Fiat Punto GT 𝙏𝙐𝙍𝘽𝙊 Review
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- Опубликовано: 28 авг 2024
- We look into an old school Italian hot-hatch. These Punto GT Turbo's are a rare sight on the roads today so we thought we'd shoot a review on a tuned 220BHP example.
With thanks to;
Gareth Rawbone - Presenter & Editor
Ash Townley-Parker - DOP & Grading (Mirror Image Pictures)
Paul Norris - Car Owner
Not because I own a mk1 3 door Punto but it sure is such a beautiful car. I just love it and find it one of the best looking cars ever.
Definitely not one of the best looking cars ever😂😂
@@slonky821 For me it is. You cannot argue with a persons taste. I own my car for almost 13 years now and every single time I park, I stop to admire my car. I just love the way it look. The Punto lines are still modern today.
Beautiful in a way that Jimmy saville was aye hahaha
I remember back in 2007/2008 my little city had 10 Puntos GT. All of them were regularly raced in slaloms and hill climb, it was so awesome to me as a kid
I miss those days
I had a GT for six years and did loads of mods to it. From factory they were skittish but the engine had sooo much lag that went it came on boost it was like flicking a switch, used to properly shock passengers. Getting rid of the standard Pierburg boost controller and using a bleed valve smoothed this out but made it more thirsty.
In the end I had coilovers, Abarth kit, SEB2, exhaust, filter, buckets, stripped out, 16 inch OZ wheels, proper pocket rocket and used to get a lot of attention.....especially in yellow. Big community on Puntosports. Made about 165bhp/ 185 lbs ft, wheel spin for fun coming off roundabouts. Chassis was poor though and you'd wrestle it rather than drive it. Great fun and sold mine to buy an Alfa 156, beautiful but too normal after a barking Punto GT....wish I could have stuck it in a garage now....
Great I have it still original Punto GT and after 27 years is still fun to drive.....turbooooo☺️✌️
I miss mine. I've had two "GT3" Punto GT great cars when built. I melted 2 pistons, cracked the head and flattened the cam shaft. Still great cars IMO
The first generation Punto is one of those cars that can genuinely get me a little emotional, even though I've never driven one. Let me give you some context...
Growing up, my dad bought a red Punto ELX 75, 4 door just before I was born. From what he has told me, he was driving a Skoda Target before the Punto, as that was my grandfather's car, and the car I think he learnt to drive in (but I'm not 100% sure on that). He clearly loved the Punto; whether it was because it was the first car he bought with his own money, or because it was a great car, I don't know. But he'd use it to take me and my sister to school, to get my mum to/from work, to drive himself to/from work... It wasn't a particularly amazing car in anything, but I recall liking how it looked so much sleeker than other similar cars from its time. Sometimes, me and my dad would wash the car, and, God the exterior was shining after we were done with it. We even used to notice people around the neighborhood having all sorts of Puntos at the time; from another "cat lady" (she used to have a fair amount of cats, it's a long story...) in the same block of flats with a beaten-up white SX 55 4-door, to some neighbors further down the street with a yellow GT (not sure which generation), who also had a yellow Fiat Coupe at some point, I believe... Anyhow, all of that, is to say that I'd really love to drive a Punto some day (any one of them, but especially one of the GT variants), but, since there's not many in Australia, I doubt it is going to happen any time soon... That generation of cars may not have been very fast by today's standards (not that I would know, since I'm currently driving my dad's old 2004 Honda Jazz VTi), but they must have been a blast even then... With only ~1100kg to move around, 140 hp should have been plenty...
the punto is a good car, from the 50 hp 1.1 liters, all the way to the 1.4 TURBO 130hp
the same could be said about the Mk2 (i have a Mk2 5 door 1.2 8v 60hp)
nice review btw! loved it😄
I stille have mine Punto GT 1.4 from 1995 and its love! It is scary every time i boosts 2.1 bar
I`m keeping my eyes open for one at the moment Anders, yes they are rare.. I had a sporting a few years back that`s still on the road and they`re even rarer..
