Mine is October 2007 Jim.
I went for a five door version with Dynamic trim which included aircon and alloy wheels plus I specified the optional moon roof.
That model and the base Active range get a 75bhp engine, the top end Eleganza has more toys and 90 horsepower.

Barmybob's wife has one of those and seems pleased with it.

There are chips readily available to bring it up to 110bhp, but I haven't bothered.

£30 a year RFL for all the 1.3 diesels too.

Build quality is much better than the earlier Punto versions too.

Oh yes, my wife prefers it to the coupe.

All good info, Pete, thanks. However, I suspect an '07 will be out of our reach unless we manage to sell the 5 very well! Hopefully there will be earlier models that are reasonably similar... I will have to get out and try one.

Still in car-change limbo, but am struggling to find a reasonable choice of Grande Puntos. Bearing in mind that I have shed all pretensions to cool and performance driving, what are the major pitfalls to buying a Renault Megane 1.5 Dci? Seems to at least equal the Fiat on economy and has the edge in terms of size for kids in the back. Plus the added bonus that I wouldn't give a flying if it got damaged.

I think the engine is good, with Renaults its things like electrics and squeaky sunroofs you have to watch for.

Check the turbo, as when I was looking at Clios there were a few on ebay with turbo that had gone.

PM'd you Jim

PM'd you back. Thanks Dan.