The Fiat 500 - the much fancied car of 2008 has been launched in India. The two door Fiat new car is to be priced around 15lac ex-showroom Mumbai. The on-road price in India (Mumbai) will be close to 17lac.
This car will not be fancied by the public, but is going to be loved by the rich youth of the country. Celebrities and car lovers would enjoy this car as much as anything.
The Fiat 500 will face stiff competition against the Mini Cooper and the Volkswagen Beetle which is also going to be launched soon in India.
The new Fiat Palio Stile, also much known as the Palio 1100 is now available in the Indian market. The car will be available in two variants, 1.1 litre engine and also the 1.6 litre engine.
The 1.1 litre version will be sold for Rs 3.49 lakh for the base model and Rs 3.90 lakh for the higher one. The 1.6 litre will be much more expensive and starting at 4.31 lakh. These prices are ofcourse ex-showroom Delhi.
The Palio Stile 1.6 which comes with a 1.6 litre engine is dubbed the ‘Palio Stile Sport’ which delivers a max power of 100 PS @ 5500 rpm along with a torque of 137 Nm @ 4250 rpm.
Fiat is also planning to launch two more cars in India going by the recent press reports of the company. Fiat’s new cars will be the Grande Punto and the Linea.
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The first car to come out of the 50-50 : TATA - Fiat joint venture has debuted and its the Palio Stile. Pronounciation ~ [Stee-lay]. The Palio Stile will be launched tomorrow in Mumbai. The car will be manufactured in their Ranjanagaon facility here in Maharashtra.
The Ranjanagaon car plant is going to be one of the biggest and is owned jointly by Tata - Fiat in a bid to up their market share. The unit will soon be capable of delivering more than 2,00,000 engines and transmissions for both the car makers as early as 2008.
The rejuvenated Palio Stile comes with a 1.1 litre engine and 70% of the car is assembled with parts manufactured in India. The car plan currently can only make about 30/ day but that will increase as they up the capacity by the year end.
Fiat in partnership with TATA has launched the new Palio 1100 version. This car will be more fuel efficient and less powerful than the earlier versions of the Palio. The new Palio 1100 comes with a 1108cc engine with 54 bhp power. This is 25 percent less than the previous version which carried over 72bhp.
The estimated torque in the Palio 1100 is 9kgm and the Kerb weight of this car is close to 900 kgs. The trunk is pretty spacious at 280 litres. The cost of this car will be close to 4 lac ex-showroom Delhi. The motor of this car is from FIAT and the popular FIRE (Fully Integrated Robotised Engine) version which is on the Palio nV too.
The car is expected to be launched in January next year. We shall see if the partnership with the TATAs do any good for the Italian company.
Fiat, Tata December 9th 2006
