List of articles tagged: Fiat Palio

Fiat has always shared a large fan base in India and the response to the Punto and the Linea speak volumes of the company’s success here. Fiat now plans to bring a small car in the Indian market and we expect it to be the Palio. The Palio has always had a special place in the hearts of Fiat car lovers and enthusiasts alike.

Fiat India Automobiles Ltd. welcomed a host of guests from around the country as they gathered in Pune to drive down their favourite Fiat cars to the Fiat factory in Ranjangaon. 60 Fiat cars came together from cities like New Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Coimbatore, Trivandrum and Pune. The guest list consisted of Fiat enthusiasts and owners of Fiat cars. Around 125 people made their way early morning to Pune after which the convoy of enthusiasts which included Rajeev Kapoor, President and CEO, Fiat India Automobiles, headed off to Fiat’s Ranjangaon plant. 

FIAT India Automobiles Ltd today rolled out the 200000th powertrain engine from its Ranjangaon plant in Pune. The state-of-the-art facility at Ranjangaon plant started manufacturing power trains in July, 2008.  FIAT’s facility at Ranjangaon is among largest powertrains manufacturing plants of Fiat anywhere in the world. The plant was built to manufacture engines for Tata and Fiat cars as well as for exporting engines to other Fiat facilities across Europe.  

‘Fiat Diesel Drives India’ broke through the finish line successfully and in grand style. The drive which was flagged off from Fiat’s Ranjangaon plant on 27th October 09, has seen journalists from all realms of the media take 4 of Fiat’s multijet powered cars– Linea, Grande Punto, Palio and Fiat 500 to the test on dynamic and unpredictable Indian terrains. In the span of one and a half months, the drive clocked over 10,000 km in distance whilst travelling through 16 Indian states.

Fiat India Private Limited (FIAL) is conducting a multijet drive across India, covering more than 10,000km. All four Fiat cars sold in India (the Palio, Linea, Grande Punto and the 500) are a part of this drive with an additional Grande Punto as a support car. The drive was flagged off last week from the Ranjangaon plant, and the convoy headed towards Bengaluru via Chiplun and Goa. CarWale joined the drive at Bengaluru.