Fiat’s Multijet diesel engine has worked wonders for many manufacturers in India. But if you had to pick one from the lot, it has to be Maruti Suzuki. The king pin of the small car market has gained maximum benefit from the Multijet diesel.
Currently, with sky rocketing petrol prices, Maruti Suzuki is selling 8 diesel cars for every 2 petrol cars – yes the split of Diesel to Petrol is a whopping 80-20, its also the national average.
Strengthening the ties further, Maruti Suzuki has finalized a deal to buy 1 lakh diesel engines from Fiat every year. With this deal, the company hopes to reduce the waiting period on its diesel cars.
Right now, the company is in a very sticky situation where it has a surplus of petrol cars but no capacity for the diesel ones. Most of its best selling models in the diesel avatar such as Ritz, Swift Dzire, SX4 and Swift have waiting list stretching for more than 6 months.
This deal will also help Maruti Suzuki in the future as it plans to expand its capacity to reach 1.75 million annual capacity. It has already started the process of acquiring land for the new plant in Gujarat.
If there is one engine that Indian manufacturers just love to put in their cars in a no-questions-asked fashion, it has to be Fiat’s Multijet engine. The engine is so popular in India that Fiat has sold more Multijet engines in India than its cars. A major portion of Fiat’s revenues in India comes from its engine business. In fact, Fiat also cashed in on the popularity of this engine [ Read More ]
Prior to the India launch of the Fiat Grande Punto, Fiat has decided to bring the Punto to the Argentine customer. Fiat has introduced the 1.3 Multijet 16v turbodiesel engine by 90 hp, which is known for good performance, high technology, high reliability and repeated the environment.
The price of the top-end ELX Fiat Punto 1.3 Multijet is 61,500 Peso including VAT, which comes to approx Rs. 7,83,150.84
The Direct injection Common Rail Multijet turbo and compressor intercooler and variable geometry allows this vehicle to reach the 90 hp (66 kW at 4,000 rpm) mark of maximum power and a torque of 20.4 kgm (200 Nm at 1750 rpm .).
Mounted Point ensures a maximum speed of just over 170 km / h and accelerates from 0 to 100 kph in 12 seconds, according to figures from the terminal.
The much awaited Tata Indigo Vista will be set afloat next month for a price tag displaying 5-lakh rupees or more. The car will be put together in the Ranjangaon plant where Fiat manufactures all its cars for India. The engine options include the 1.3-liter Multijet and 1.4-liter FIRE petrol engine.
The 1.3-liter Multijet engine isn’t fulfilling all the wishes of Linea buyers. Hence Fiat plans to introduce a more powerful 1.6-liter Multijet engine on the Linea later this year. This engine will output 106bhp power and 147Nm torque. Psst- The same engine goes into the Suzuki SX4 this year.
The Fiat Linea is here- It’s supposed to be Fiat’s Indian Operations’ savior by all means. If the Linea and Grande Punto end up selling like the Palio, Fiat’s Ranjangoan plant will be used merely as a secondary Tata plant to produce the Indigo and probably the Indicruz along with thousands of Multijet engines for export. How dreadful will that be if you were Fiat?
The Fiat Grande Punto arrived just in time to save Fiat from biting the dust. It’s a fine example of the modern Fiat. The styling, performance, design all of them point to one thing- Fiat is here to stay. The Grande Punto will meet Indians later in 2009. For those who don’t know, the Linea is to the Grande Punto, what the Indigo is to the Indica.
The one millionth Fiat Grande Punto rolled out Fiat’s Melfi factory a couple of days back. The Grande Punto has changed the face of Fiat after the brand almost went bankrupt before the car’s launch.
Launched in 2005, the Grande Punto is the 3rd-generation Punto and is significantly larger than its predecessors. Almost 6.5 million of the Punto series have been sold since it’s launch in 1993. This car, according to sources, will be manufactured in India starting February 2009.
The Fiat 500 has always been a sensation since its launch more than a year back. The most recent addition to the Fiat 500 lineup was the sports version – The Abarth. Just recently, Fiat was caught testing their upcoming Fiat 500 Cabrio version in Italy, due to be launched in 2010. The Fiat 500’s compact size and low cost means, it can have only a manual folding soft-top. To [ Read More ]
Currently, with sky rocketing petrol prices, Maruti Suzuki is selling 8 diesel cars for every 2 petrol cars – yes the split of Diesel to Petrol is a whopping 80-20, its also the national average.
