I hope you don't give this up. You're about the only channel that brings us late 20th century Fiats and Alfas and I'd really miss seeing them. Especially cars like that Punto in my favourite colour of all time, Broom Yellow! I'd buy it just for that 😂
4:15 There is a little button at the top left. You have to push it and pull whole pannel by holding the volume button. A bit tricky, but I love it! 🤌 Italian work!
must be the algorithm .... didn't pop up till today, 2 weeks in... but thanks! i have a 1.2 16V Punto bought new in early 2000, with over 200,000kms on it now and also very minor rust issues over the years.... always enjoy your videos and I hope you keep it up!
Don't "go away" Neil, we love your videos here on UA-cam - maybe try being in parallel on TikTok as well? But definitely don't "abandon" your channel here. That HGT really is in really good shape given its age and the sort of climate it's been facing all those years!
Yes! Finally the Mk2 Punto gets the love it deserves! Thanks for listening to me, Neil! EDIT: about the statement you say at the end, if you wanna gain more subscribers, I say that you need more classic Italian cars and maybe add a sense of adventure too. M539 restorations is a great channel because it showed the great side of vintage big BMWs, and the last trip to USA is an alltime winner.
Oh wow, i'm so happy to see one of them on a today video ! I have a Punto 2 1.2 16V (80HP) and i love it so much, i did have a Punto 2 1.2 8V (60HP) before but my motor broke due to a segmentation problem, the internal of the motor blew-up. Instead of buying another car, as i say, i bought the same but with the 16V motor haha and for 80HP it has a pretty decent acceleration and speed, it surprise my friends everytime i floor it to insert me on the highway. The electric direction is tiring me but i love that car so much, it always bring me from point A to point B without leaving me on the side of the road ! I do a lot of highway with it without any problem nor back pain and let me say that it has a lot of space for luggage, i even did a moving with A LOT of various furnitures haha, my ex gf was so surprised about that when we did go buy furnitures for our home with that car. We even put a washing machine and a disher washer at the same time in it (with the rear seats lowered of course). Thank you a lot for your video ! :)
I literally followed your 156 sill replacement video to do mine! And your cambelt, and your bumper removal/wing removal. The people that watch appreciate what you do.
Cracking little car. Had one for 13 years. Bought it with 43,000 miles on it and it almost done 159,000 when it died, due to rust. Great fun to drive and was totally reliable.
What a cracking punto! I always fancied one but never got the chance. I did have a really tidy bravo HGT though. They were really underrated in my opinion. This is the only Chanel I watch for 90’s and early 00’s Italian cars. Hopefully things pick up again next year. I’m not sure what changes you could make. I enjoy things as they are. All the best.
Both the Mk1 and especially the Mk2 Puntos were stylish beyond any other hatchback of their time. This HGT is gorgeous! I thought they lot their way a bit with the MK2b and started looking too generic.
The algorithm threw this up for me to see. Wife and I have had many Italian cars and love them, we have a Punto 4x4 diesel 3 years now and it is great, especially in winter but is a bit small. Have subbed and liked. I wish you well Sir!
My wife had one of these an HGT Punto, we were amazed by the sat-nav at the time... It was exactly like this one. She had it until we had kids and had to get a sensible car - Thanks as always showing us around it
I bought one of these in silver (non abarth) only a month ago. Cant wait to get driving it. The timing belt needs doing as well as all the fluids. Absolutley class little car the figures dont do them justice. Loads of torque for such a small car
Love this gen. Punto, I too had the Abarth kit, looked great & clearly improved the aero. There are aftermarket rear inner liners which I fitted too. The rust arrives at the jacking points and sills, they lack protection
Chin up Neil, I've had my gtv for two years, you are the closest we have to a Haynes manual! I enjoy your content I will continue to watch, keep going!
Haven't seen a mk2 Punto in absolute ages, let alone an HGT or one in this good of condition. Love you way of presenting and and giving proper insight into these cars. I would think it is mostly the youtube algoritm making life hard. It seems a lot of people are also forgetting to press the bell, for notifications when new videos are uploaded.
Just found this channel. Owned a 1996 cinquecento sporting in yellow when brand new and then a 1997 punto sporting 1.2 16 valve, also in yellow. Both were great cars and very reliable. Apparently there is only one 1997-99 punto sporting 16 valve left on the road in the uk!!! So sad that a whole generation of interesting left field cars will disappear for ever thanks to our throw it away and lease a new car attitude in the UK these days. Love an old Fiat!!
