Fiat India is planning a compressed natural gas (CNG) variant for its small car Punto, Fiat India Automobiles Ltd (FIAL) President and CEO Rajeev Kapoor said.

“We are looking at the CNG option for Punto and we are looking at a launch by the second quarter of next year,” Mr. Kapoor said at a press conference here. The fuel mix for this hatchback, which was launched some months ago, would comprise CNG and gasoline, he said.

Responding to a question as to why the company was launching a CNG-fuelled car rather than an LPG-car, Mr. Kapoor said that while the company had LPG cars in its stable, it felt that it was an expensive option. “CNG is a better fuel,” he said.

Courtesy: The Hindu

A good news for all Fiat fans in India. Fiat India is planning to launch a first ever made-for-India car in the Indian market by 2011. Prototypes will arrive in India in a year’s time for extensive road trials.

The results and feedback from the trials will lead to the final round of tweaking before Fiat India Automobiles Ltd begins manufacturing the small car at its Ranjangaon facility

Fiat India president and CEO Rajeev Kapoor said the small car to be positioned between the A and B segments was already off the drawing board. “The small car - conceived for the Indian market - has been designed at Fiat’s legendary design studio in Turin. There are several steps between the drawing board to actual production-grade vehicles. The car will definitely be launched in 2011,” he said.

Courtesy: TimesOfIndia

Auto maker Tata Motors announced that in order to provide an added facility of passenger vehicle finance to its customers, it has entered into an understanding with State Bank of Hyderabad for financing of Fiat cars. The Fiat cars are available through the Tata-Fiat dealer network.

Fiat customers can avail loans up to 85 per cent of the on-road price, for tenure ranging up to 7 years, at an attractive interest rate of 10.25-10.75 per cent p.a. for new Fiat cars of their choice from the Fiat Linea, the Fiat Palio Stile and recently launched Fiat Grande Punto. This facility will be available at all the branches of State Bank of Hyderabad (except Service branches). This tie-up will provide consumers a single window for availing loans for the whole range of Fiat cars distributed by Tata Motors.

The State Bank of Hyderabad a government owned bank and the State Bank of India’s largest Associate. Customers can also avail the facility at the 100 sales touch points of Tata-Fiat distribution Network.

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Fiat GP packs-in comprehensive equipment levels, state-of-the-art technology and the superior driving dynamics of large. Above all, Grande Punto comes at an incredible price tag. If the marketing and customer service programme is successful as it hopes, the Grande Punto is set to be a grand success for Fiat.

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Your favourite car maker Fiat is back with a bang.

Yes, within few days of the launch, Fiat has sold 1512 units of Linea. Linea which already won many awards including the coveted UTVi-Autocar India “Car of the Year” and “Best MidSize Car” is now earning customers goodwill across India.

Only practice and guidance brings perfection. Though you can practice a lot its tough to find a good guide. Your favourite manufacturer Fiat offers not just the cutest car but also how to drive them better. Fiat has launched a new system that could change the way motorists drive their cars forever. Fiat’s eco:drive is an Innovative, easy to use computer application that will help you improve how efficiently you drive. It analyses your driving style helps you reduce fuel consumption and emissions and saving your money.

The eco:Drive program consists of a downloadable Adobe AIR application and a Microsoft Blue&Me equipped Fiat vehicle.Drivers of the new Fiat 500, Bravo,Panda, Panda 100HP, Panda 4*4,Multipla,Sedici,Dobla and Grande Punto can make use of this program as the products comes with revolutionary *Blue&Me system.

The process is as follows:

* Dowload the application from Fiat’s Web site
* Install the application in your computer.
* Fill your vehicle information and prepare the USB drive to transport data.
* Once done, plug the USB stick into the USB port of your Blue&Me system.

The system will record anonymous information about your driving habits and techniques. On plugging back into the computer, the eco:Drive application analyzes the information and offers tips to improve fuel economy and emissions. You can also track the mileage, and emissions from the application’s interface. Drivers who start eco:Driving can expect to improve their driving efficiency by up to 15 per cent. That means a 15 per cent reduction in CO2 emissions and in fuel costs.

Interestingly, there’s a social aspect to the eco:Drive program called Ecoville,which, while it sounds like a grass-eating cult in some remote village, is really a network of other eco:Drive-connected Fiat drivers. The purpose here is for all of you green-headed kindred spirits to share driving tips and other info, and also to see how you are doing in the save-the-planet-o-metre.

* Blue&Me - The simplest and easiest way to communicate. Blue&Me, the result of the collaboration between Fiat Auto and Microsoft, will change the way you communicate and listen to music on the move.

Using a series of voice commands, without taking your hands off the wheel you can telephone and listen to incoming SMS messages, interpreted on your Bluetooth Blue&Me mobile phone, consult your phonebook and listen to MP3s. Blue&MeTM supports most mobile phones with Bluetooth technology.