Having said that, the interior was much more robust than Fiats of yore which had the same quality trim as the inlays in a Christmas selection box. I quite liked this one actually. Don't know if I could commit money to one though.
Tomorrow's test. Peugeot 207 1.4HDI. I bet you can hardly wait.
Still to come, Hyundai I20, Fiesta something or other and Corsa blah.
(We have new pool cars at work which are there for the spanking.)
Evo is because it's an evolution of the Grande Punto.
It's a far cry from when all cooncil vehicles were mini pickups.
Mini Pickups ?
I'll see your mini pickups and raise you Bedford HA vans ?
1159cc pushrod engines with 50 something hp.
In the days when personal vehicle ownership was much less widespread, my father worked for Glasgow Corporation or more probably Strathclyde Cooncil.
At the time, apparently all pool vehicles were Mini pickups, the theory being they were cheap, uniform and of high utility. They even went to trouble and expense of designing and building a load of mini garages to fit them (skinny and with low roofs so no other type of car would fit). The garages had to be demolished when they got rid of the Minis.
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