My friend had one, not as many mods as this one but he let me drive it and I was smitten, since then iv'e had seat turbos, Audi turbos and Subaru wrx's, the little punto made a turbo lover, will never forget it :)
Miss the one I had loads. Mine was also 220bhp but I used the garret gt25r for better spool although it was still quite laggy. A seb4.1 chip, front mount, injectors, fuel pump etc. Mine was fully stripped out with a decatted magnex exhaust. The first time I heard this at full throttle definitely brought a smile to my face. 😀
Wowwww, total euphoria. I had the 1.3 uni turbo and years down the line one of these. Loved it
Mine had, back in the day 250bhp. Chiptune, Novitec camshaft, T28 Turbo from Nissan GTR, Intercooler from Mercedes and lots of other stuff
Amazing video production quality. Subscribed! Hope to see more :)
I LOVE this. My first car was a first gen Punto - base S trim 1.1, 55 horsepower. I couldn't agree more on character - even my car had LOADS of it. I'd love to get a GT like this one day.
Good content! Surprised that you're only at 637 yet
I had one that someone before me did a wonderful job tuning the supension (aswell as the rest). He went and used adjustable SPAX suspension like a partial coilover and sticky tyres.
Its the one car i wish i could find and buy back P818 HLS.
In years fron 2003 to 2010,I had 7 (!!!) Punto GT (but also many others cars...).
it is a nice car with excellent performance, but leaves much to be desired as it is road-holding.
The shell is too soft,and when driving sportingly, it becomes difficult to control.
There seems to be no communication between the front and rear axles,with the rear that loads like a spring and if it runs it is difficult to shoot (unlike, for example, the 205 GTI and 106 sports ...).
On the other hand, brakes hard, the engine is really powerful and has very high performance, to be a 1.4L even if supercharged.
One of the ones I had was heavily worked out:pistons C.P.S.,Turbonetics, plus injectors, revised electronics and with 3 maps selectable from the cockpit.had measured 240hp and as a maximum speed it was well over 250 km / h!
It had revised suspension throughout and the road-holding had improved, but if you decided to drive it hard, it required quick reflexes and square balls.
I currently have one for sale:is '97,black,original,never crashed,excellent mechanics but small jobs to do to the bodywork and interiors.....
PS: compliments for the review.... See my channel......
Yes I’d agree, I found the car wasn’t great at cornering. Anyway I’m your 100th subscriber 👍🏼
@@robbieshaft Thank'you!!!!
Continue to follow me, because shortly, for the "My old Car" series, the video of my 7 Punto GT ...
But also others:
since we are at
"illegal house arrest" I have all the time .... I'm working on 4 videos at the same time !!!!
Pirata-Design sounds good man I’ll be watching all videos when they upload 👍🏼
I had a Punto, it is a good car.
My first car was a punto 1.2 sx 8 valve. Was black with abarth 15” alloys. Was boss. I’d love one of these but you can’t find them anywhere now!
James Wallace they were always rare but a very rare care now, unfortunately rust got to a lot of them
I had two of these a punto GT1 & GT3 loved them both
I recognise that accent! Cool review
Love it, love fiat, love italian 🇮🇹
Superb looking cars..
Have had plenty of experience with these cars owning 3 of them over the years. To describe these cars in a nutshell.... “charge sheet”
Punto 1 was the most likeable car I had so far!
I really like the shape, it's a great looking hatch.
Great review pal. Im warming to this little retro mini beast
These are rare as rocking horse shit now. My first car was a black 1.2 sx 3 door with abarth alloys and I bloody loved that car. I’d love a tidy GT now. My little sx had a lot of character
I do get a bit nostalgic for the MK1 Punto in general now.
