Grande Punto @ 5Lacs, Linea @ 6.5Lacs, Shock Pricing

BUSA · 24th July 2007, 16:20

Yes you heard that right, Fiat is planing to launch the Linea and Punto in mid next year.

The prices ex showroom for the Grande Punto would be 5 Lacs nad for the Linea would be 6.5Lacs.

There will be three engines on offer : -

The famed 1.3 L MJT Diesel
A 1.2L Petrol
A 1.4L Petrol

Fiat really want to become a competitive player in the market and hence they are planing a very competitive pricing for these cars.

The reason for the aggressive pricing it is that they have highly localised parts.

Engines have been loaclised to 85%

The G Punto is expected to ribal the Swift & Getz 1.3, wheras the Linea will take the fight to the SX4.

News taken from ACI, August, 2007.

My thoughts, good bye SX4 & Swift. I own a Swift 1.3DDiS with ABS, i dont like the way the car rattles and quality is not top notch.

Would i like to buy the Grand Punto? Hell Yes

ramzsys · 24th July 2007, 16:24

And so tata + fiat combo is taking the bull by the prices...Thus finally it was FIAT learning from TATA now...

n_aditya · 24th July 2007, 16:24

Thats one piece of great news. But i would have loved to have a 1.6L engine variant too. That would be real fun.

Quote:

Originally Posted by BUSA

News taken from ACI, August, 2008.

2008

How did u manage that?

spadival · 24th July 2007, 16:27

I was happy with everything u said, till I read who you source was..

when it comes to pricing.. they are as reliable as the Met department is in forecasting the weather 6 months ahead.

Quote:

Originally Posted by BUSA

News taken from ACI, August, 2008.

finneyp · 24th July 2007, 16:29

BUSA, that is a killer pricing if it is true!
Fiat Linea at 6.5 lacs, Awesome!!!

But, AutoCar & other Mags are known to speculate, remember the NHC Gxi story with ABS & Airbags for 20K more? I will take this news with a handful of salt!

Vid6639 · 24th July 2007, 16:30

Quote:

Originally Posted by spadival

I was happy with everything u said, till I read who you source was..

when it comes to pricing.. they are as reliable as the Met department is in forecasting the weather 6 months ahead.

Exactly. The thread title is misleading. ACI's speculated prices are nothing but that speculations.

BUSA · 24th July 2007, 16:35

No, No this is no exactly ACI's pricing, its from the horses mouth, after a interview with Fiat India's MD Giovanni De Filippis

And as far as NHC is concerned ACI's news is bang on, only thing is Honda didnot want people to stop buying the current NHC as they must have produced quite a few, so if everyone knows a new model is coming, no one would like to buy the old one? And if they would buy, they would want a discount.

navdeep · 24th July 2007, 16:37

Quote:

Originally Posted by BUSA

The prices ex showroom for the Grande Punto would be 5 Lacs nad for the Linea would be 6.5Lacs.

This is day dreaming

ACI .. whats that ?
How can you trust them. Their indicative prices and launch dates are no way near to the actual ones.

Hellcat · 24th July 2007, 16:47

The prices are really mouth watering

. I just hope this is true.

Hellcat

narayan · 24th July 2007, 16:48

BUSA- that pricing of 5 and 6.5 lakhs pertains to which engine ? the top end diesel or the base 1.2 ?

BUSA · 24th July 2007, 16:55

No one will miss the 1.6, the 1.4 is 100bhp.

ravibhat · 24th July 2007, 16:56

Thats good news, If all is true its time to say rattling kings (IMHO Swift/SX4) bye bye and welcome Fiat-TATA. Also expect some niggles in the begining lot of units of Puntoo/Lenea with quality since TATA is partner here so chances of virus neggling issues spreading on Fiat cars are there but lets hope quality is better than economic cars like Maruti/Hyundai

However I don't trust this news yet because its difficult to dream but hope dream come true.

Price rule in India so If Fiat price it right it can sell cars in heavy volumme.

Also Maruti knows very well from 2008 it has very tough compitetion thats why from 2005 onwards nits very aggressive to launch new models and upgrades to retain market share.

Regards,

Ravi.

Zappo · 24th July 2007, 16:59

obviously it is the base pricing narayan. that is how it is always done. so much so that people do not even consider it misleading anymore. they always tell you the top end trim level and the price of the base model in all adverts. somewhere at the bottom a small font text will say prices start from...

shuvc · 24th July 2007, 16:59

Well, IIRC, ACI did get the SX4 price spot on. Didn't they say 6-7 L ? Or am I making a mistake here.

GTO · 24th July 2007, 17:01

It wont look surprising when you consider that the 5 lac Punto price may be for the base 1.2. Therefore, the bigger petrol / diesel engines may go as high as 6 lakhs plus.

