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Senior - BHPian | ![]() Lovely travelogue, I bet this is the first time that this section has a plant visit report. I am sure a lot of people (including me) are envying your! Nice of you to share the information with us, gives us an idea of what is in store for us from Fiat. Those new engines in the Punto / Linea sound good. Cheers, |
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| ![]() Good to know about your trip. The most exiting part of your report is the fact about the new engines. I am hoping that they put in those engines in Linea and Punto pretty quickly. |
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And Also Bravo wont be launched any time soon. They have imported 4 cars, one is used by the CEO, 2 are in the factory and no idea about the other. But Bravo is too good a car. Damn i was not allowed to take pics of that car too. Lovely alloys it had. | ||||
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| ![]() nkrishnap, Nice report,the falls picture is looking excellent, your car looks stunning next to the greenery, since you drove all the way to the Fiat factory, in your Fiat, did they give you any freebies. |
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| ![]() 1.4 Turbo petrol has two options (not counting Multi-Air that is). A 120 bhp and a 150 bhp option. What engine specs is Fiat planning to release it with? Similarly the 1.6 JTD has 105 bhp and 120 bhp engines. Any idea? |
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I would bet the 1.4T-Jet with 120 bhp and 1.6 MJD with VGT 120 bhp. You never know what to expect of them. Also forgot to mention, they have a small parts warehouse inside the plant for consumption at the site as well as the spares. | |
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![]() The most interesting part of ur visit in my opinion is the Engines info.. I am waiting for the 1.6MJD now !!! | |
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| ![]() @nkrishnap Nice pics. I liked the picture in which you have kept all the doors of your Palio open. It looks as if the car will change in "bumblebee" (like the movie Transformers) ![]() ![]() |
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| ![]() Great Information nkrishnap, i will now hold on my plans for the Punto ![]() |
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| ![]() If Fiat, if at all it is thinking of bringing 1.6 MJD within this year 2009 itself, then IMO it'll be a mistake. Recipe for disaster for Fiat. IMO, for Fiat, the best timing to launch these engines in Linea/ Punto is mid-2010. Bringing it in 2009 is against Fiat's own strategy. Its strategy simply looks to be - load the car with features/ equipments comparable to almost Civic or higher segment, plonk in an engine which is more than adequate to extract good FE & keep the Price low & sell the car (with features/ equipments comparable to D or C+ segment cars like Civic) at an SX4 price. With this positioning, its still selling uner-1000 Lineas pm which needs to go up. All these go for a toss by plonking in 1.6 engines, even the positioning goes for a toss. This can be done only in mid-2010 after Linea/ Punto stabilises strongly & forms a very strong perception in the market which is hard to change. Last edited by VahanPujari : 11th September 2009 at 20:48. |
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