Fiat Grande Punto
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The Fiat Grande Punto is a car manufactured by the Italian automaker Fiat
. It was unveiled on May 5, 2005 and replaced by the Punto Evo in 2010. In September 2011 Fiat unveil the Punto model year 2012, the new version will replaced the Grande Punto and the Punto Evo. The new Punto 2012 introduce new engine and a new style.
to bear the name Punto, codenamed Project 199, the Grande Punto was unveiled at the 2005 Frankfurt Motor Show
and went on sale later that year. Styled by Giugiaro, the car is based on the Fiat-GM Small platform. Whilst the model shares some of its name with the previous Punto, a large number of its components are new, including a new chassis and body shell.
The engines are the Fiat 1.2 8V Fire
(65 PS), a new 1.4 8V Fire (77 PS) and the 1.4 16V StarJet (95 PS). Four MultiJet diesel engine
s are also available: two 1.3 16V units (75 PS and 90 PS, the latter with a variable geometry turbocharger
) and two 1.9 with 120 PS and 130 PS, all of them with diesel particulate filter
. The 1.9 diesel will be replaced with new 1.6 JTD starting in the end of 2008.
All the engines are Euro IV compliant. In 2007 the new 1.4 16V T-Jet turbocharged petrol engine (120 PS) became available. At the 2007 Frankfurt Motor Show, Fiat introduced 155 PS an Abarth
version by Abarth & C S.p.A.. It was branded as an Abarth rather than Fiat. The car's nose, headlights and front grill look reminiscent of the Maserati Coupé
; both were designed by Giorgetto Giugiaro
of ItalDesign
.
It was launched in Mexico
in November 2006. The Grande Punto is placed above the Fiat Palio
in the Mexican Fiat car lineup. Initially it was sold with the 1.4 16V StarJet 95 PS engine with 6-speed manual gearbox in 5 door Dynamic and 3 door Sport trims. In December 2007 the 1.4 16V T-Jet 120 PS variant was launched.
The Italian-made Grande Punto has already been launched in Chile
and Dominican Republic
in petrol and diesel versions.
In the rest of South America
, the Brazilian-built Grande Punto (called just Punto) was launched in August 2007. Codenamed Project 310, it is produced in the factory of Betim
, Minas Gerais
, Brazil
. The chassis is an adaptation of the Fiat Palio, a lower cost compact. Levels of safety were not maintained (airbags and ABS are optional on lower trim levels, and the higher one only has two airbags by default), but the ride comfort is said to be the same. The five-door version is the only one available in the Brazilian line, and there are no plans for a two-door version (in Brazil, two-door vehicles are only accepted for cheaper cars). The engines available on launching were the 85 PS 1.4 Fire 8V and the 115 PS 1.8 Family 1
engine that comes from GM-Fiat/Powertrain. It was never made available the new Torque 1.9 L with 16V engine for this model,134 PS (available only for Fiat Linea
) only the 1.4 turboFire
16V Turbo
(available for Punto and Linea). In the 2011 model, there were added the new E-Torq engines 1.6 16V and 1.8 16V. Produced by Fiat Powertrain Technologies
, they were based on the discontinued Tritec engine
s.
Except by the Turbo version (petrol only), all versions produced in Brazil are flex-fuel
.
The Grande Punto also went on sale in South Africa
in 2006, replacing the previous generation. It is sold with a variety of petrol and diesel engines beginning at around R120,000.
A sedan version of the Grande Punto, the Fiat Linea
, was launched in early 2007 to replace the aging Fiat Marea
. It will be built on an extended version of the Grande Punto's chassis giving it a total length of 4600 mm (181.1 in) and making it jump to the small family car segment.
Grande Punto and the Linea sedan were both launched in India
during the Delhi Auto Expo
in January 2008. While Linea was launched in January 2009 in both petrol and diesel versions, Grande Punto is launched in June 2009. In India both the cars are manufactured by the Fiat-Tata Motors joint venture Fiat India Automobiles Ltd
(FIAL) in a new plant in Ranjangaon in Maharashtra.
with ten variants out of which its five variants are available with two options of petrol engine
– 1.2L, 1172 cc FIRE petrol engine that is available with Active, Dynamic and Emotion variants of Fiat Grande Punto and the 1.4L, 1368 cc FIRE petrol engine is available with Emotion and Emotion Pack. The 1.2L, 1172 cc, FIRE petrol engine produces 68 bhp power at 6000 rpm and 96 newton metre torque at 2500 rpm. The rest two petrol variants of this car are powered by the 1.4L, 1368 cc, FIRE petrol engine that is able to produce maximum power of 90 bhp of maximum power at 6000 rpm with 115 newton metre of maximum torque at 4500 rpm.
Rest five variants of Fiat Grande Punto are powered by a 1.3L, 1248 cc Multijet Diesel engine
. Diesel variants are also available with two engine options - 1.3L, Multijet diesel engine with FGT (Fixed Geometry Turbocharger) that produces 76 PS of maximum power at 4000 rpm with 197 newton metre of maximum torque and a 1.3L, Multijet diesel engine with VGT (Variable Geometry Turbocharger) that delivers 93 PS of maximum power at 4000 rpm with 209 newton metre of maximum torque at 2000 rpm.
