1999 Fiat Punto Cabriolet 16v from UK and Ireland - Comments

The exhaust system needed to be replaced due to rust and falling off.

A steering ball joint needed to be replaced.

This is a good looking small cabriolet designed by Bertone and built in Turin, Italy in the same factory as the Opel/Vauxhall Astra Convertable.

It's small 1250cc petrol engine has a double over head camshaft and 16 valves, making the engine output 86 brake horse power.

The performance around town is not very quick, out on the open road it is a fast car, with speed up to 120mph.

The hood is powered by hydraulics using LHM fluid, and is quiet and smooth in operation. All the windows are electric making an impressive opening and closing sequence.

The cabriolet is amazing I love it. the electric hood is great and hasn't stoped woking.

My little 1995 yellow cabriolet has been such good fun, I love it, sadly it is sick at the moment, needs a new ECU unit. Hopefully it will be back on the road, and giving me back the enjoyment I get from driving it around. Hope it goes on for many more years...

Had my 1998 Fiat Punto Cabriolet for about one year, bought from a garage for an over the top sum, but I fell in love with it. Problems on purchase, c d player not working, broke down twice, exhaust problem and one unidentified (not happened for nine months), alarm did not work, radio packed in and lastly, but no means least, roof leaked, and I mean leaked. None of the above faults were covered by the 12 month warranty - typical. However managed to get these problems sorted out and it has just passed its MOT with nothing to do. Hope to get a few more years out of her as she is low mileage 31,000 and in very good condition. If you can manage to find one that has done few miles and in good condition you will be lucky, they seem few and far between. Overall, very pleased, quite nippy, although not too keen on the fears, they seem a bit crunchy!!! could somebody e mail me if they have a Fiat Punto cabriolet, so we can swop horror stories. froggyblue312@aol.com

I have driven my 1999 cabrio for 33000 km with 15" Fondmetal rims and it's still looking pretty, like a squat frog. I'm especially proud that it's built by Bertone, probably the cheapest Bertone has ever built. My issues are now the wipers and the electric hood which aren't functioning. As a temporary measure, I have released the twist handle on the hood hydraulics, but the wipers will entail a little more. "Is this your wife's car". A usual response when the hood is up, but when the it's down, it looks a bit male and naughty and being a weekend car, I've hardly had the hood up.. Tom Peters, Kuala Lumpur.