[carwatcher]

Folks, the 20.4 Mileage is simply of Diesel.
The new website is having some 'issues' since it launch.
I found the older one more user-friendly.
If anything to judge by Fiat not updating the site properly and quickly, we can all say that the government like work environment can be held responsible for it, we all know that things move painfully slow in Fiat and Tata. There's absolutely no excitement.

[Guite]

The Linea is such a long car but it does not seem to have rear parking sensor as standard equipment. Do Fiat or dealers offer it as after market accessories?

[carwatcher]

Originally Posted by Guite

The Linea is such a long car but it does not seem to have rear parking sensor as standard equipment. Do Fiat or dealers offer it as after market accessories?

Yes, very much. Its on the official website in the accessories section which itself is listed under Fiat service on top of the screen.
Price is 4017/-.

One more thing, I am more than 99.999999% sure that all 3 variants would have all 4 disc brakes. If Active doesn't have them, I really want to know whether is it possible or safe to do?

[ghodlur]

Originally Posted by carwatcher

Yes, very much. Its on the official website in the accessories section which itself is listed under Fiat service on top of the screen.
Price is 4017/-.

Add to that cost, an additional 500/- for painting the sensors to the match the car colour. There is also a rear parking sensor with display but this will require a mirror to be clipped on the existing IVRM and will cost about Rs5500/- including the painting.

[carrerastrax]

5500 is expensive!! Have the prices gone up? I got the reverse parking sensor for free (was listed around 3.5k or so), with my Linea diesel. When it comes to Fiat and their newly launched products, it's better to wait a month or two for good discounts. I waited 6-7 months for the 2012 model, in anticipation of the 1.6 mjd. At the turn of the year, I was disappointed as there was no 1.6 mjd and couldn't wait any further. People who bought later on reported better deals (mostly freebies/accessories)

There are (were?) two models when it comes to reverse parking sensors. Both are by Autocop and the difference is the display unit. One is a standalone unit which is fitted above the IRVM, or in the A pillar quarter glass area on the passenger side. Its got LED indicators for warning and a distance readout. And then other model has the display integrated into an IRVM attachment that clips onto the existing IRVM. I had the choice and I went in for the latter as it looked cooler. The joy was short lived as this attachment rattles like hell and you lose the day night function of the original IRVM. It's better to go for the simpler one. I only use the audio warning.

[ajay_satpute]

Fiat India site finally shows price of TJET.

Ex-showroom PUNE prices are as
T-JET Dynamic Petrol :- Rs.8,46,324
T-JET Emotion Petrol :- Rs.8,83,490

Still no price indication of ACTIVE variant nor is the specification page showing any information of the ACTIVE variant, except the name in the dropdown.

[TNAWAYAJ]

Requested a test drive of the TJET on the Fiat-India site 3 days ago. No response yet, not even an automated acknowledgement mail. It is exactly this kind of lackadaisical attitude that Fiat needs to overcome if they want to boost numbers.

[YellowEye]

Originally Posted by TNAWAYAJ

Requested a test drive of the TJET on the Fiat-India site 3 days ago. No response yet, not even an automated acknowledgement mail. It is exactly this kind of lackadaisical attitude that Fiat needs to overcome if they want to boost numbers.

Yes can't understand why car manufacturer websites are often so broken. they invest hundreds of millions but can't afford a proper website and a communications team which could delegate any interested customer to the nearest dealership.

Fiat comparison tool doesn't work yet properly.

[Minardi]

In the comparison tool, once you select the city, the variants reset to default. So, first choose the city, and then select the variants.

[puchoo]

Finally atleast the fiat website is updated with the Active model listed under the TJet as well , prices still missing. Wonder why they take so long to update pricing when its out anyway.

[KiloAlpha]

Originally Posted by puchoo

Finally atleast the fiat website is updated with the Active model listed under the TJet as well , prices still missing. Wonder why they take so long to update pricing when its out anyway.

Prices are currently listed for Pune, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata - but not for Bangalore, Mumbai, or New Delhi. Is this indicative of the "phased introduction" that Fiat had initially done when they first launched the T-Jet?

EDIT: Just saw @GTO's request to discuss T-Jet in a separate thread, after I had replied to @Puchoo's post. Mods: please move if necessary? Thanks.

[floyd.bell]

Prices have already been updated for Bangalore as well. OTR Bangalore for Emotion is 10.83L.

[KarthikK]

Originally Posted by KiloAlpha

Prices are currently listed for Pune, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata - but not for Bangalore, Mumbai, or New Delhi. Is this indicative of the "phased introduction" that Fiat had initially done when they first launched the T-Jet?

I don't think it is a phased introduction this time. Bangalore dealers have already got the brochures, demo vehicles and the works, and the test drives have already started since Tuesday. I called up Vecto motors and Fiat Caffe (KHT) anonymously and both were offering test drives readily and accepting to take the booking. If I recall correctly, Vecto said the cars are ready to be invoiced and dispatched from the Fiat factory and delivery time was ~15 days.

They are just waiting for the final ex-showroom prices to be intimated by Fiat before they can seal the sale(s) of whoever booked. Not sure what is causing the delay in announcing the ex-showroom prices though. Stupid of Fiat to do that after launching a vehicle.

[KiloAlpha]

Originally Posted by KarthikK

I don't think it is a phased introduction this time. Bangalore dealers have already got the brochures, demo vehicles and the works, and the test drives have already started since Tuesday. I called up Vecto motors and Fiat Caffe (KHT) anonymously and both were offering test drives readily and accepting to take the booking. If I recall correctly, Vecto said the cars are ready to be invoiced and dispatched from the Fiat factory and delivery time was ~15 days.

They are just waiting for the final ex-showroom prices to be intimated by Fiat before they can seal the sale(s) of whoever booked. Not sure what is causing the delay in announcing the ex-showroom prices though. Stupid of Fiat to do that after launching a vehicle.

OK, I put my thinking cap on. What if Fiat website was built like a stereotypical Italian car?

In Chrome browser, Bangalore ex-showroom prices display correctly. But in IE9, no matter what settings I try in the developer toolbar, Bangalore prices simply will not display.

EDIT: Just got it to work in IE9 as well. Need to clear cache and re-start browser.

[nipcarlover]

Still can't get the site to show prices in Ahmedabad on both IE and Chrome, even after clearing the cache and browser restart.