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Interiors: Looks familiar, doesn't it?
Step in and something familiar greets you - well it did us anyway.
After we settled into the extremely comfortable driver's seat that
offers nice support all around and laid our eyes on the well appointed
dashboard, it struck us - this is exactly like in the Linea. The
same silver finish centre console with the integrated Blaupunkt
music system and climate control switches adorn the cabin of the
Grande Punto as well. That itself gives the car a rather upmarket
feel and mind you - the insides on the Punto are better finished
than on the Lineas we tested a few months back. Then there's that
awesome steering wheel - thick enough to snugly fit in your palms
with very ergonomic thumb recesses. Quality of seat fabrics and
door trim is nice and patterns are pleasant to look at as well.
To make things even better for the Grande Punto, there's the abundance
of space. While that may not be as much as you'd find on the Linea
- it is quite comparable to what the top guys in the Punto's direct
competition offer - so expect to seat five average adults in there
rather well. There are sufficient cubby holes and recesses to store
knick knacks in and we've already mentioned the huge boot. But all's
not perfect with the Grande Punto. For starters the pedals feel
weird - the clutch pedal has a whole lot more travel than the brake
and accelerator pedals making setting you seat up right a rather
confusing situation that requires a little getting used to. And
then there was the issue of us not being able to find the missing
USB/Aux jack. Ok, so it's not exactly missing, because it actually
doesn't even exist owing to an awesome Blaupunkt music system and
Blue&Me technology (which Priyadarshan made great use of), but
Fiat, I'd like to listen to stuff stored in my iPod thank you very
much!
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