Fiat introduced diesel-powered three-box entrant - the Petra, with a 1900cc diesel motor first seen in the Palio a while ago. It makes sense too, since diesel cars are doing quite well these days. The Petra diesel poses terrific value as against the Accent CRDi and comes loaded with alloy-wheels, power everything and a six-speaker […]
Fiat India launched Palio S10 gets those itsy-bitsy bits that elevate a run-of-the-mill hatchback to one with some attitude. The Palio S10 is a limited edition car baring Sachin Tendulkar’s signature. With only 500 units to be produced, you get only one S10 for almost two million Indians.
For starters, a quick-grab-your-sunglasses body colour called […]
Fiat India introduced Palio 1.3 NV, which, apart from the NV badge on the boot, looked familiar as ever. It also sported a Fiat centenary logo on the hatch. The car’s catalytic converter has been brought closer to the exhaust manifold, which makes for better controlled emissions during cold starts, and improved fuel efficiency. Other […]
Fiat India brings you the Palio Diesel. Fiat claims that this normally-aspirated 1910 CC inline-four diesel power plant is ‘inspired by aircraft technology’. That is because it uses ‘drive-by-wire’ technology, which does away with the usual cable link between the throttle pedal and the fuel pump. Instead, an “accelerator pedal potentiometer” is used, which reads […]
Fiat India introduced the new Fiat Adventure. The 1596 cc 100 bhp petrol engine. The 1.6 comes as a shot in the arm, and though it’s not manna from heaven for petrol heads, a 100 bhp puddle is adequate for them to play around in. This new model is essentially face-lifts of the original Siena […]