With regard to Punto , the only problem is maintenance as few number of experts n parts dealers in SL. Otherwise this car is not considered as a failure by anyone. But in Japanese Autogear cars , there is a Button to release the gear, because of that no one needs to get lost in middle of nowhere. Any possibility to fix a Manual Gear Box instead of this Dualogic? And I guess this is ideal as a 2nd or 3rd vehicle and keeping other options open to face the repair period.