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Fiat Grande Punto Models in India
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| Active 1.2 Petrol and 1.3 Diesel || It is the base variant of this car that comes with basic features like Hydraulic power steering, Manual HVAC, Rear AC vents, Front power windows, Speed sensitive front wipers, follow me home headlamps, rear fog lamps, engine immobilizer with rolling code, Fire prevention system, double crank prevention system, Theater dimming map lamps, engine guard, Seat belt warning. As with base variants of all other cars, it lacks ABS and dual airbags.
|-
| Dynamic 1.2 Petrol and 1.3 Diesel || Added features over Active like Advanced Driver Information system(DIS), specific door open warning and boot open warning on MID, All four power windows with auto up/down feature, Silver center console and chrome Instrument panel, Fabric Insert on Door Trim with Door Armrest, Instrument Panel Light Regulation.
|-
| Emotion 1.2,1.4 Petrol and 1.3 Diesel || The additional features that this variant offers are – ABS with EBD, CD/MP3 Player with 6 Speakers, Speed sensitive volume control, Programmable Speed Limit Warning System, Front Fog Lamps, Electrically Adjustable Outside Rear View Mirror(ORVMs), Rear Window (Wiper & Washer), Rear Defogger, External Temperature Display, Desmodronic Foldable Key, Remote Door Lock with programmable auto door locks, Theater dimming front cockpit lights with spotlight function, Dual Tone Dashboard and interiors, Boot Light, 60:40 split folding rear seats, Adjustable Rear Seat Head Restraint, Cigar Lighter, Body Colored Door Handles, Body Colored Outside Rear View Mirrors. 1.4FIRE and 1.3MJD model have driver height adjustment.
|-
| Emotion Pack 1.4 Petrol and 1.3 Diesel and Diesel 90HP || It offers additional features over the Emotion variant like Microsoft Blue&Me with Microsoft Meda player and USB port capable of voice interaction with Blue&Me system, SMS Reader with vehicle's own memory for storing incoming SMS, Dual Front SRS Airbags, 3 Point ELR Seat Belts with Pretensioners & Load Limiter, Automatic Climate Control, Steering Mounted Audio and Microsoft Blue&Me voice interaction system Controls, Seat Belt Warning with Buzzer, Leather Wrapped Steering Wheel, Leather Wrapped Gear Knob.
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!Model
!Engine
!Displacement
!Power
!Torque
!0–100 km/h,s
0-62 mph,s
!Top speed
!Note
|- style="background:#fff;"
|1.2 8V Fire
||I4
||1242 cc||65 PS @5500 rpm ||102 newton metre @3000 rpm||14.5||155 km/h (96 mph)||
|- style="background:#fff;"
|1.4 8V Fire||I4
||1368 cc||77 PS @6000 rpm ||115 newton metre @3000 rpm||13.2||165 km/h (103 mph)||
|- style="background:#fff;"
|1.4 16V StarJet||I4
||1368 cc||95 PS @6000 rpm ||125 newton metre @4500 rpm||10.5||178 km/h (111 mph)||6-speed, from 2006
|- style="background:#fff;"
|1.4 16V T-Jet||I4
||1368 cc||120 PS @5000 rpm ||206 newton metre @1750 rpm||8.9||195 km/h (121 mph)||from 2007
|- style="background:#fff;"
|1.4 16V T-Jet||I4
||1368 cc||155 PS @5500 rpm ||230 newton metre @3000 rpm||8.2||208 km/h (129 mph)||Abarth
model, from 2007
|- style="background:#fff;"
|1.4 16V T-Jet||I4
||1368 cc||180 PS @5750 rpm ||272 newton metre @3000 rpm||7.5||218 km/h (135 mph)||Abarth
"SS" model, from 2008
|}
|- style="text-align:center; background:#dcdcdc; vertical-align:middle;"
!Model
!Engine
!Displacement
!Power
!Torque
!0–100 km/h,s
0-62 mph,s
!Top speed
!Note
|- style="background:#fff;"
|1.3 16V MultiJet||I4
||1248 cc||75 PS @4000 rpm ||190 newton metre @1750 rpm||13.6||165 km/h (103 mph)||5-speed
|- style="background:#fff;"
|1.3 16V MultiJet||I4
||1248 cc||90 PS @4000 rpm ||200 newton metre @1750 rpm||11.9||175 km/h (109 mph)||6-speed
|- style="background:#fff;"
|1.6 16V MultiJet||I4
||1598 cc||120 PS @ 3750 rpm ||320 newton metre @ 1750 rpm||9.6||190 km/h (118.1 mph)||from late 2008
|- style="background:#fff;"
|1.9 8V MultiJet||I4
||1910 cc||120 PS @4000 rpm ||280 newton metre @2000 rpm||10.0||190 km/h (118 mph)||2005–2008
|- style="background:#fff;"
|1.9 8V MultiJet||I4
||1910 cc||130 PS @4000 rpm ||280 newton metre @2000 rpm||9.5||200 km/h (124 mph)||2005–2008
|}
crash test
for passenger protection and Euro NCAP 3 star certification for pedestrian safety
. The most powerful engines have electronic stability program and anti slip regulation fitted as standard, and it is an optional extra on some of the lower powered engines.
The first car from the newly created (2007) FIAT-owned Abarth & C. S.p.A
, the Abarth Grande Punto differs significantly from its donor car.