Your videos are a great help bud, keep grinding don't lose heart this is what separates us and you definitely know your stuff😉. Plus I just swapped my Mondeo st for an Alfa Gt so I need your uploads🤗 thank you buddy😉
Neil, you and your channel motivates so many people to keep a Fiat or Alfa, or to buy one and to restore him. Please dont forgot your work - the visualisation of expert knowledge - is unique for this type of classic cars. You reduce the fear about potential projects of your viewer and that’s one really great result of your last years work. The younger generation will love your kind of explanation. Maybe you have to find a supporter/employee who makes your live easier and let you concentrat to your core tasks. Wish you all the best.
I drive HGT Abarth since 14years with 105,000 miles on it now. I only know the Sparco sports seats from the brochure. I have never seen a car that had these installed- very nice😎😃
I personally have only across your channel this year and enjoy what I've seen so far. I think for me personally I would love to see you doing more repairs to the cars like Alfa's ect there is less of these vehicles on UA-cam with people working on them and with your expertise would be lovely to see your work and helpful for people doing repairs at home.
Brilliant video, lovely car too. Please keep em coming, I love watching your videos. I live in SE London; if I were nearer you, you’d be maintaining my Giulietta TBi. Would love to see a follow up on this lovely example HGT.
Had one of these as my second car back in 2004-2005. Awesome little car. Really stood out from everything else on the road. Because I was 18 I really struggled with the running costs so ended up trading in for a brand new MK2b Sporting 1.4 16v. Kept for years and did 140k miles in it lol.
Hi, Neil. I've just finished watching your Punto HGT video and i had to see 5 comercials to see a 14 min video. 3 about a new car and 2 about some other stuff. I don´t know if this is just for Portugal, but if your videos had 1M visualizations (and I think they deserve it), I wonder how many comercials i had to see. Keep up the good work!
Thanks for giving us an insight into this ultra rare Punto Neil. Your videos are always interesting to watch and it's good to see your honest presentations on how experts such as yourself deal with the task of maintaining/restoring these Alfa's & Fiats. I don't why the number of views have dropped, & don't understand how YT algorithms work either. Either way, I hope you continue making these videos, as I'm sure there's a lot of people out there (including me!) who really appreciate all the time and effort you put into educating, entertaining and inspiring us to work on our cars. Keep up the great work!
Had a basic Mk1 Punto back in 1995 and I loved it. I'm 6'4 and I was still comfortable in it. Passengers behind me weren't! Shit that your views are down. But many of us really appreciate your videos. Noticed the new intro music. Prefer the old one!
My sister had a MK2 Punto porting 3 door in Yellow. It was a great little car. The only reason she stopped driving it is because some idiot drove into the side of her. The car was destroyed unfortunately but she was OK. She got a Seat Leon Mk 1 after that and then a MK2 Leon and has a Hyundai IX35 now. Would have bought a Seat Ateca but they were all autos and she did not want an Auto not at that time when she was a busy Mother for the first time and had too much on her mind.
Nice video and nice Punto HGT Abarth, i discovered about the HGT Abarth thanks to Gran Turismo for PSP and its sad to not being able to see this version of the Punto on the roads nowadays
@@ItaliaAutos No Problem, i hope you can show on your channel a car that i really love, the Autobianchi A112 Abarth, especially the 70 HP version cuz i have one from 1983 so it would be cool actually
That head unit is essentially the same Blaupunkt (Bosch) unit that was fitted as a factory option to many cars of the era, including the Ford Mondeo - at the time I was working for Bosch in Cologne and was able to fit one as a DIY factory-style upgrade in my 1998 Mondeo V6 2.5.
I owned an R reg Mk1 Sporting until a few years ago. Was absolutely immaculate. Not a spot of rust anywhere. Sold it to an old chap and he smashed the front up a week later.
it's quite mint, even if you see those sonar angel lights and mk2b rear lights, it gets better as yellow HGT is my daily driver and i thought everyone forgot that actually there was something between punto GT turbo and abarth evo. btw those sparco seats are holy grails for me, the best abarth accesory of this car
I always appreciate listening to your honest and clear explanations of the cars you review. Personally, I think you have the videos just the right sort of length, with enough info and shots to keep people interested. Hope you keep up the UA-cam vids. Best wishes from NZ.