24th July 2007, 16:20	#1
BUSA Senior - BHPian Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Bombay Posts: 5,130 Thanked: 20 Times View My Garage	Grande Punto @ 5Lacs, Linea @ 6.5Lacs, Shock Pricing Yes you heard that right, Fiat is planing to launch the Linea and Punto in mid next year. The prices ex showroom for the Grande Punto would be 5 Lacs nad for the Linea would be 6.5Lacs. There will be three engines on offer : - The famed 1.3 L MJT Diesel A 1.2L Petrol A 1.4L Petrol Fiat really want to become a competitive player in the market and hence they are planing a very competitive pricing for these cars. The reason for the aggressive pricing it is that they have highly localised parts. Engines have been loaclised to 85% The G Punto is expected to ribal the Swift & Getz 1.3, wheras the Linea will take the fight to the SX4. News taken from ACI, August, 2007. My thoughts, good bye SX4 & Swift. I own a Swift 1.3DDiS with ABS, i dont like the way the car rattles and quality is not top notch. Would i like to buy the Grand Punto? Hell Yes Last edited by BUSA : 24th July 2007 at 16:36.
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24th July 2007, 16:24	#2
ramzsys Senior - BHPian Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: NH209 Posts: 1,775 Thanked: 1,462 Times	And so tata + fiat combo is taking the bull by the prices...Thus finally it was FIAT learning from TATA now...
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24th July 2007, 16:29	#5
finneyp Senior - BHPian Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Bangalore Posts: 2,716 Thanked: 319 Times View My Garage	BUSA, that is a killer pricing if it is true! Fiat Linea at 6.5 lacs, Awesome!!! But, AutoCar & other Mags are known to speculate, remember the NHC Gxi story with ABS & Airbags for 20K more? I will take this news with a handful of salt! Last edited by finneyp : 24th July 2007 at 16:32.
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24th July 2007, 16:35	#7
BUSA Senior - BHPian Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Bombay Posts: 5,130 Thanked: 20 Times View My Garage	No, No this is no exactly ACI's pricing, its from the horses mouth, after a interview with Fiat India's MD Giovanni De Filippis And as far as NHC is concerned ACI's news is bang on, only thing is Honda didnot want people to stop buying the current NHC as they must have produced quite a few, so if everyone knows a new model is coming, no one would like to buy the old one? And if they would buy, they would want a discount.
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24th July 2007, 16:47	#9
Hellcat BHPian Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Bangalore Posts: 222 Thanked: 5 Times View My Garage	The prices are really mouth watering. I just hope this is true. Hellcat
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24th July 2007, 16:48	#10
narayan Senior - BHPian Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Singapore Posts: 3,114 Thanked: 2,372 Times View My Garage	BUSA- that pricing of 5 and 6.5 lakhs pertains to which engine ? the top end diesel or the base 1.2 ?
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24th July 2007, 16:55	#11
BUSA Senior - BHPian Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Bombay Posts: 5,130 Thanked: 20 Times View My Garage	No one will miss the 1.6, the 1.4 is 100bhp.
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24th July 2007, 16:56	#12
ravibhat Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Bangalore Posts: 2,256 Thanked: 37 Times View My Garage	Thats good news, If all is true its time to say rattling kings (IMHO Swift/SX4) bye bye and welcome Fiat-TATA. Also expect some niggles in the begining lot of units of Puntoo/Lenea with quality since TATA is partner here so chances of virus neggling issues spreading on Fiat cars are there but lets hope quality is better than economic cars like Maruti/Hyundai However I don't trust this news yet because its difficult to dream but hope dream come true. Price rule in India so If Fiat price it right it can sell cars in heavy volumme. Also Maruti knows very well from 2008 it has very tough compitetion thats why from 2005 onwards nits very aggressive to launch new models and upgrades to retain market share. Regards, Ravi.
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24th July 2007, 16:59	#13
Zappo Team-BHP Support Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Hyderabad Posts: 5,919 Thanked: 2,652 Times	obviously it is the base pricing narayan. that is how it is always done. so much so that people do not even consider it misleading anymore. they always tell you the top end trim level and the price of the base model in all adverts. somewhere at the bottom a small font text will say prices start from...
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24th July 2007, 16:59	#14
shuvc Senior - BHPian Join Date: May 2005 Location: Kolkata Posts: 2,913 Thanked: 352 Times View My Garage	Well, IIRC, ACI did get the SX4 price spot on. Didn't they say 6-7 L ? Or am I making a mistake here.
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24th July 2007, 17:01	#15
GTO Team-BHP Support Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Bombay Posts: 70,497 Thanked: 300,308 Times View My Garage	It wont look surprising when you consider that the 5 lac Punto price may be for the base 1.2. Therefore, the bigger petrol / diesel engines may go as high as 6 lakhs plus.
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