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Industry: Email Alert RSS FeedReal 'third-generation' Punto won't arrive until 2005; In the meantime, Fiat launches the new version of key supermini with [euro]220 million face-lift.(Fiat Auto S.p.A.)
Automotive News Europe, June, 2003 by Ciferri, Luca
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Byline: Luca Ciferri
Fiat Auto would like buyers to perceive its latest Punto as a new, "third-generation" model. In fact, the car is just a face-lift of the second-generation Punto that was introduced in the summer of 1999.
The true third-generation Punto, code-named project 199, won't debut until September 2005. The car will be the first Fiat based on a new platform jointly developed with General Motors.
Fiat spent [euro]220 million to face-lift the Punto. Revisions include new headlamps, grille, front and rear bumpers, two new engines and a new gearbox.
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