I had a 1.2 75SX for a first car 15 years ago. I wanted something different from a Corsa brigade and I happened to buy a pretty rare engined one hahaha.
I sold it for scrap in 2008, wish I'd bagged a GT3 back then. As there isn't many left now.
Aw the great times late 90s in this.. Black with black alloy's I was the dog's bollocks a Viper2 chip with 170 BHP 😂
This is the one I wanted
Sexy machine, I got the 1.2 60 Star, 70k km and no rust.
My speedometer doesn't work though
Easy fix the speedometer. Or the cable or just replace it. See if the cable got loose from the gearbox or if it is not even inserted right in the speedometer and if the cable is all fine, replace the speedometer. Its a 2 minute job.
@@alexisamtosta
I got the electric one.
In the gearbox, there's one plastic gear that turns movement into electricity. Mine broke
@@UltimatumDemon So yours is like the Punto GT. First time I hear that an electric speed came out in a 60. In Portugal electric only came out in the GT. My mk1 is from 1995, came from Germany and already had airbag in the steering wheel. In Portugal they only came out with airbag in the steering wheel after 1997. In Poland mk1 55, 60, 75 were comming out with ABS and front passenger airbag already in 1995.
@@alexisamtosta
You can search me on Instagram
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I can show you pics of my car: engine, interior and the thing I replaced for my speedometer
@@UltimatumDemon Hi brother. I am very sorry but I do not have instagram or Facebook. I only use whatsapp.
Sorry buddy
woooooooooow great
Ooooo this brings back fond memories.
I de badged mine.
I am watching your video once or twice every week,and I suggest you to find an Uno Turbo or a Coupe the next time.By the way,this Punto has a huge turbo.Tell him to try the 2554 garrett,alongside a cat cams camshaft,these injectors(sierra cosworth magnetti,or integrale ones,they are the same) and a maf/LUFT from a calibra or a Golf VR6 MK3,with the stock air filter,and a closed blow off valve from the first gen Audi S3.He's gonna get a huge thrill...
I do have 64 pages of the original punto gt manual,in Italian,if paul wants it,tell him to give me a mail address and I am gonna sort it out immediately
@@Tolis-py2dc Thanks Tolis, I've passed the info onto Paul. He has recently purchased a job lot of GT manuals but thanks for the offer
Tolis 1892 hi man where did you get this manual from? And is it available in English?
@@robbieshaft no it is not.it is not even full version.Since then,I downloaded a full version in czech,and i translated it in english.Find a way that i can send it to you,and it will be done,it's a bit more than 150 mb,i think it's 300
Tolis 1892 it would be great to have, what about google drive?, or pdf via email? If you don’t mind sending it I’d love to have it
I was driving a punto mk1 1.2 litre in grey (5dr sadly) during a cheap stint of my life. so old school! i put 6 by 9's on the parcel shelf and used to blast voodoo ray whilst my overgrown mate would pop up out of the funny crank operated sun roof(was a factory optional i believe). It may have only been 58bhp but I had a lot of fun driving it for what it was. sadly got wrote off by some shit cunt who couldn't drive whilst it was parked up outside my flat during broad daylight and furthermore my street is as wide as an american one. i do miss it!
Homebrew Instrumentals I had one of those too, and a few GT’s, a world of difference ☺️
@@robbieshaft yeah a mate of mine has bought and sold a few GT's and has one main project GT. its the same guy i bought mine off. Not been around whilst he's had it road worthy though sadly so im still yet to drive a GT.
Homebrew Instrumentals well you won’t be disappointed when you do, they’re such an interesting car
Seb 4.1 chip off the shelf is dangerous....test it flat out top end 145mph and it will melt your pistons like a choc! It runs lean at the top of the revs!
All puntos with seb4 blow up.
Seb2 is good though
This is car for me
Life insurance required 😂
paxas03 fact 😀
beautiful
I drove a regular Punto and a colleague offered me to buy his GT. I've had no money to buy it sadly.