I always enjoy the detail, and the care you take. I completely understand the frustration, my channels nothing to do with work, and it’s dinky compared, but it’s like UA-cam suddenly changes it’s algorithm and just dumps on you!. Mine was doing fine, then to the day at the end of March it nosedived. It’s coming back up, I just stopped uploading as much, which seems to have worked?. Thanks for all the time you put into this 😊
I know a lad who’s had a silver Mk1 gt turbo Abarth thing from pretty much new. He did loads to it years ago, it’s a bit of a time capsule tbh. He said he’d never sell it
Dear Neil, I really like watching the videos. As some others already pointed out, you're one of few who actually spends time and effort on repairing and filming 90's and 00's Alfa Romeos and Fiats! Maybe, the “How it’s holding up” videos are sometimes a bit one-sided. But for the person who just happens to be looking for that specific model car, it’s a priceless video. Perhaps, adding a test-drive at the beginning of the video might help to make the videos a bit more interesting. It will be more work to make, but I really believe it will (sometimes literally) shine some more light on the videos (the workshop tends to be a bit dark). For example, a seemingly nice car at first sight will reveal some of its weaknesses during the test drive and some more during the inspection in the workshop, which in the end could make the car not worth saving. Whatever you do, I realy hope you keep making these videos. They are really helpful!!
Brutal man, i love the vids and i'm not an Italian car fan 🙂 hope you continue to make them, but i hear where you are coming from... its not just car guys vids i see with low views these days, fitness and diy ones too. There is a mk2 Sporting in yellow about half a mile from me, i'd love to have a look underneath it, i doubt it's lived up here all its life to have managed to last so long 😁
As a US viewer I love Neil's videos because they're basically the forbidden fruit we can't have, all on top of passion and great delivery. The Alfa Romeo used market is all classics or modern cars here so there is no such thing as a "cheap" Alfa, which is sad. Unfortunately, I have no advice to offer on making the algorithm work better but I wanted to offer my support, as I love this channel!
Nice video, thanks. Being a rare car does not automatically make it desirable though. The reason there are not many Punto HGT left, is because they didn't sell very well when new, and the ones that did sell, rotted away, broke down with bills so large making them economically unviable to repair, and generally got trashed as they were not worth saving.
Please don't go Neil, love your presenting style, watched and liked most of your videos and subbed a while ago, also used the 159 buying guide video when i bought my 2010 1750 Tbi Ti, love Italian cars, also run a 2007 Panda 100HP, first car in 1988 was a 78 Fiat 127 1050CL.
Hi Neil, great video please keep them up! Quite question, I’ve got a 2001 Punto HGT with failed electric steering. Can you recommend a company in the UK that fixes them? No one here in New Zealand seems to be able to help, so might have to ship it over for repair.
I don't normally watch videos like this, idk why it popped up (Maybe because of the awesome title?) but I clicked on it because I had a similar year punto, not the HGT but obvs I always wanted the HGT one. The other car channels are getting lots of views because they are super enthusiastic about the cars they're talking about. They're using top cameras and have people filming and editing for them. They design their shows (yes cus it's a show). They write show notes and scripts. I can tell you know your stuff and I liked the video for what it was, but you have a very typical middle England mono tone to your presenting style, which I love, but it's not where the money is on this platform. The money is going to MrBeast. Like it or lump it you gotta ask yourself: Is this the kind of content creator I want to be.. I watched the early days of Mighty Car Mods and saw it grow and change and you can do that if you want it enough. Go out, film B-roll, forge a brand for yourself, have inflated emotional responses to oli leaks and problems that need fixing (make it a point to do some kind of silly editing when you spot something that needs attention), get catchy music, edit videos like a mad dog on heat and watch the subscriber count grow. UA-cam has given you a platform, take it and run hard with it my man. Get some help editing the videos, you can't spread yourself to thin, let someone do it for a cut of what the video makes. You can't do everything yourself all the time. Successful people are great delegators. You got something good going here so put a rocket under it.
Hi thanks for watching. Check out mat Armstrong he's got a Midlands accent and doing well but I get your point on being over enthusiastic but unfortunately I don't like being a false person and just like honest content if that doesn't work then that's just me. Have a good xmas
Funniest thing when I bought my body kit the rear bumper still had a bit of the original car stuck to it and its that same part thats rusted on 9:35 xD
I used to have a Bravo HLX which is the same 1.8l Engine as the Punto HGT. Really nice car, lots of fun to drive. How much of the Punto is galvanised? IIRC, body panels are, but I'm not sure how deep they go with it. Would explain how clean much of it is.
Great vids, please keep up the good work. Love your vids, keeps me inspired to keep and maintain my box standard 98 Seicento, also theres some good vids on the tube to clean up the contacts to repair the satnav screen. All the best.
