The Fiat Palio Stile 1.1 had been launched here in 2007, with hopes that it could bring back the glory days of Fiat and Palio’s hatchback dominance. But unfortunately for Fiat, it had been an instantaneous failure, obviously due to a recipe failure-Great looks, solid comfort, reasonable price, but a catastrophically impotent 1.1L petrol engine. IAB thinks that the Fiat Palio Stile(petrol) seriously needs an engine makeover. Read on!
The world’s cheapest car, Tata Nano, is now eying the title of ‘world’s cheapest hybrid’. Tata Motors is considering a micro-hybrid version of the Nano with ‘Start-Stop Technology’ technology that allows the vehicle to reduce fuel consumption by 5% and cut emissions by up to 10%.
The BMW 3-Series, has been voted UK’s most reliable car, and incidentally it’s BMW’s biggest selling model range. The poll, which covered the reliability history of nearly 900,000 vehicles in 2008, also revealed that BMW was the most reliable manufacturer overall. This is a historic win for BMW over the Japanese car manufacturers who traditionally dominate in reliability surveys. BMW has also topped the charts in this year’s annual FN50 [ Read More ]