Είναι Punto τέλος πάντων ο φονέας των γιγάντων!!!
Punto GT 4 Ever !!!
εχουμε 2019,ευτυχως η δυστυχως οι γιγαντες μεγαλωσαν πολύ.Παρόλα αυτά μερικές πίκρες τις δίνει ακόμα ο τζίτος,σε μεγάλη υπόληψη τα χουμε στην χώρα,αντιθέτως με την χώρα παραγωγής τους...
Είμαι ακόμα ερωτευμένος με το αμαξι αυτο!Απίστευτες ροπές και επιταχύνσεις,το τιμόνι έτρεμε στα χέρια σου στο overboost!!!
Had a normal black punto when I was 19.. Loved it but the old head gasket went after about 3 months... then I crashed it
I've got my mk1 Punto full GT look. To be a GT its just missing the factory front tinted indicators and the engine cuz all the rest is genuine Punto GT stuff. Mine is only 75hp but i've got good stopping power!
Alexis Tosta I don’t think they had front tinted indicators. None of my GT’s did
@@robbieshaft Well here in Portugal the gt2 and gt3 came with tinted indicators. They were the same colour as the headlights.
Alexis Tosta I had a converted one myself from a 1995 S model, it was a good conversation I don’t think anything was missed from a GT except one or two things
@@robbieshaft Seems to have been a very nice project. Mine is also from 1995
Alexis Tosta the only things mine didn’t have were the sunroof, the leather steering wheel (it had the sporting wheel) headlight washers were not connected as it’s difficult to do, headlight lenses are different too, and the dash in a GT is a darker grey than standard Punto
bella 💪🏻
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Just Italy!
Nice car, but bin that seb4 off asap. Get down to sabre tuning for a proper live map
I have let Paul know. We did have our concerns after we did some monitoring on a Wideband AFR and we did see AFR's enter into the mid 12's near the higher RPM's. Unsure if injector duty cycle is flat out or if the map is a bit suspect. But from your comment and a few others, I agree a live map is for the best! Many thanks
@@RandomReviews2014 could be injectors, i would defo get it checked on a dyno. I think i went to 330cc on mine when i had the gt25r on it. FCP/sabre tuning is where i got mine done
@@RandomReviews2014 i think seb4 had problems with going lean in high revs
I don’t think any seb chip should cause a problem as those chips were mapped for this particular car only. I’ve never used the seb4 before but I have heard questions raised before about them, not sure if it’s the actual chip which has a problem as I’ve had seb0 and seb2 in the past with no issues
Loved mine, but whenever it rained, it never ran properly.
Ottimo..
It's shame this review isn't about a proper Punto GT instead of this messed-with example.
ECU Power on the Road made by Naples! 😂
Yeah I remember these cars. Seen many come to workshop to be repaired with blown turbocharger/ burst head gasket etc etc. Hated these cars so much that I refused to work on them and sent anyone who had one away just told them we don't work on these car's anymore as the repair bill will be more than the car is worth. At that time in the 90s/00s. My garage took £ 50 per hour Labour minimum 2 hour charge to begin with. Now we are £80 per hour Labour. And these people dont want to pay our prices we dont work on fiats/ fords /Vauxhall as they are all buckets of shite
I wish there was a laugh out loud reaction on RUclips
Sad man
@@wakeywakefield4785 no you mean BAD MAN 😉
Get a Magnex on it.
my first car was punto .. now my car is punto... my last car will be punto..! XD
OL Shed!
*-turbo-*
Have to say honestlly .....poor review or something
Thank you for your honest review of this review. We'll take this on-board
paulo santana why? What’s poor or something about it?
Nah it was quality
It's not a Garrett T2, it's a IHI VL7. Get your facts checked before saying nonsense!
Our apologies, we did check wikipedia but it turned up nothing of any use! Glad you enjoyed the review
Worst car I ever owned