Headlights are custom as is the real badge. The rear lights are also from the facelift Punto. Whoever's this car is has good taste. My sporting is to look very similar
Just visit the "Kaaskops" and treat yourself to a low mileage Punto HGT. 🤗 It has the steering wheel on the correct side but apart from that it is just as the UK version. 😜
My 20 year old Seicento Sporting passed it’s MOT a few weeks ago.I did clean up and treat a few areas. But it has only done 36k. That Punto is a miracle at 94k. Maybe those 7 years garaged. Maybe the perfect area! No sea. Not used in winter 😂 one thing I do know is there is nowt wrong with your videos. And I personally hate UA-cam as a viewer……
Great channel Niel your in my top three Automotive channels you have got me ready to get my first Alfa I just wish is was local so you could look after it
Nice car, some waxoyl and under seal, all good. UA-cam is mucking about maximising revenue at the expense of smaller channels. Plenty of complaints keep going…
I've just garaged mine for winter. 57k on clock full fiat dealership history from new, no advisories of warning lights 👌 also just got a private plate D777 HGT. If any one is interested in fiats in the North of England I'm taking mine to several fiat owners club events next year around the Manchester area
Such a good looking car…style & design definitely fine performance at engine bay! The only question why Mark II only had 3 unit left in the road?… What happen? 😅
I had a Fiat Punto HGT 1.8 which I bought from a main dealer, it was great for the first year then faults started to appear, it turned out it was an insurance right off, not knowing the laws about buying a second hand car at the time I took a huge loss
That’s in lovely shape! Hope you don’t reduce your videos, hopefully the drop off in viewers is just down to time of year………looking forward to seeing what you have in next! The YT algorithm is rubbish these days - it keeps showing me Ronnie Pickering and the Wealdstone Raider!
There’s a trashed one parked not too far from my home, a two minute walk. Have never seen the owner use it or move it from where it’s left to rot. Poor Punto. Yes, it’s an HGT, not a Sporting, and I live in Rome, Italy
It's so typical for the italian cars of the era: on the outside the body look just perfect white the rest dwells underneath! Anyway, a really nice one!
What an awesome little survivor, remember when these used to be everywhere, can't understand why Fiat sell such limited models now, they need to pull their finger out!!
Dont stop please ! Im.more an old vauxhall fan ,but enjoy all the content u put out ,you tube is a strange place sometimes but hopefully it will work out !
Neil I would recommend doing a video with Auto Alex and his 20v turbo coupe Could get you some more views what you really deserve Otherwise at least for me everything is great 🤙🏼
I look once a month for one and my search always comes up with nothing, I used to have a mk2 sporting with the 6speed box, nearly 9 years later and I will hands down say it was the best car I ever owned
That colour really doesn’t show up the imperfections, so it’s a good one in my opinion. I struggle with any small imperfections on my gloss black Spider. And it’s a nice happy colour too! *Eyes up a Zoe yellow Spider*
I hope you don't give this up. You're about the only channel that brings us late 20th century Fiats and Alfas and I'd really miss seeing them. Especially cars like that Punto in my favourite colour of all time, Broom Yellow! I'd buy it just for that 😂
4:15 There is a little button at the top left. You have to push it and pull whole pannel by holding the volume button. A bit tricky, but I love it! 🤌 Italian work!
It had been over 20 years since I had one so totally forgot.
Had a 1.2 16v 80Cv... such nervous engine, and long gears. I loved it. Did +330000kms and sold it. It's still running until today.
I have one and yes, the engine is so nervous haha i love it. I have 173.000kms on mine and i hope i will go as far as yours !
must be the algorithm .... didn't pop up till today, 2 weeks in... but thanks! i have a 1.2 16V Punto bought new in early 2000, with over 200,000kms on it now and also very minor rust issues over the years....
always enjoy your videos and I hope you keep it up!
Got there in the end lol.
I used to be a member of the punto sports club and I'm sure the owner was on there too. Can't believe how well its holding up. Great to see!
Don't "go away" Neil, we love your videos here on UA-cam - maybe try being in parallel on TikTok as well? But definitely don't "abandon" your channel here. That HGT really is in really good shape given its age and the sort of climate it's been facing all those years!
I have the regular Fiat Punto Mk2, base Mia model with the 1.2 8v. Absolutely love it! Such a fun little motor
Yes! Finally the Mk2 Punto gets the love it deserves! Thanks for listening to me, Neil!
EDIT: about the statement you say at the end, if you wanna gain more subscribers, I say that you need more classic Italian cars and maybe add a sense of adventure too.
M539 restorations is a great channel because it showed the great side of vintage big BMWs, and the last trip to USA is an alltime winner.
