The
saucy little Fiat Grande Punto has decided to get itself a makeover and
along with that two new engine even as it heads to the Frankfurt Motor
Show to show it all off. The Italians for sure know a thing or two about
making an already gorgeous looking even more appealing. The Fiat Grande
Punto was already a sexy set of wheels to begin with. Now, Fiat’s
designers have given the car a brand new grille and new headlamps along
with turn indicators that now have their own place under the headlamps, a
major departure from the usual headlamp integrated ones.
The
front bumper gets some more sculpting while the 15 incher wheels get
terrific looking alloy rims with no less than fourteen spokes. The rear
too sees some changes with the tail lamps getting a brand new design.
The Punto logo now gets plastered onto the middle of the hatch door,
which itself looks to be redesigned. The redesign is carried on to the
bumper of the car along with the reverse lamp getting a new shape. In a
nutshell, hot has just got hotter.
The
makeover isn’t just skin deep though. The highly acclaimed 1.3 liter
FIAT Multijet diesel engine now breathes better through some tweaking to
the turbo charger to bump up peak power from 75 to 85 Bhp. The 1.3
Liter engine uses a host of fuel saving technologies like a variable oil
pump and an intelligent alternator to further boost fuel economy to a
stupendous 28 KMPL. Of course, this stellar fuel economy figure being in
Europe means that it will be a few kilometers lower in Indian
conditions.
Coming
to the other new engine Fiat’s path breaking MultiAir petrol engine
technology finds its way onto the facelifted Punto’s engine bay. The
900cc twin cylinder turbopetrol engine is good for 85 Bhp of peak power
and a very torquey 145 Nm of peak twist. This engine will be mated to a
six speed manual gearbox. With all of this and then some more, the new
Fiat Grand Punto is expected to make quite a splash at the upcoming
Frankfurt Motor Show.
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