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here some pics

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it looks good to me! if the quality is there it should sell like hot cakes...

Philip

It looks good and I think it will sell pretty well. The new Punto shares a well engineered platform with the next Opel/Vauxhall Corsa and the transmissions and engines are supposed to be first rate. I think that it's a stylish looking piece, and much better than the current Punto.

My only hope is that Fiat doesn't mess it up and prices it the right way to take advantage of the good press they've gotten thus far on the New Panda. If they can do that, and deliver a nice Stilo replacement in the next few years (that will lead to a new Delta), then I think Fiat might start to look a bit healthier.

Definitley, 100% sure this Punto will lead a sustained Fiat revival, & sales growth. God only knows Fiat need it, having said that though, their sales are holding up well, helped in no small measure by the Lancia revival thats taking place. The Y is selling well (though slightly down on last year), and the Musa is selling nearly as well as Fiat's Idea. Its a great shame the Thesis isn't selling in any significant numbers, i cannot understand how Lancia only manage to shift 200-250 approx per month in Europe!?

Why can Lancia only sell 200-250 Thesis a month? Perhaps something to do with the apparent lack of consistency in the image that Lancia is marketed with!?

How did our brand go from emphatic dominance of the world rally championships in the 1980's and early 90's (you can still find Integrale's represented in SEGA computer games!!!) to the position that it is in now where there isn't a single model in the line up with any pretence of being a point to point sprinter. It should also be remembered that in the late 1980's each model had a performance version that could keep pace with the best of anything in its class. Now we have the undoubtedly fine, but sadly underpowered Thesis.

Experience has taught Lancia that power without refinement doesn't sell, but now the whole strategy (if there is any) seems to be refinement without competitive performance. I love my old Themas and fully recognise that they lack the refinement of the later Kappa for motorway cruising, but a Thema can always pick up its skirt and run.

Lancia needs to understand why we love our cars. For me its the combination of elements;
style that is mature and elegant, flexible power that is delivered willingly and smoothly, but most importantly its the sense that I'm driving a car that says I'm an independent thinker and which, when driven vigorously, will more than hold its own on a twisty country road.

Sorry FIAT, I know you want me to convert to Alfa Romeo, but they're just a bit too "obvious" and boy racer for me.

Hmm. It's great. Rachel Aziani and Amber Lynn Bach and Amanda Lexx