Initially the Abarth Grande Punto will be available with a 150 PS (155 PS when using 97 RON fuel) 1.4 turbo engine, but from 2008 there will be an essesse kit available, which will be installed at official Abarth service centres rather than in the factory.
|- style="text-align:center; background:#dcdcdc; vertical-align:middle;"
!Model
!Engine
!Displacement
!Valves
!Power
!Torque
!0–100 km/h,s
0-62 mph,s
!Top speed
!Note
|- style="background:#fff;"
|Abarth 1.4 16V T-Jet||I4
||1368 cc||16||155 PS @5500 rpm||206 newton metre @5000 rpm Sport 230 newton metre @3000 rpm||8.2
||208 km/h (129.2 mph)||from 2007
|- style="background:#fff;"
|Abarth SS 1.4 16V T-Jet||I4
||1368 cc||16||180 PS @5750 rpm||Sport 272 newton metre @3000 rpm||7.5||218 km/h (135.5 mph)||from 2008
|}
technology. It features also new navigation system integrated to the Blue & Me system called "Blue & Me – TomTom.
|- style="text-align:center; background:#dcdcdc; vertical-align:middle;"
!Model
!Engine
!Displacement
!Power
!Torque
!0–100 km/h,s
0-62 mph,s
!Top speed
!Note
|- style="background:#fff;"
|1.2 8V Fire
||I4
||1242 cc||65 PS @5500 rpm ||102 newton metre @3000 rpm||14.5||155 km/h (96 mph)||
|- style="background:#fff;"
|1.2 8V Fire
Euro5||I4
||1242 cc||69 PS @5500 rpm ||102 newton metre @3000 rpm||14.5||155 km/h (96 mph)||
|- style="background:#fff;"
|1.4 8V Fire||I4
||1368 cc||77 PS @6000 rpm ||115 newton metre @3250 rpm||13.2||165 km/h (103 mph)||
|- style="background:#fff;"
|1.4 8v 77 PS Euro5 Start&Stop
||I4
||1368 cc||77 PS @6000 rpm ||115 newton metre @3250 rpm||13.2||165 km/h (103 mph)||
|- style="background:#fff;"
|1.4 8v BIPOWER||I4
||1368 cc||Petrol
:77 PS @6000 rpm
Methane
:70 PS @6000 rpm ||Petrol:115 newton metre @3000 rpm
Methane:104 newton metre @3000 rpm||Petrol:14.9
Methane:16.9||Petrol:162 km/h (101 mph)
Methane:156 km/h (97 mph)||
|- style="background:#fff;"
|1.4 8v GPL||I4
||1368 cc||77 PS @6000 rpm ||115 newton metre @3000 rpm||13.2||165 km/h (103 mph)||
|- style="background:#fff;"
|1.4 16v MultiAir
105 PS Euro5 Start&Stop||I4
||1368 cc||105 PS @6500 rpm ||130 newton metre @4000 rpm||10.8||185 km/h (115 mph)||
|- style="background:#fff;"
|1.4 16v MultiAir Turbo 135 PS Euro5 Start&Stop||I4
||1368 cc||135 PS @5000 rpm ||206 newton metre @1750 rpm||8.5||205 km/h (127 mph)||
|}
|- style="text-align:center; background:#dcdcdc; vertical-align:middle;"
!Model
!Engine
!Displacement
!Power
!Torque
!0–100 km/h,s
0-62 mph,s
!Top speed
!Note
|- style="background:#fff;"
|1.3 16v Multijet 75 CV||I4
||1248 cc||75 PS @4000 rpm ||190 newton metre @1500 rpm||13.6||165 km/h (103 mph)||
|- style="background:#fff;"
|1.3 16v Multijet 75 CV Euro5 Start&Stop||I4
||1248 cc||75 PS @4000 rpm ||190 newton metre @1750 rpm||13.6||165 km/h (103 mph)||
|- style="background:#fff;"
|1.3 16v Multijet 90 CV||I4
||1248 cc||90 PS @ 4000 rpm||200 newton metre @ 1750 rpm||11.9||175 km/h (109 mph)||
|- style="background:#fff;"
|1.3 16v Multijet 95 CV Euro5 Start&Stop||I4
||1248 cc||95 PS @4000 rpm ||200 newton metre @1500 rpm||11.7||178 km/h (111 mph)||
|- style="background:#fff;"
|1.6 16v Multijet 120 CV||I4
||1598 cc||120 PS @3750 rpm ||320 newton metre @1750 rpm||9.6||193 km/h (120 mph)||
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Source
Turbo engine. Top speed is 213 kilometre per hour and acceleration from zero to 100 kilometre per hour is 7.9 seconds.
A new Esseesse version was released in 2011 which was an optional upgrade that improved performance with a 0-62 time of 7.4 seconds.
Fiat
FIAT, an acronym for Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino , is an Italian automobile manufacturer, engine manufacturer, financial, and industrial group based in Turin in the Italian region of Piedmont. Fiat was founded in 1899 by a group of investors including Giovanni Agnelli...
. It was unveiled on May 5, 2005 and replaced by the Punto Evo in 2010. In September 2011 Fiat unveil the Punto model year 2012, the new version will replaced the Grande Punto and the Punto Evo. The new Punto 2012 introduce new engine and a new style.
Overview
The third generation Fiat superminiSupermini
A superminicomputer, or supermini, is “a minicomputer with high performance compared to ordinary minicomputers.” The term was an invention used from the mid-1970s mainly to distinguish the emerging 32-bit minis from the classical 16-bit minicomputers...
to bear the name Punto, codenamed Project 199, the Grande Punto was unveiled at the 2005 Frankfurt Motor Show
Internationale Automobil-Ausstellung
The Internationale Automobil-Ausstellung , also known as the Frankfurt Motor Show or Frankfurt Auto Show, is one of the world's largest motor shows. It is held biennially in Frankfurt, Germany. The show occupies 12 buildings.The IAA is organized by the Association of the German Automotive Industry...
and went on sale later that year. Styled by Giugiaro, the car is based on the Fiat-GM Small platform. Whilst the model shares some of its name with the previous Punto, a large number of its components are new, including a new chassis and body shell.
