Fiat Palio
Fiat Palio five-door hatchback (1996-2001)
The Fiat Palio is a service provided since 1996 small car of Fiat. Since it was developed for the global market and will be built including in Brazil, Argentina, Egypt, China, India, Russia, South Africa and Turkey, he quickly got the nickname " world car ".
While only the station wagon version was sold in German-speaking countries, in Italy and some other markets also have a three - or five-door hatchback sedan is offered.
History
In the spring of 1996 came in various countries of the Palio than three - or five-door hatchback on the market. Due to its rather spartan features of the Palio was intended primarily as a cost- effective commercial vehicle, as he has also been used in Europe.
In Germany, only the five-door station wagon was sold as Palio Weekend of the summer of 1998 until mid-2003. Its competitors included the Kia Rio, the Lada 2111 and the estate version of the Škoda Felicia / Fabia I.
One of the criticisms included the lack of processing, a relatively small interior space and weak performance of 54 kW version (73 hp).
The four-door notchback version is called Fiat Siena, and the pickup version is sold as the Fiat Strada. (Later: 103 - - ) Later, a 70 - hp turbo - diesel (70 TD ), a 101 horsepower gasoline engine was still a 60 - horsepower gasoline engine and a 1.9 naturally aspirated diesel with 63 hp offered.
The Palio was in each case a facelift undergone in the years 2001 and 2004. In Turkey, was the notchback version not Siena, Fiat Albea but.
From 2004 he was also offered with the so-called flex - motor ( for Flexible Fuel Vehicle), which could be run not only on gasoline but also with an environmentally-friendly manner can be generated alcohols (methanol, ethanol).
In 2007, the series another facelift.
For the Indian market, the Palio to be offered from 2009, in a natural gas version (CNG).
Motors
Gasoline
Diesel
Models
- Palio (1G, 1996-2001)
Fiat Siena
Fiat Palio Weekend
Rear view
- Palio (2G, 2001-2004)
Fiat Siena
Fiat Palio Weekend
Fiat Strada
- Palio (3G, 2004-2007)
Fiat Albea
Fiat Palio Adventure
Fiat Strada
- Palio ( 4G, since 2007)
Fiat Siena
Fiat Palio Adventure
Rear view
Fiat Strada Adventure
Rear view