DriveInside.com | Tuesday July 22, 2008
Tata Motors is open to Fiat’s help in selling their ultra-cheap Nano model overseas wherein Fiat has a strong presence.
Tata Motors will be selling Nano from October this year.
Fiat has a joint venture with Tata to manufacture and distribute Fiat branded cars, engines and commercial vehicles in India. Read More...
DriveInside.com | Saturday July 19, 2008
Italian car maker, Fiat has launched its new car 500 in India. 500, created by the Fiat Style Centre is a small 3-door, 355 cm long, 163 cm wide and 149 cm high.
Powered with a 1.3 Ltr Multijet engine with 75 bhp of power output at 4000 rpm and a peak torque of 145 nm at 1500 rpm , the 500 ensures the greatest driving pleasure and an Read More...
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DriveInside.com | Thursday May 8, 2008
In a bid to grab larger share in the auto market, car manufacturer Fiat India plans to launch the CNG variant of its model Palio in India by early next year.
"We will launch the CNG variant of the Palio by early next year," Rajeev Kapoor, President and CEO, Fiat India said here on Wednesday.
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DriveInside.com | Tuesday March 25, 2008
Fiat India Automobiles Private Limited (FIAPL), equal joint venture between Fiat Group Automobiles S.p.A and Tata Motors Limited, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Government of Maharashtra to enhance the production capacity and for backward integration at its Ranjangaon plant in Pune. The facility manufactures cars, engines and Read More...
DriveInside.com | Monday March 17, 2008
Tata and Fiat plan to export the engines produced in their Ranjangaon facility. The plant has a capacity of producing 2,00,000 engines and 1,00,000 cars. This capacity is to double up for the production of Palio, Tata Motors’ Indica, new Linea and Punto.
The plant will produce 1.3 and 1.9L diesel multijet engines and 1.2 L and 1.4L petrol Read More...
DriveInside.com | Saturday March 15, 2008
Fiat India Automobiles Pvt. Ltd launched the first car of the year, the much awaited Palio Stile with multijet diesel engine.
Fiat currently has Palio Stile in 2 petrol versions - 1.1L and 1.6L Sport.
Speaking on the occasion Mr. Rajeev Kapoor, CEO, Fiat India Automobiles Pvt. Ltd said, “Fiat has kept its promise of making this an exciting Read More...
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DriveInside.com | Tuesday March 11, 2008
After reports from European press that Mr. Ratan Tata wants to buy a stake in Italian Ferrari, there have been negations of this report from the Tata camp. The spokesperson for Tata said, “Tata group wishes to clarify that the statement has been misquoted and taken out of context. The report is completely untrue”
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DriveInside.com | Wednesday March 5, 2008
Good news for all the Palio and Fabia lovers. While Palio Stile goes in for a Rs. 12,000 slash in prices for all the three variants, SL, SLE and SLX, Skoda Fabia becomes cheaper by Rs. 18,000. For Fabia, the reduction in prices holds true for its diesel variants.
The price reduction is a result of the bringing down of the excise duty from 16% Read More...
DriveInside.com | Thursday February 28, 2008
Fiat India might have made small sales in 2007 and might not be expectant about a big change in 2008 either, but with the launch of models like Bravo, 500, Grand Punto, Linea and the ultra-luxe Alfa Romeo, FIAL sure seems all set to take the market by storm by 2010.
On being asked about the capacity of Ranjangaon facility near Pune, Mr. Rajeev Read More...
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DriveInside.com | Tuesday February 26, 2008
Fiat India plans to start the production of Linea by August and bring it to the market by September.
The CEO Fiat India, Rajeev Kapoor said that Tata and Ford JV’s Ranjangaon facility will commence the belting out of Linea by August onward.
Rajiv Dube, President, passenger cars, Tata Motors said that the company was planning to use the Read More...
DriveInside.com | Tuesday February 26, 2008
The advent of Ferrari’s 13,000-km tour flagged off in Mumbai also brought an advent of a great piece of news. David Kluzer, the spokesperson for Ferrari said, “We will arrive in India soon. It is too early to discuss. We should be in India only in 2009.”
The editor of Autocar India, Hormazd Sorabjee said, “The base Ferrari model is available Read More...
DriveInside.com | Monday February 25, 2008
The Palio with a 1.3L multijet diesel engine is all ready to be launched in March, most probably around March 11th. The CEO of Fiat India Automobiles Rajeev Kapoor said, “We expect the number of Palios to grow once we launch the diesel variant with the trademark Fiat engine.”
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DriveInside.com | Thursday February 21, 2008
Before Linea and Grande Punto make their much awaited arrival in the Indian autoworld, Fiat is preparing the stage for the same. As an image building exercise, Fiat is introducing Baby Fiat or Fiat 500 and Bravo in India.
Fiat 500 is a makeover of the original 500 which was last sold about 35 years back. Considering both the aforementioned Read More...
DriveInside.com | Tuesday February 19, 2008
In Fiat’s publicity bid, two Ferraris are going to zoom around India followed by Fiat Cinquecento (500) and Bravo. This will be a forerunner for the New 500 and the premium hatchback being launched in India. “This is the Magic of India drive which will begin from Mumbai by the end of this month. From Mumbai, it will go south, then east and across Read More...
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DriveInside.com | Friday February 8, 2008
Grande Punto will not only take on Swift and Getz in terms of the market but also in terms people’s pockets. Fiat is planning for this beauty to be priced way above the other hatchbacks of the same segment. Punto is touted to be sold as a lifestyle product.
“Even as the car falls in the same class, we may price Grande Punto at a premium Read More...
DriveInside.com | Thursday February 7, 2008
New Palio 1.3L Multijet engine is ready to take on Swift, as the latter is laced with the Multijet engine too. This diesel variant of Fiat’s Palio has started being rolled out of company’s new plant in Ranjangaon and will sport the new logo with maroon background instead of the old blue Fiat logo.
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DriveInside.com | Wednesday February 6, 2008
Taking cues from Maruti Suzuki, Tata and Fiat plan to launch multiple brands under their Joint Venture. This move has been inspired from Suzuki’s strategy to launch Wagon-R and Alto in the same segment as Zen and hence giving people wider choices. Following suit, Palio will be seen competing with Indica and the soon-to-be-launched Grande Punto, Read More...