I used to travel down to the south coast regularly, marseilles, in v reg 1 litre ford fiesta with 4 people.

Very few hills dpown to Bordeaux, mostly motorway should be no problem.

it'll definately work. it might not be pleasant. Personally, I'd take a few days over the journey, stick to the back roads rather than the motorways. Back-country france, like back-country uk, is quite nice

Easy journey on the motorways. I've done it in loads of different vehicles and way beyond including on a Honda 250N. Try to leave some space to bring back some Medoc.

Take earplugs. The French roads are made of different stuff to ours, and they're a lot noisier.

And it's a Punto – make sure the cooling system's OK, as they seem to like doing their headgaskets.

Are you doing it all in one sitting? And what Punto is it? A modern one will be pretty bearable, but the originals are nasty.

Did London to Switzerland in an 03 Micra last year loaded up with a roofbox and two bikes in the back with no problem. The French roads were a dream to drive on even with a small car.

Do it, I do a run from Roscoff to near Angoleme of 400 miles ( Bordeaux is 415 miles from Roscoff) in a day piece of piss in my Picasso which is fully loaded and riding on the bumpstops at the back end alot of the time.

Do it in 2 days if 8 hrs driving is a issue but the roads in France are nothing like over here because they are superb