi)
The Grande Punto will be produced at Fiat's facility at Ranjangaon in Maharashtra that currently also turns out the Linea, the Palio and select models from the Tata stable.
