Fiat Linea 1.6 Multijet & Punto Sports Coming In July!

If asked what would you want to change in the Fiat Linea, 90% of you will say the engine.

Although pretty decent in their own right, both the 1.3 Litre Multijet Diesel and the 1.4 Litre Petrol engine have been accused of being too miserly as far as power in concerned. Fiat is now going all out to rectify that.

The company is planning to introduce the Linea with the more powerful 1.6 litre Multijet Diesel engine  in July 2010.

Speaking on the sidelines of the Fiat Grande Punto 1.2 variants launch, Mr Ravi Bhatia, Vice President – Commercial for Fiat India said “We have been getting a lot of requests from consumers asking for the Linea 1.6. Keeping that demand in mind, we will be launching the same in July. We would also be introducing Punto Sports sometime that period although work is still on the same and so any exact timeline is difficult.”

source: carwale

“The reiterating fact that the ‘haunt’ Indian consumers had on buying Fiat cars is no longer present with localisation coming in and more service centres being opened across India,” he added.

The 1.6 Litre Multijet engine is one of the recent powerplants from Fiat and is a pretty high tech unit. The 1600 cc four cylinder 16 valve common rail turbo diesel engine comes in two varities – a turbocharged 105 bhp unit or a VGT (Variable Geometry Turbocharger) version of the same with an impressive 120 bhp and more than 300 nm of torque. The engine is designed to be low on maintenance with a service interval of more than  35000 kms in Europe! The fuel efficiency is also said to be equal to or even better than the 1.3 Multijet engine currently under the hood.

We expect the new Linea 1.6 Multijet to be priced in the region of 9-9.5 Lakhs Ex-Showroom.

The new engine coupled with a competitive price tag will turn this very desirable car into an irresistible one. The time starts now!