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The first car to come out of the 50-50 : TATA - Fiat joint venture has debuted and its the Palio Stile. Pronounciation ~ [Stee-lay].The car will be manufactured in their Ranjanagaon facility in Maharashtra.
The Ranjanagaon car plant is going to be one of the biggest and is owned jointly by Tata - Fiat in a bid to up their market share. The unit will soon be capable of delivering more than 2,00,000 engines and transmissions for both the car makers as early as 2008.
The rejuvenated Palio Stile comes with a 1.1 litre engine and 70% of the car is assembled with parts manufactured in India. The car plan currently can only make about 30/ day but that will increase as they up the capacity by the year end.
The new Fiat Palio Stile, also much known as the Palio 1100 is now available in the Indian market. The car will be available in two variants, 1.1 litre engine and also the 1.6 litre engine.
The 1.1 litre version will be sold for Rs 3.49 lakh for the base model and Rs 3.90 lakh for the higher one. The 1.6 litre will be much more expensive and starting at 4.31 lakh. These prices are ofcourse ex-showroom Delhi.
The Palio Stile 1.6 which comes with a 1.6 litre engine is dubbed the ‘Palio Stile Sport’ which delivers a max power of 100 PS @ 5500 rpm along with a torque of 137 Nm @ 4250 rpm.
I had a quick look at the details of the car and here is what I liked about it.
1. The price. Starting at 3.49 lakhs, the big small car becomes an attractive buy.
2. Improved Fuel Efficiency. This was one of the major problem with potential Palio buyers earlier.
3. Better Service. The new Palio will be sold and services by Tata Dealers, which will hopefully make things better.
4. Great interiors. The redesigned dashboard looks great.
The only thing I did not like is that the 1.1 engine seems to be underpowered at 57bhp. Even lighter cars like Wagon R and Santro are powered with 64bhp and 63 bhp respectively. The bigger Palio seems underpowered in comparison. A 65 bhp engine would have worked better. But for those looking for more horses, a higher version - Palio Sport is available 1.6 liter engine delivering monstrous 100bhp.
Fiat is also planning to launch two more cars in India going by the recent press reports of the company. Fiat’s new cars will be the Grande Punto and the Linea.
The Ranjanagaon car plant is going to be one of the biggest and is owned jointly by Tata - Fiat in a bid to up their market share. The unit will soon be capable of delivering more than 2,00,000 engines and transmissions for both the car makers as early as 2008.
The rejuvenated Palio Stile comes with a 1.1 litre engine and 70% of the car is assembled with parts manufactured in India. The car plan currently can only make about 30/ day but that will increase as they up the capacity by the year end.
The new Fiat Palio Stile, also much known as the Palio 1100 is now available in the Indian market. The car will be available in two variants, 1.1 litre engine and also the 1.6 litre engine.
The 1.1 litre version will be sold for Rs 3.49 lakh for the base model and Rs 3.90 lakh for the higher one. The 1.6 litre will be much more expensive and starting at 4.31 lakh. These prices are ofcourse ex-showroom Delhi.
The Palio Stile 1.6 which comes with a 1.6 litre engine is dubbed the ‘Palio Stile Sport’ which delivers a max power of 100 PS @ 5500 rpm along with a torque of 137 Nm @ 4250 rpm.
I had a quick look at the details of the car and here is what I liked about it.
1. The price. Starting at 3.49 lakhs, the big small car becomes an attractive buy.
2. Improved Fuel Efficiency. This was one of the major problem with potential Palio buyers earlier.
3. Better Service. The new Palio will be sold and services by Tata Dealers, which will hopefully make things better.
4. Great interiors. The redesigned dashboard looks great.
The only thing I did not like is that the 1.1 engine seems to be underpowered at 57bhp. Even lighter cars like Wagon R and Santro are powered with 64bhp and 63 bhp respectively. The bigger Palio seems underpowered in comparison. A 65 bhp engine would have worked better. But for those looking for more horses, a higher version - Palio Sport is available 1.6 liter engine delivering monstrous 100bhp.
Fiat is also planning to launch two more cars in India going by the recent press reports of the company. Fiat’s new cars will be the Grande Punto and the Linea.
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