Oh wow, i'm so happy to see one of them on a today video ! I have a Punto 2 1.2 16V (80HP) and i love it so much, i did have a Punto 2 1.2 8V (60HP) before but my motor broke due to a segmentation problem, the internal of the motor blew-up. Instead of buying another car, as i say, i bought the same but with the 16V motor haha and for 80HP it has a pretty decent acceleration and speed, it surprise my friends everytime i floor it to insert me on the highway. The electric direction is tiring me but i love that car so much, it always bring me from point A to point B without leaving me on the side of the road ! I do a lot of highway with it without any problem nor back pain and let me say that it has a lot of space for luggage, i even did a moving with A LOT of various furnitures haha, my ex gf was so surprised about that when we did go buy furnitures for our home with that car. We even put a washing machine and a disher washer at the same time in it (with the rear seats lowered of course).
Thank you a lot for your video ! :)
I literally followed your 156 sill replacement video to do mine! And your cambelt, and your bumper removal/wing removal. The people that watch appreciate what you do.
Beautiful little hot hatch, no fancy stuff just fun spirited driving….
Cracking little car. Had one for 13 years. Bought it with 43,000 miles on it and it almost done 159,000 when it died, due to rust. Great fun to drive and was totally reliable.
As a long term Hgt owner,just over 20 years now, I enjoy watching content with my car,..keep up the good work..
Neil , I love your video content. Please do not stop it. 👍
What a cracking punto! I always fancied one but never got the chance. I did have a really tidy bravo HGT though. They were really underrated in my opinion. This is the only Chanel I watch for 90’s and early 00’s Italian cars. Hopefully things pick up again next year. I’m not sure what changes you could make. I enjoy things as they are. All the best.
This is just pure beauty. Please take care of it. Big cheers from Venezia, Italy.
Both the Mk1 and especially the Mk2 Puntos were stylish beyond any other hatchback of their time. This HGT is gorgeous! I thought they lot their way a bit with the MK2b and started looking too generic.
The algorithm threw this up for me to see. Wife and I have had many Italian cars and love them, we have a Punto 4x4 diesel 3 years now and it is great, especially in winter but is a bit small. Have subbed and liked. I wish you well Sir!
My wife had one of these an HGT Punto, we were amazed by the sat-nav at the time... It was exactly like this one. She had it until we had kids and had to get a sensible car - Thanks as always showing us around it
I suggest doing some videos on Pandas. A very underrated car in the uk and I think very good and dependable.
Also Pandas are popular and may increase your views. Thanks for all your videos 😊
I bought one of these in silver (non abarth) only a month ago. Cant wait to get driving it. The timing belt needs doing as well as all the fluids. Absolutley class little car the figures dont do them justice. Loads of torque for such a small car
Love this gen. Punto, I too had the Abarth kit, looked great & clearly improved the aero. There are aftermarket rear inner liners which I fitted too. The rust arrives at the jacking points and sills, they lack protection
I just discovered your channel from recommendations and I really enjoy the cars you show as well as your delivery. I hope you’ll keep going!
Awesome. Thanks for watching
Chin up Neil, I've had my gtv for two years, you are the closest we have to a Haynes manual! I enjoy your content I will continue to watch, keep going!
Haven't seen a mk2 Punto in absolute ages, let alone an HGT or one in this good of condition.
Love you way of presenting and and giving proper insight into these cars. I would think it is mostly the youtube algoritm making life hard.
It seems a lot of people are also forgetting to press the bell, for notifications when new videos are uploaded.
Just found this channel. Owned a 1996 cinquecento sporting in yellow when brand new and then a 1997 punto sporting 1.2 16 valve, also in yellow. Both were great cars and very reliable. Apparently there is only one 1997-99 punto sporting 16 valve left on the road in the uk!!! So sad that a whole generation of interesting left field cars will disappear for ever thanks to our throw it away and lease a new car attitude in the UK these days. Love an old Fiat!!
Absolutely brilliant video neil 👍what a beautiful car fantastic condition it just goes to show how cars were built properly back in the day brilliant
The true definition of a mint car. It looks superb
Your videos are a great help bud, keep grinding don't lose heart this is what separates us and you definitely know your stuff😉. Plus I just swapped my Mondeo st for an Alfa Gt so I need your uploads🤗 thank you buddy😉
Neil, you and your channel motivates so many people to keep a Fiat or Alfa, or to buy one and to restore him. Please dont forgot your work - the visualisation of expert knowledge - is unique for this type of classic cars. You reduce the fear about potential projects of your viewer and that’s one really great result of your last years work. The younger generation will love your kind of explanation. Maybe you have to find a supporter/employee who makes your live easier and let you concentrat to your core tasks. Wish you all the best.
