16/07/2008 07:46. Its been a while since I had to drive anywhere, but this weekend I picked up a Fiat Punto from Heathrow and headed to the southwest of England. After about 20 minutes, I had absolutely no sympathy for anyone in the auto industry. So many details of this car, intended as a small, economical runabout (the basic edition costs £10,600, about $22,000), were completely off. And every single one was a design flaw thats simply not excused by the cars price:

Ive noticed this in other cars too, but on turning my head to check the blind spot for approaching traffic, I instead got a great view of the cars interior B-pillar. This isnt just a design flaw, its hugely dangerous.

Careful drivers remain alert. In my world, that means coffee, but I did not remain quite as caffeinated as I had hoped... // BusinessWeek