Fiat Punto I

The Fiat Punto I is the first generation of the Fiat Punto, a small car that Fiat made from 1993 to 1999 to replace the Fiat Uno, which had been Europe's best-selling car for five years with 6,300,000 built. It was designed by Giorgetto Giugiaro, presented at the Frankfurt motor show in September 1993 and named European Car of the Year for 1995. It came in 31 versions and 14 colours, as a three-door, a five-door, a sporting GT and a cabriolet, with four petrol engines and two diesels ranging from 50 to 140 horsepower. Its platform was built to take a wide range of engines and to be adapted to other cars, and it also underpinned the Fiat Barchetta. Output passed 3,500 cars a day, and a light facelift in 1997 mainly touched the interior and brought the 16-valve FIRE engine of 1,242 cubic centimetres.