The engines are the Fiat 1.2 8V Fire
Fully Integrated Robotised Engine
The FIRE is a series of automobile engines from Fiat. It was designed by Italian design firm Rodolfo Bonetto . It is constructed by robot assembly plants to reduce costs....
(65 PS), a new 1.4 8V Fire (77 PS) and the 1.4 16V StarJet (95 PS). Four MultiJet diesel engine
Diesel engine
A diesel engine is an internal combustion engine that uses the heat of compression to initiate ignition to burn the fuel, which is injected into the combustion chamber...
s are also available: two 1.3 16V units (75 PS and 90 PS, the latter with a variable geometry turbocharger
Variable geometry turbocharger
Variable-geometry turbochargers are a family of turbochargers, usually designed to allow the effective aspect ratio of the turbo to be altered as conditions change. This is done because optimum aspect ratio at low engine speeds is very different from that at high engine speeds...
) and two 1.9 with 120 PS and 130 PS, all of them with diesel particulate filter
Diesel Particulate Filter
A diesel particulate filter is a device designed to remove diesel particulate matter or soot from the exhaust gas of a diesel engine. Wall-flow diesel particulate filters usually remove 85% or more of the soot, and under certain conditions can attain soot removal efficiencies of close to 100%...
. The 1.9 diesel will be replaced with new 1.6 JTD starting in the end of 2008.
All the engines are Euro IV compliant. In 2007 the new 1.4 16V T-Jet turbocharged petrol engine (120 PS) became available. At the 2007 Frankfurt Motor Show, Fiat introduced 155 PS an Abarth
Abarth
Abarth is an Italian racing car maker founded by Austrian-Italian Carlo Abarth and Italian Armando Scagliarini in Turin in 1949. Its logo depicts a stylized scorpion on a red and yellow background.- History :...
version by Abarth & C S.p.A.. It was branded as an Abarth rather than Fiat. The car's nose, headlights and front grill look reminiscent of the Maserati Coupé
Maserati Coupe
The Maserati Coupé and Spyder are grand tourers produced by Italian automaker Maserati from 2001 to 2007. They have now been replaced by the GranTurismo. The two nameplates refer to the four-seater coupé and two-seater roadster versions, respectively. Both models were based on the 3200 GT, ...
; both were designed by Giorgetto Giugiaro
Giorgetto Giugiaro
Giorgetto Giugiaro is an Italian automobile designer responsible equally for a stable of supercars and several of the most popular everyday vehicles driven today...
of ItalDesign
Italdesign Giugiaro
Italdesign-Giugiaro S.p.A is an automobile design and engineering company based in Moncalieri, Italy founded in 1968 by Giorgetto Giugiaro and Aldo Mantovani as Studi Italiani Realizzazione Prototipi S.p.A...
.
Non-European markets
In Australia, Fiat introduced the Grande Punto in mid 2006, sold only as the Punto; it is the first Fiat to be sold in Australia since 1989. Shortly after its launch the car (the 1.3 90 PS diesel) was recognised as the most economical car on the market.It was launched in Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
in November 2006. The Grande Punto is placed above the Fiat Palio
Fiat Palio
The Fiat Palio is a small family car designed by Fiat as a world car, aimed at developing countries. It is produced in Brazil, Argentina, Turkey, South Africa and China. It is also built under licence in North Korea as the Pyonghwa Hwiparam. Russian ZMA started assembly of Turkish CKD kits in...
in the Mexican Fiat car lineup. Initially it was sold with the 1.4 16V StarJet 95 PS engine with 6-speed manual gearbox in 5 door Dynamic and 3 door Sport trims. In December 2007 the 1.4 16V T-Jet 120 PS variant was launched.
The Italian-made Grande Punto has already been launched in Chile
Chile
Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...
and Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic is a nation on the island of La Hispaniola, part of the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean region. The western third of the island is occupied by the nation of Haiti, making Hispaniola one of two Caribbean islands that are shared by two countries...
in petrol and diesel versions.
In the rest of South America
South America
South America is a continent situated in the Western Hemisphere, mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere. The continent is also considered a subcontinent of the Americas. It is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean and on the north and east...
, the Brazilian-built Grande Punto (called just Punto) was launched in August 2007. Codenamed Project 310, it is produced in the factory of Betim
Betim
Betim is a city in Minas Gerais, Brazil. It is located at around . The city belongs to the mesoregion Metropolitan of Belo Horizonte and to the microregion of Belo Horizonte....
, Minas Gerais
Minas Gerais
Minas Gerais is one of the 26 states of Brazil, of which it is the second most populous, the third richest, and the fourth largest in area. Minas Gerais is the Brazilian state with the largest number of Presidents of Brazil, the current one, Dilma Rousseff, being one of them. The capital is the...
, Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
. The chassis is an adaptation of the Fiat Palio, a lower cost compact. Levels of safety were not maintained (airbags and ABS are optional on lower trim levels, and the higher one only has two airbags by default), but the ride comfort is said to be the same. The five-door version is the only one available in the Brazilian line, and there are no plans for a two-door version (in Brazil, two-door vehicles are only accepted for cheaper cars). The engines available on launching were the 85 PS 1.4 Fire 8V and the 115 PS 1.8 Family 1
GM Family 1 engine
The Family 1 is a straight-4 piston engine that was developed by GM Powertrain, a subsidiary of Opel to replace low-displacement versions of GM Family II engine for use on mid-range cars from Opel.-C16XE:...
engine that comes from GM-Fiat/Powertrain. It was never made available the new Torque 1.9 L with 16V engine for this model,134 PS (available only for Fiat Linea
Fiat Linea
The Fiat Linea is a small family car released on March 26, 2007 at Tofaş plant in Bursa, Turkey, by the Italian automaker Fiat as a world car in developing countries. It replaced the aging Marea as the largest saloon in the Fiat range. It is based on the current Fiat Grande Punto platform...
) only the 1.4 turboFire
Fully Integrated Robotised Engine
The FIRE is a series of automobile engines from Fiat. It was designed by Italian design firm Rodolfo Bonetto . It is constructed by robot assembly plants to reduce costs....
16V Turbo
Turbocharger
A turbocharger, or turbo , from the Greek "τύρβη" is a centrifugal compressor powered by a turbine that is driven by an engine's exhaust gases. Its benefit lies with the compressor increasing the mass of air entering the engine , thereby resulting in greater performance...
(available for Punto and Linea). In the 2011 model, there were added the new E-Torq engines 1.6 16V and 1.8 16V. Produced by Fiat Powertrain Technologies
Fiat Powertrain Technologies
The Fiat Powertrain Technologies is a part the Fiat Group, which includes all the activities related to powertrains and transmissions to Fiat Automobiles Iveco , Centro Ricerche Fiat and Elasis....
, they were based on the discontinued Tritec engine
Tritec engine
In 1997, Chrysler Corporation and Rover Group formed Tritec, a joint venture to design a new small straight-4 engine for small cars. They built a factory in Campo Largo of Curitiba, Brazil, to manufacture the engine. When BMW sold Rover Group, BMW retained the stake in Tritec.It is also called the...
s.
Except by the Turbo version (petrol only), all versions produced in Brazil are flex-fuel
Flexible-fuel vehicle
A flexible-fuel vehicle or dual-fuel vehicle is an alternative fuel vehicle with an internal combustion engine designed to run on more than one fuel, usually gasoline blended with either ethanol or methanol fuel, and both fuels are stored in the same common tank...
.
The Grande Punto also went on sale in South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
in 2006, replacing the previous generation. It is sold with a variety of petrol and diesel engines beginning at around R120,000.
A sedan version of the Grande Punto, the Fiat Linea
Fiat Linea
The Fiat Linea is a small family car released on March 26, 2007 at Tofaş plant in Bursa, Turkey, by the Italian automaker Fiat as a world car in developing countries. It replaced the aging Marea as the largest saloon in the Fiat range. It is based on the current Fiat Grande Punto platform...
, was launched in early 2007 to replace the aging Fiat Marea
Fiat Marea
The Fiat Marea is a small family car available as a saloon and an estate , produced by the Italian automaker Fiat. Launched in 1996, the Marea models were essentially different body styles of Fiat's hatchback offerings, the Bravo and Brava. The Marea replaced the earlier Tipo-based Fiat Tempra...
. It will be built on an extended version of the Grande Punto's chassis giving it a total length of 4600 mm (181.1 in) and making it jump to the small family car segment.
Grande Punto and the Linea sedan were both launched in India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
during the Delhi Auto Expo
Auto Expo
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in January 2008. While Linea was launched in January 2009 in both petrol and diesel versions, Grande Punto is launched in June 2009. In India both the cars are manufactured by the Fiat-Tata Motors joint venture Fiat India Automobiles Ltd
Fiat Automobiles India Limited
Fiat India Automobiles Limited is a 50-50 JV between Fiat Group Automobiles S.p.A. of Italy and Tata Motors of India. It is the ninth largest car maker in India by sales.-History:...
(FIAL) in a new plant in Ranjangaon in Maharashtra.
Fiat Grande Punto in India
Fiat Grande Punto is available in IndiaIndia
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
with ten variants out of which its five variants are available with two options of petrol engine
Petrol engine
A petrol engine is an internal combustion engine with spark-ignition, designed to run on petrol and similar volatile fuels....
– 1.2L, 1172 cc FIRE petrol engine that is available with Active, Dynamic and Emotion variants of Fiat Grande Punto and the 1.4L, 1368 cc FIRE petrol engine is available with Emotion and Emotion Pack. The 1.2L, 1172 cc, FIRE petrol engine produces 68 bhp power at 6000 rpm and 96 newton metre torque at 2500 rpm. The rest two petrol variants of this car are powered by the 1.4L, 1368 cc, FIRE petrol engine that is able to produce maximum power of 90 bhp of maximum power at 6000 rpm with 115 newton metre of maximum torque at 4500 rpm.
Rest five variants of Fiat Grande Punto are powered by a 1.3L, 1248 cc Multijet Diesel engine
Diesel engine
A diesel engine is an internal combustion engine that uses the heat of compression to initiate ignition to burn the fuel, which is injected into the combustion chamber...
. Diesel variants are also available with two engine options - 1.3L, Multijet diesel engine with FGT (Fixed Geometry Turbocharger) that produces 76 PS of maximum power at 4000 rpm with 197 newton metre of maximum torque and a 1.3L, Multijet diesel engine with VGT (Variable Geometry Turbocharger) that delivers 93 PS of maximum power at 4000 rpm with 209 newton metre of maximum torque at 2000 rpm.