I drive HGT Abarth since 14years with 105,000 miles on it now. I only know the Sparco sports seats from the brochure. I have never seen a car that had these installed- very nice😎😃
Always enjoy watching your videos , just keep going .
Great video. As a regular viewer I enjoy your videos.
Just bought mine last year with all extras except abarth parts, sunroof, esp etc. Best car I've had so far! 😀👍
I personally have only across your channel this year and enjoy what I've seen so far. I think for me personally I would love to see you doing more repairs to the cars like Alfa's ect there is less of these vehicles on UA-cam with people working on them and with your expertise would be lovely to see your work and helpful for people doing repairs at home.
I have a black hgt 1.8 with Abarth body kit sitting in my front garden for 3 years and still in good condition
Nice
Had one until about a year ago. Loved it.
Brilliant video, lovely car too. Please keep em coming, I love watching your videos. I live in SE London; if I were nearer you, you’d be maintaining my Giulietta TBi. Would love to see a follow up on this lovely example HGT.
Had one of these as my second car back in 2004-2005. Awesome little car. Really stood out from everything else on the road. Because I was 18 I really struggled with the running costs so ended up trading in for a brand new MK2b Sporting 1.4 16v. Kept for years and did 140k miles in it lol.
Lovely Jubbly on the video's Neil, a beautiful Punto and it just shows if you look after your car, it'll look after your money in the long run.
Hi, Neil. I've just finished watching your Punto HGT video and i had to see 5 comercials to see a 14 min video. 3 about a new car and 2 about some other stuff. I don´t know if this is just for Portugal, but if your videos had 1M visualizations (and I think they deserve it), I wonder how many comercials i had to see. Keep up the good work!
Sounds like YT has some sort of agenda changing it's algorithm, I enjoy all of your videos, keep it up if you can.
Thanks for giving us an insight into this ultra rare Punto Neil.
Your videos are always interesting to watch and it's good to see your honest presentations on how experts such as yourself deal with the task of maintaining/restoring these Alfa's & Fiats.
I don't why the number of views have dropped, & don't understand how YT algorithms work either.
Either way, I hope you continue making these videos, as I'm sure there's a lot of people out there (including me!) who really appreciate all the time and effort you put into educating, entertaining and inspiring us to work on our cars.
Keep up the great work!
Many thanks. Last week's video did have better views but not amazing.
Had a basic Mk1 Punto back in 1995 and I loved it. I'm 6'4 and I was still comfortable in it. Passengers behind me weren't!
Shit that your views are down. But many of us really appreciate your videos. Noticed the new intro music. Prefer the old one!
My sister had a MK2 Punto porting 3 door in Yellow. It was a great little car. The only reason she stopped driving it is because some idiot drove into the side of her. The car was destroyed unfortunately but she was OK. She got a Seat Leon Mk 1 after that and then a MK2 Leon and has a Hyundai IX35 now. Would have bought a Seat Ateca but they were all autos and she did not want an Auto not at that time when she was a busy Mother for the first time and had too much on her mind.
Wow. For an old car. Indeed. How together is this !!!
Nice video and nice Punto HGT Abarth, i discovered about the HGT Abarth thanks to Gran Turismo for PSP and its sad to not being able to see this version of the Punto on the roads nowadays
Thanks!
@@ItaliaAutos No Problem, i hope you can show on your channel a car that i really love, the Autobianchi A112 Abarth, especially the 70 HP version cuz i have one from 1983 so it would be cool actually
That head unit is essentially the same Blaupunkt (Bosch) unit that was fitted as a factory option to many cars of the era, including the Ford Mondeo - at the time I was working for Bosch in Cologne and was able to fit one as a DIY factory-style upgrade in my 1998 Mondeo V6 2.5.
I owned an R reg Mk1 Sporting until a few years ago. Was absolutely immaculate. Not a spot of rust anywhere. Sold it to an old chap and he smashed the front up a week later.
Oh no
Loving the new music Neal!
it's quite mint, even if you see those sonar angel lights and mk2b rear lights, it gets better as yellow HGT is my daily driver and i thought everyone forgot that actually there was something between punto GT turbo and abarth evo. btw those sparco seats are holy grails for me, the best abarth accesory of this car
I always appreciate listening to your honest and clear explanations of the cars you review. Personally, I think you have the videos just the right sort of length, with enough info and shots to keep people interested. Hope you keep up the UA-cam vids. Best wishes from NZ.
I always enjoy the detail, and the care you take.
I completely understand the frustration, my channels nothing to do with work, and it’s dinky compared, but it’s like UA-cam suddenly changes it’s algorithm and just dumps on you!.
