Winner !

Exterior Needless to say, Punto is probably the hottest looking hatchback today, if you dont like the looks of Punto, I would be surprised ! Looks very stable, gives you a rugged feeling.

Interior (Features, Space & Comfort) The Emotion Pk features - Blue-n-me, Airbags, ABS, Auto AC are very good. Blue-n-me with steering controls is very very helpful. The space is something which can be improved. The rear leg room is a concern especially if the driver is 6 feet tall - like me. The seats, though are very comfortable. The AC is also pretty good. The interiors, although not bad, could have been better. The car is very easy to adapt to, geometrically.

Engine Performance, Fuel Economy and Gearbox The engine is pretty quiet and smooth for a diesel car at rpm < 2500. As soon as you cross 2500-3000 rpm, the engine makes its presence felt, although its not very loud. The sweet spot is 1500-2000 rpm - 1750 rpm to be precise. The 1st and 2nd gear is disappointing, but the 3-5th gears makes up for it. The car has power for when you want it. The gear box was a little stiff to start with, but has freed up with the running of the car. For me, it gives an economy of around 14-15 kmpl in city and around 19kmpl on highway - full at AC 24 degrees. Please note that i am yet to go through the 1st servicing, so it should increase by at least 1-2kmpl.

Ride Quality & Handling This is the best part about this car. I pushed the car to 150km/hr and believe me, i could not feel it inside. The car is very very stable. Handling is very good. Steering is also nice - not to heavy, not to smooth. The thing which i love about this car - taking fast turns. For e.g. Especially on the Mumbai-Pune expressway, near Lonavala, even if you take the speedy curves at 100-120km/hr the car maintains the centre of gravity and you dont incline from one side to other on the turns. Those who agree with me, please comment after you have tried.

Final Words Definitely woth buying. The service network and approach of the TATA-FIAT is definitely improving. I am getting a good after sales service from Concorde Motors - Hyderabad.

Areas of improvement The factory fitted speakers are pathetic, The USB media player has control ONLY on the steering and not on the head unit. The tilt steering is a waste as its lowest height itself is so high that you have no scope for adjustment. The seat height adjustment could have been much better.

The front row seats are very very thick - which is a dis-advantage for rear passengers, although the front people might find it very good. The overall finishing of the product.

You wont get these glitches with a Honda or a Toyota maybe: The foot rest plastic was little lose at the time of the delivery. There was a very small scratch at the time of the delivery - which was not visible easily though. The showroom person accepted his mistake and assured me that he would get it rectified at the time of service.

Looks, Stability, Features (Emotion Pk)Rear leg room, Overall product finishing.