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Fiat Grande Punto Models in India
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| Active 1.2 Petrol and 1.3 Diesel || It is the base variant of this car that comes with basic features like Hydraulic power steering, Manual HVAC, Rear AC vents, Front power windows, Speed sensitive front wipers, follow me home headlamps, rear fog lamps, engine immobilizer with rolling code, Fire prevention system, double crank prevention system, Theater dimming map lamps, engine guard, Seat belt warning. As with base variants of all other cars, it lacks ABS and dual airbags.
|-
| Dynamic 1.2 Petrol and 1.3 Diesel || Added features over Active like Advanced Driver Information system(DIS), specific door open warning and boot open warning on MID, All four power windows with auto up/down feature, Silver center console and chrome Instrument panel, Fabric Insert on Door Trim with Door Armrest, Instrument Panel Light Regulation.
|-
| Emotion 1.2,1.4 Petrol and 1.3 Diesel || The additional features that this variant offers are – ABS with EBD, CD/MP3 Player with 6 Speakers, Speed sensitive volume control, Programmable Speed Limit Warning System, Front Fog Lamps, Electrically Adjustable Outside Rear View Mirror(ORVMs), Rear Window (Wiper & Washer), Rear Defogger, External Temperature Display, Desmodronic Foldable Key, Remote Door Lock with programmable auto door locks, Theater dimming front cockpit lights with spotlight function, Dual Tone Dashboard and interiors, Boot Light, 60:40 split folding rear seats, Adjustable Rear Seat Head Restraint, Cigar Lighter, Body Colored Door Handles, Body Colored Outside Rear View Mirrors. 1.4FIRE and 1.3MJD model have driver height adjustment.
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| Emotion Pack 1.4 Petrol and 1.3 Diesel and Diesel 90HP || It offers additional features over the Emotion variant like Microsoft Blue&Me with Microsoft Meda player and USB port capable of voice interaction with Blue&Me system, SMS Reader with vehicle's own memory for storing incoming SMS, Dual Front SRS Airbags, 3 Point ELR Seat Belts with Pretensioners & Load Limiter, Automatic Climate Control, Steering Mounted Audio and Microsoft Blue&Me voice interaction system Controls, Seat Belt Warning with Buzzer, Leather Wrapped Steering Wheel, Leather Wrapped Gear Knob.
|}
Petrol
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!Model
!Engine
!Displacement
!Power
!Torque
!0–100 km/h,s
0-62 mph,s
!Top speed
!Note
|- style="background:#fff;"
|1.2 8V Fire
Fully Integrated Robotised Engine
The FIRE is a series of automobile engines from Fiat. It was designed by Italian design firm Rodolfo Bonetto . It is constructed by robot assembly plants to reduce costs....
||I4
Straight-4
The inline-four engine or straight-four engine is an internal combustion engine with all four cylinders mounted in a straight line, or plane along the crankcase. The single bank of cylinders may be oriented in either a vertical or an inclined plane with all the pistons driving a common crankshaft....
||1242 cc||65 PS @5500 rpm ||102 newton metre @3000 rpm||14.5||155 km/h (96 mph)||
|- style="background:#fff;"
|1.4 8V Fire||I4
Straight-4
The inline-four engine or straight-four engine is an internal combustion engine with all four cylinders mounted in a straight line, or plane along the crankcase. The single bank of cylinders may be oriented in either a vertical or an inclined plane with all the pistons driving a common crankshaft....
||1368 cc||77 PS @6000 rpm ||115 newton metre @3000 rpm||13.2||165 km/h (103 mph)||
|- style="background:#fff;"
|1.4 16V StarJet||I4
Straight-4
The inline-four engine or straight-four engine is an internal combustion engine with all four cylinders mounted in a straight line, or plane along the crankcase. The single bank of cylinders may be oriented in either a vertical or an inclined plane with all the pistons driving a common crankshaft....
||1368 cc||95 PS @6000 rpm ||125 newton metre @4500 rpm||10.5||178 km/h (111 mph)||6-speed, from 2006
|- style="background:#fff;"
|1.4 16V T-Jet||I4
Straight-4
The inline-four engine or straight-four engine is an internal combustion engine with all four cylinders mounted in a straight line, or plane along the crankcase. The single bank of cylinders may be oriented in either a vertical or an inclined plane with all the pistons driving a common crankshaft....
||1368 cc||120 PS @5000 rpm ||206 newton metre @1750 rpm||8.9||195 km/h (121 mph)||from 2007
|- style="background:#fff;"
|1.4 16V T-Jet||I4
Straight-4
The inline-four engine or straight-four engine is an internal combustion engine with all four cylinders mounted in a straight line, or plane along the crankcase. The single bank of cylinders may be oriented in either a vertical or an inclined plane with all the pistons driving a common crankshaft....
||1368 cc||155 PS @5500 rpm ||230 newton metre @3000 rpm||8.2||208 km/h (129 mph)||Abarth
Abarth
Abarth is an Italian racing car maker founded by Austrian-Italian Carlo Abarth and Italian Armando Scagliarini in Turin in 1949. Its logo depicts a stylized scorpion on a red and yellow background.- History :...
model, from 2007
|- style="background:#fff;"
|1.4 16V T-Jet||I4
Straight-4
The inline-four engine or straight-four engine is an internal combustion engine with all four cylinders mounted in a straight line, or plane along the crankcase. The single bank of cylinders may be oriented in either a vertical or an inclined plane with all the pistons driving a common crankshaft....
||1368 cc||180 PS @5750 rpm ||272 newton metre @3000 rpm||7.5||218 km/h (135 mph)||Abarth
Abarth
Abarth is an Italian racing car maker founded by Austrian-Italian Carlo Abarth and Italian Armando Scagliarini in Turin in 1949. Its logo depicts a stylized scorpion on a red and yellow background.- History :...
