Fiat Punto Series 6 makes Malta debut

Fiat’s Punto, now in its sixth series and now referred to as the Punto Pop, has arrived in Malta.

Available with either three or five doors, the new Punto features a wider range of engines, more equipment and more choice of specification. It comes in five trim levels: Pop, Easy, Lounge and the new GBT and TwinAir.

“The new 2012 Fiat Punto builds on the Italian company’s heritage of producing mould-breaking, class leading small cars,” Pater Group managing director Francesca Mamo said.

“Aimed at the most competitive and dynamic sector of the car market, the 2012 Punto cements its hard-won reputation as a stylish, technologically advanced supermini. The major developments in this model include a new exterior design, a new range of exterior colours, new alloy wheel designs, new colours and materials inside and a new engine with the ground-breaking TwinAir joining the line-up.” Since its launch in 1993 to replace the aging Fiat Uno, the Punto has been a leader with more than eight and a half million vehicles sold throughout Europe.

Among the most noticeable of the new 2012 Punto’s modifications is a new front bumper. At the rear the Fiat badge now doubles as the door lock. The rear bumper has been redesigned to be the same colour as the rest of the car. Beneath it the rear fog and reversing lights have been elongated and integrated into the surrounding surface. The 15-inch alloys have a new design and there are three new metallic bodywork colours.

There are five engines: TwinAir Turbo, MultiJet 2 Turbo diesel, MultiAir petrol, 1.2-litre Fire EVO II engine and the 1.4-litre eight-valve. The new Fiat Punto starts at €11,637 and is available for viewing at the Fiat showroom in Birkirkara.