Mine was doing fine, then to the day at the end of March it nosedived. It’s coming back up, I just stopped uploading as much, which seems to have worked?. Thanks for all the time you put into this 😊
carry on regardless neil things can only get better
Love your dedication
I know a lad who’s had a silver Mk1 gt turbo Abarth thing from pretty much new. He did loads to it years ago, it’s a bit of a time capsule tbh. He said he’d never sell it
Dear Neil, I really like watching the videos. As some others already pointed out, you're one of few who actually spends time and effort on repairing and filming 90's and 00's Alfa Romeos and Fiats! Maybe, the “How it’s holding up” videos are sometimes a bit one-sided. But for the person who just happens to be looking for that specific model car, it’s a priceless video. Perhaps, adding a test-drive at the beginning of the video might help to make the videos a bit more interesting. It will be more work to make, but I really believe it will (sometimes literally) shine some more light on the videos (the workshop tends to be a bit dark). For example, a seemingly nice car at first sight will reveal some of its weaknesses during the test drive and some more during the inspection in the workshop, which in the end could make the car not worth saving. Whatever you do, I realy hope you keep making these videos. They are really helpful!!
Good video Neill. I like en Watch your video’s every time. Keep on the good work.
Your channel is very interesting keep
Pursuing..
Brutal man, i love the vids and i'm not an Italian car fan 🙂 hope you continue to make them, but i hear where you are coming from... its not just car guys vids i see with low views these days, fitness and diy ones too. There is a mk2 Sporting in yellow about half a mile from me, i'd love to have a look underneath it, i doubt it's lived up here all its life to have managed to last so long 😁
As a US viewer I love Neil's videos because they're basically the forbidden fruit we can't have, all on top of passion and great delivery. The Alfa Romeo used market is all classics or modern cars here so there is no such thing as a "cheap" Alfa, which is sad. Unfortunately, I have no advice to offer on making the algorithm work better but I wanted to offer my support, as I love this channel!
1.8 16v, must go like poop off a shovel. Always enjoy your videos Neil.
Nice video, thanks.
Being a rare car does not automatically make it desirable though.
The reason there are not many Punto HGT left, is because they didn't sell very well when new, and the ones that did sell, rotted away, broke down with bills so large making them economically unviable to repair, and generally got trashed as they were not worth saving.
Please don't go Neil, love your presenting style, watched and liked most of your videos and subbed a while ago, also used the 159 buying guide video when i bought my 2010 1750 Tbi Ti, love Italian cars, also run a 2007 Panda 100HP, first car in 1988 was a 78 Fiat 127 1050CL.
Really hope you stay on YT Neil - will be a real shame to lose you.
Hi Neil, great video please keep them up!
Quite question, I’ve got a 2001 Punto HGT with failed electric steering. Can you recommend a company in the UK that fixes them? No one here in New Zealand seems to be able to help, so might have to ship it over for repair.
I don't normally watch videos like this, idk why it popped up (Maybe because of the awesome title?) but I clicked on it because I had a similar year punto, not the HGT but obvs I always wanted the HGT one. The other car channels are getting lots of views because they are super enthusiastic about the cars they're talking about. They're using top cameras and have people filming and editing for them. They design their shows (yes cus it's a show). They write show notes and scripts. I can tell you know your stuff and I liked the video for what it was, but you have a very typical middle England mono tone to your presenting style, which I love, but it's not where the money is on this platform. The money is going to MrBeast. Like it or lump it you gotta ask yourself: Is this the kind of content creator I want to be.. I watched the early days of Mighty Car Mods and saw it grow and change and you can do that if you want it enough. Go out, film B-roll, forge a brand for yourself, have inflated emotional responses to oli leaks and problems that need fixing (make it a point to do some kind of silly editing when you spot something that needs attention), get catchy music, edit videos like a mad dog on heat and watch the subscriber count grow. UA-cam has given you a platform, take it and run hard with it my man. Get some help editing the videos, you can't spread yourself to thin, let someone do it for a cut of what the video makes. You can't do everything yourself all the time. Successful people are great delegators. You got something good going here so put a rocket under it.
Hi thanks for watching. Check out mat Armstrong he's got a Midlands accent and doing well but I get your point on being over enthusiastic but unfortunately I don't like being a false person and just like honest content if that doesn't work then that's just me. Have a good xmas
Funniest thing when I bought my body kit the rear bumper still had a bit of the original car stuck to it and its that same part thats rusted on 9:35 xD
I used to have a Bravo HLX which is the same 1.8l Engine as the Punto HGT. Really nice car, lots of fun to drive.
