Fiat India has made us wait for quite a long time for the 2014 Linea facelift. The car is already on sale in the global markets and is bringing in good sales number for the Italian carmaker. Now, Fiat India is all set to roll out the 2014 Linea, to rejuvenate the popular C-segment sedan.
First shown in Turkey in late-2012 and more recently at the 2014 Auto Expo, the new 2014 Linea has finally arrived in the Indian market. Fiat India, in fact, will launch the car at an event in Mumbai that is scheduled to undergo within minutes. Stay tuned to CarWale as we run live updates straight from the launch venue.
Featuring a host of cosmetic updates both inside and outside, the 2014 Linea facelift aims at bringing back some of the car’s lost glory. The Linea, after all, was plagued with poor aftersales service, despite being a very desirable product. Now that Fiat is on its own in the Indian market and is busy setting up its own dealer network, the new Linea could well be the right model to successfully spearhead Fiat India’s aggressive new approach.
Live updates:
- The launch ceremony is underway.
- Fiat India President and Managing Director Mr. Nagesh Basavanhalli now on stage, talking about Fiat India's future product strategy.
- Fiat will launch four new products before December this year.
- All-new Punto Avventura, new Linea, new Punto and the 500 Abarth will form Fiat's 2014 product portfolio.
- New Linea gets major design updates. The chrome infested front bumper and rear bumpers are all new. Fiat is also offering new 16-inch alloy wheels.
- The cabin is also all new. The new Linea is particularly feature-rich with standard features on top-spec variant including leather seats, cruise control, 16-inch alloy wheels, dual airbags, Fiat's Blue & Me, climate control and much more.
- Entry-level variants come with electric mirrors, chrome tip, rain sensing wipers, ABS with EBD as standard.
- Fiat is offering the new Linea in two new colours - Magnesio Grey and Sunbeam Gold
- Mechanically, the new Linea remains unchanged. The car is offered with 112bhp, 1.4-litre T-Jet turbo petrol engine and a 90bhp, 1.3 MultiJet diesel engine.
- Both the turbocharged petrol and diesel engines come paired to a 5-speed manual gearbox.
- The 2014 Linea facelift is priced at Rs 6.99 lakh (ex-showroom, Delhi).
- The new Linea is availalbe with 4 petrol and 3 diesel variants.
- Linea Petrol range:
Active - Rs 6.99 lakh.
T-Jet Active - Rs 7.44 lakh.
T-Jet Dynamic - Rs 8.53 lakh
T- Jet Emotion - Rs 9.01 lakh.
- Linea Diesel range:
MultiJet Dynamic - Rs 9.27 lakh.
Multijet Emotion - Rs 9.72 lakh.
