Friends I can tell you Punto is Far better than swift. I have been using Punto for last 8 month and my brother has swift diesel for last 2 years. Service from Tata end was good. Please stop spreading false information about FIAT. Their marketing strategy is bit low coz fiat earning enough profit in India since they started distribution of engines to Maruti, Tata. am staying in Bangalore a native of Kannur kerala last two years we used swift for long drive and now its punto, way to Bangalore to kerala is lil risky forest area, express highway, mountain pass and off course road was not good enough. Experience with swift on this way was not much impressive but I can say it was ok car compared to other hatchbacks except punto, we have to slow down on bumpy roads and in mountain pass, highway speed wasn’t exciting with swift we feel lil body roll and in punto its nill. In the same way experience with fiat punto was incredible in terms of handling on curves, steadiness on higher speed, braking, comfort, and yes engine performance is absolutely phenomenal in the highways no one can beat punto, bumpy roads also feel comfort we can go high speed even in rough road never your feel like loosing control swift feel like loosing control on rough road with higher speed……
Friends before blaming fiat cars please do test dive not only on highways also in rough bumpy roads and feel the difference once the test drive is finished please go next to maruti for instant comparison.