"SS" model, from 2008
|}
Diesel
{| class="wikitable" cellpadding="0" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%;"|- style="text-align:center; background:#dcdcdc; vertical-align:middle;"
!Model
!Engine
!Displacement
!Power
!Torque
!0–100 km/h,s
0-62 mph,s
!Top speed
!Note
|- style="background:#fff;"
|1.3 16V MultiJet||I4
Straight-4
The inline-four engine or straight-four engine is an internal combustion engine with all four cylinders mounted in a straight line, or plane along the crankcase. The single bank of cylinders may be oriented in either a vertical or an inclined plane with all the pistons driving a common crankshaft....
||1248 cc||75 PS @4000 rpm ||190 newton metre @1750 rpm||13.6||165 km/h (103 mph)||5-speed
|- style="background:#fff;"
|1.3 16V MultiJet||I4
Straight-4
The inline-four engine or straight-four engine is an internal combustion engine with all four cylinders mounted in a straight line, or plane along the crankcase. The single bank of cylinders may be oriented in either a vertical or an inclined plane with all the pistons driving a common crankshaft....
||1248 cc||90 PS @4000 rpm ||200 newton metre @1750 rpm||11.9||175 km/h (109 mph)||6-speed
|- style="background:#fff;"
|1.6 16V MultiJet||I4
Straight-4
The inline-four engine or straight-four engine is an internal combustion engine with all four cylinders mounted in a straight line, or plane along the crankcase. The single bank of cylinders may be oriented in either a vertical or an inclined plane with all the pistons driving a common crankshaft....
||1598 cc||120 PS @ 3750 rpm ||320 newton metre @ 1750 rpm||9.6||190 km/h (118.1 mph)||from late 2008
|- style="background:#fff;"
|1.9 8V MultiJet||I4
Straight-4
The inline-four engine or straight-four engine is an internal combustion engine with all four cylinders mounted in a straight line, or plane along the crankcase. The single bank of cylinders may be oriented in either a vertical or an inclined plane with all the pistons driving a common crankshaft....
||1910 cc||120 PS @4000 rpm ||280 newton metre @2000 rpm||10.0||190 km/h (118 mph)||2005–2008
|- style="background:#fff;"
|1.9 8V MultiJet||I4
Straight-4
The inline-four engine or straight-four engine is an internal combustion engine with all four cylinders mounted in a straight line, or plane along the crankcase. The single bank of cylinders may be oriented in either a vertical or an inclined plane with all the pistons driving a common crankshaft....
||1910 cc||130 PS @4000 rpm ||280 newton metre @2000 rpm||9.5||200 km/h (124 mph)||2005–2008
|}
Safety
The Grande Punto was awarded with 5 stars in the EuroNCAPEuroNCAP
The European New Car Assessment Programme is a European car safety performance assessment programme based in Brussels and founded in 1997 by the Transport Research Laboratory for the UK Department for Transport and backed by several European governments.-History and activities:Euro NCAP is a...
crash test
Crash test
A crash test is a form of destructive testing usually performed in order to ensure safe design standards in crashworthiness and crash compatibility for various modes of transportation or related systems and components.- Types :...
for passenger protection and Euro NCAP 3 star certification for pedestrian safety
Safety
Safety is the state of being "safe" , the condition of being protected against physical, social, spiritual, financial, political, emotional, occupational, psychological, educational or other types or consequences of failure, damage, error, accidents, harm or any other event which could be...
. The most powerful engines have electronic stability program and anti slip regulation fitted as standard, and it is an optional extra on some of the lower powered engines.
- AdultAdultAn adult is a human being or living organism that is of relatively mature age, typically associated with sexual maturity and the attainment of reproductive age....
occupant = - ChildChildBiologically, a child is generally a human between the stages of birth and puberty. Some vernacular definitions of a child include the fetus, as being an unborn child. The legal definition of "child" generally refers to a minor, otherwise known as a person younger than the age of majority...
occupant = - PedestrianPedestrianA pedestrian is a person traveling on foot, whether walking or running. In some communities, those traveling using roller skates or skateboards are also considered to be pedestrians. In modern times, the term mostly refers to someone walking on a road or footpath, but this was not the case...
=
Abarth Grande Punto
Abarth
Abarth is an Italian racing car maker founded by Austrian-Italian Carlo Abarth and Italian Armando Scagliarini in Turin in 1949. Its logo depicts a stylized scorpion on a red and yellow background.- History :...
, the Abarth Grande Punto differs significantly from its donor car.
Initially the Abarth Grande Punto will be available with a 150 PS (155 PS when using 97 RON fuel) 1.4 turbo engine, but from 2008 there will be an essesse kit available, which will be installed at official Abarth service centres rather than in the factory.
