Tested: Fiat Grande Punto 1.4 T-Jet Dynamic

The eager runabout

What a relief! The first time I tested a Fiat didn’t turn out to be a boring experience, but a refreshing impression of this small Italian car. Models like the Uno and Palio had me thinking that I was about to commence a week of zipping around in a cheeky economical cookie jar, and while the Grande Punto is surely not a massive automobile it does have reasonably space for driver and passengers. The interior and exterior is on Polo level, much like its 1.4 liter engine and big boot.

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Opel Geskiedenis

Van Rusland, met Roebels…

In die warm jare van die Koue Oorlog het Agent 007 bewys dat daar ook goeie (of mooi) dinge uit Rusland gekom het. James Bond en From Russia with Love sal nog lank op DVD gekyk word deur ‘n nuwe geslag wat van die Koue Oorlog geen snars weet nie; of van die gebeure wat daartoe aanleiding gegee het nie.

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