The Fiat Punto has been chosen Auto del Año (Car of the year 2007) by the Uruguayan newspaper El País: the award analysed all imported and local produced models offered on the domestic market.

The Latin America built Fiat Punto has been chosen Auto del Año (Car of the year 2007) by the Uruguayan newspaper El País: the award analysed all imported and local produced models offered on the domestic market.

Its modern design, class leading safety and its excellent performance were the main reasons given by the journalists in awarding yet another prize to the Punto, which is built at the Betim (Brazil) factory and began arriving in the South American showrooms in the autumn. The Punto comes with Blue&Me, the first time this technology has been available in Latin America.

The award from El País is just the latest of a string of honours that have been heaped on the Fiat Punto which is based closely on the European Grande Punto. During December, specialist journalists in the automotive sector from nineteen countries of Latin America elected Fiat Punto “Carro Interamericano 2008”. In Brazil, the model was the winner in several prizes including “Carro do Ano 2008” (Car of the Year) – “Auto Esporte” magazine and “Carro Nacional do Ano” (National Car of the Year) – Abiauto (Brazilian association of the Automotive Press)

Prizes won by the Fiat Punto since its launch in Latin America:

- Carro do Ano 2008 (Car of the Year) – Auto Esporte magazine
- Carro Nacional do Ano (National Car of the Year) – Abiauto (Brazilian association of the Automotive Press)
- Melhor Carro Nacional (Better National Car) – Top Car TV 2007
- Melhor Comercial do Ano Categoria Produto (Better advertisement of the Year in Product Category) – Top Car TV 2007
- Carro Interamericano 2008 (Interamerican Car 2008) – Federación Interamericana de Periodistas del Automóvil (Interamerican Federation of Automotive Journalists)
- Big Idea Chair – Prêmio Yahoo
- Auto del Año (Car of the Year) – El País