FIAT has increased car and option prices by 1.6% just four months after a similar sized price increase, while prices at sister company Alfa Romeo have been increased by an average 2%.

Sample new on the road prices are: Punto - 55 S 3dr, £7,482; 55 SX 3dr, £8,099; 55 SX 6 speed 3dr, £8,888; 75 SX 5dr, £9,207; 90 ELX 5dr, £10,527; GT 3dr, £12,656; TD SX 5dr, £9,848; 90 ELX Cabrio, £14,383. Bravo - 1.4 S 3dr, £10,378; 1.6 SX 3dr, ££11,925; 1.8 HLX 3dr, £13,448. Brava - 1.4 S 5dr, £11,644; 1.6 ELX 5dr, £13,320; 1.8 ELX 5dr, £14,348. Ulysse - 2.0 S, £16,663; 1.9 TDS, £17,428; 1.9 TD EL, £20,581.

Alfa 145 - 1.6L, £13,330; 2.0 Cloverleaf, £15,631; 146 - 1.6, £12,802; 1.7 16v, £14,868; 2.0 ti, £16,150; 155 - 2.0 T Spark 16v, £17,780; Spider - 2.0 T Spark 16v, £22,450; GTV - 2.0 T Spark 16v, £20,800; 164 - 2.0 T Spark Super Lusso, £21,797; 3.0 Super Lusso Auto, £29,958.