We all know that Fiat Punto is now starting to show its age which the company has also realized and so the company has plans to spice things up by introducing a new Sporting variant in the United Kingdom.
Designed to attract younger buyers, the Punto Sporting comes equipped with a sporty body kit that includes features such as revised side skirts, rear spoiler, tined headlights, a gloss black roof, 16-inch alloy wheels with a two-tone finish. Other goodies include a sport-tuned suspension, front fog lights and a chromed tailpipe. The changes to the cabin are quite limited and include a sports steering wheel, a Tarmac finish dashboard and a leather gear knob and handbrake lever.
Though the model boasts of the sporting variant, the Punto Sporting is only available with 1.4-liter petrol engines that can generate output of just 77 HP (56 kW) and 105 HP (77 kW).
The Punto Sporting will be offered as a three- or five-door hatchback and pricing kicks off from Ł 12,355 (OTR). Well the pricing is not bad but how much it is able to attract the buyers, especially the younger lot, we will have to wait and watch.