How much of the Punto is galvanised? IIRC, body panels are, but I'm not sure how deep they go with it. Would explain how clean much of it is.
Nice. Most of it was apart from the floor which is weird
Great vids, please keep up the good work. Love your vids, keeps me inspired to keep and maintain my box standard 98 Seicento, also theres some good vids on the tube to clean up the contacts to repair the satnav screen. All the best.
I had one with the full abarth kit on it
My Reg was A6 HGT
Same thing as mine front has no rust at all but the rear end is same like on the video
Headlights are custom as is the real badge. The rear lights are also from the facelift Punto. Whoever's this car is has good taste. My sporting is to look very similar
Just visit the "Kaaskops" and treat yourself to a low mileage Punto HGT. 🤗 It has the steering wheel on the correct side but apart from that it is just as the UK version. 😜
Have this car in the same colour for 2 years now and never disappointed me. That 1.8 16v engine is just wonderful engine in the punto HGT
Because you don t know jtd 101 hp!!! The best!
My 20 year old Seicento Sporting passed it’s MOT a few weeks ago.I did clean up and treat a few areas. But it has only done 36k. That Punto is a miracle at 94k. Maybe those 7 years garaged. Maybe the perfect area! No sea. Not used in winter 😂 one thing I do know is there is nowt wrong with your videos. And I personally hate UA-cam as a viewer……
Great channel Niel your in my top three Automotive channels you have got me ready to get my first Alfa I just wish is was local so you could look after it
Awesome. Good luck with the first alfa
Nice car, some waxoyl and under seal, all good.
UA-cam is mucking about maximising revenue at the expense of smaller channels. Plenty of complaints keep going…
Keep the videos going Neil, it's the YT algorithms at fault, you're as popular as ever mate.
Keep going Neil, how about and update on the Cupra Born?
Ones coming
salut, je ne connaissais pas ce modèle, j'ai la punto sporting jaune à la maison et la cinquecento sporting jaune aussi.
I've just garaged mine for winter. 57k on clock full fiat dealership history from new, no advisories of warning lights 👌 also just got a private plate D777 HGT. If any one is interested in fiats in the North of England I'm taking mine to several fiat owners club events next year around the Manchester area
Such a good looking car…style & design definitely fine performance at engine bay!
The only question why Mark II only had 3 unit left in the road?…
What happen? 😅
I had a Fiat Punto HGT 1.8 which I bought from a main dealer, it was great for the first year then faults started to appear, it turned out it was an insurance right off, not knowing the laws about buying a second hand car at the time I took a huge loss
Had a customer had one of these from brand new 👌🏻, sold it with very low miles
I loved mine, I wish I never sold it 😢😢
I'd buy another for a project.
@@ItaliaAutos if I had the time I would.
Maybe once the kids leave home I'll have the time and space to start a project.
I had the same car. she even stands on the UA-cam avatar
That’s in lovely shape! Hope you don’t reduce your videos, hopefully the drop off in viewers is just down to time of year………looking forward to seeing what you have in next! The YT algorithm is rubbish these days - it keeps showing me Ronnie Pickering and the Wealdstone Raider!
There’s a trashed one parked not too far from my home, a two minute walk. Have never seen the owner use it or move it from where it’s left to rot. Poor Punto. Yes, it’s an HGT, not a Sporting, and I live in Rome, Italy
Great video great car thank you Neil
It's so typical for the italian cars of the era: on the outside the body look just perfect white the rest dwells underneath!
Anyway, a really nice one!
What an awesome little survivor, remember when these used to be everywhere, can't understand why Fiat sell such limited models now, they need to pull their finger out!!
Dont stop please ! Im.more an old vauxhall fan ,but enjoy all the content u put out ,you tube is a strange place sometimes but hopefully it will work out !
Neil I would recommend doing a video with Auto Alex and his 20v turbo coupe
Could get you some more views what you really deserve
Otherwise at least for me everything is great 🤙🏼
Don’t give up fella everyone lives alfas & fiats 😊
I look once a month for one and my search always comes up with nothing, I used to have a mk2 sporting with the 6speed box, nearly 9 years later and I will hands down say it was the best car I ever owned
Very nice!
To flip the radio front down press the arrow top left of the unit it will flip down and show where you put the cd in.
I know it was something like that. But it's been so long I couldn't remember
That colour really doesn’t show up the imperfections, so it’s a good one in my opinion.
I struggle with any small imperfections on my gloss black Spider. And it’s a nice happy colour too!
*Eyes up a Zoe yellow Spider*
Only saw now on my phone the notification for the video. But on my tv , the video it's not loaded up. Strange...