Whether it has a long-term future will depend on its new models, notably the new Fiat Punto.

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Balrik Singh Dhesi was driving the car towards Kettering when it collided with the Fiat Punto, which was travelling in the opposite direction.

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She died when her Fiat Punto car was struck and shunted down the track by a 105-tonne single locomotive, which was being used to familiarise train drivers on the Cambrian Coast Line.

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The problem is that the disruption affected some of Fiat's best-selling vehicles, including the Lancia Ypsilon, the new Punto and the Idea minivan.

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