Engines
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!Model
!Engine
!Displacement
!Valves
!Power
!Torque
!0–100 km/h,s
0-62 mph,s
!Top speed
!Note
|- style="background:#fff;"
|Abarth 1.4 16V T-Jet||I4
Straight-4
The inline-four engine or straight-four engine is an internal combustion engine with all four cylinders mounted in a straight line, or plane along the crankcase. The single bank of cylinders may be oriented in either a vertical or an inclined plane with all the pistons driving a common crankshaft....
||1368 cc||16||155 PS @5500 rpm||206 newton metre @5000 rpm Sport 230 newton metre @3000 rpm||8.2
||208 km/h (129.2 mph)||from 2007
|- style="background:#fff;"
|Abarth SS 1.4 16V T-Jet||I4
Straight-4
The inline-four engine or straight-four engine is an internal combustion engine with all four cylinders mounted in a straight line, or plane along the crankcase. The single bank of cylinders may be oriented in either a vertical or an inclined plane with all the pistons driving a common crankshaft....
||1368 cc||16||180 PS @5750 rpm||Sport 272 newton metre @3000 rpm||7.5||218 km/h (135.5 mph)||from 2008
|}
Fiat Punto Evo 2009
The Grande Punto facelift version Punto Evo was presented in Frankfurt Motor Show 2009, it has two new engines, a 1.3L second generation Multijet diesel and a 1.4 petrol engine with the MultiairMultiair
Multiair is an electro-hydraulic variable valve actuation technology controlling air intake in petrol or diesel engines . It is compatible with both naturally aspirated and forced-induction engines....
technology. It features also new navigation system integrated to the Blue & Me system called "Blue & Me – TomTom.
Petrol
{| class="wikitable" cellpadding="0" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%;"|- style="text-align:center; background:#dcdcdc; vertical-align:middle;"
!Model
!Engine
!Displacement
!Power
!Torque
!0–100 km/h,s
0-62 mph,s
!Top speed
!Note
|- style="background:#fff;"
|1.2 8V Fire
Fully Integrated Robotised Engine
The FIRE is a series of automobile engines from Fiat. It was designed by Italian design firm Rodolfo Bonetto . It is constructed by robot assembly plants to reduce costs....
||I4
Straight-4
The inline-four engine or straight-four engine is an internal combustion engine with all four cylinders mounted in a straight line, or plane along the crankcase. The single bank of cylinders may be oriented in either a vertical or an inclined plane with all the pistons driving a common crankshaft....
||1242 cc||65 PS @5500 rpm ||102 newton metre @3000 rpm||14.5||155 km/h (96 mph)||
|- style="background:#fff;"
|1.2 8V Fire
Fully Integrated Robotised Engine
The FIRE is a series of automobile engines from Fiat. It was designed by Italian design firm Rodolfo Bonetto . It is constructed by robot assembly plants to reduce costs....
Euro5||I4
Straight-4
The inline-four engine or straight-four engine is an internal combustion engine with all four cylinders mounted in a straight line, or plane along the crankcase. The single bank of cylinders may be oriented in either a vertical or an inclined plane with all the pistons driving a common crankshaft....
||1242 cc||69 PS @5500 rpm ||102 newton metre @3000 rpm||14.5||155 km/h (96 mph)||
|- style="background:#fff;"
|1.4 8V Fire||I4
Straight-4
The inline-four engine or straight-four engine is an internal combustion engine with all four cylinders mounted in a straight line, or plane along the crankcase. The single bank of cylinders may be oriented in either a vertical or an inclined plane with all the pistons driving a common crankshaft....
||1368 cc||77 PS @6000 rpm ||115 newton metre @3250 rpm||13.2||165 km/h (103 mph)||
|- style="background:#fff;"
|1.4 8v 77 PS Euro5 Start&Stop
Start-stop system
In automobiles, a start-stop system or stop-start system automatically shuts down and restarts the internal combustion engine to reduce the amount of time the engine spends idling, thereby improving fuel economy and reducing emissions...
||I4
Straight-4
The inline-four engine or straight-four engine is an internal combustion engine with all four cylinders mounted in a straight line, or plane along the crankcase. The single bank of cylinders may be oriented in either a vertical or an inclined plane with all the pistons driving a common crankshaft....
||1368 cc||77 PS @6000 rpm ||115 newton metre @3250 rpm||13.2||165 km/h (103 mph)||
|- style="background:#fff;"
|1.4 8v BIPOWER||I4
Straight-4
The inline-four engine or straight-four engine is an internal combustion engine with all four cylinders mounted in a straight line, or plane along the crankcase. The single bank of cylinders may be oriented in either a vertical or an inclined plane with all the pistons driving a common crankshaft....
||1368 cc||Petrol
Gasoline
Gasoline , or petrol , is a toxic, translucent, petroleum-derived liquid that is primarily used as a fuel in internal combustion engines. It consists mostly of organic compounds obtained by the fractional distillation of petroleum, enhanced with a variety of additives. Some gasolines also contain...
:77 PS @6000 rpm
Methane
Natural gas
Natural gas is a naturally occurring gas mixture consisting primarily of methane, typically with 0–20% higher hydrocarbons . It is found associated with other hydrocarbon fuel, in coal beds, as methane clathrates, and is an important fuel source and a major feedstock for fertilizers.Most natural...
:70 PS @6000 rpm ||Petrol:115 newton metre @3000 rpm
Methane:104 newton metre @3000 rpm||Petrol:14.9
Methane:16.9||Petrol:162 km/h (101 mph)
Methane:156 km/h (97 mph)||
|- style="background:#fff;"
|1.4 8v GPL||I4
Straight-4
The inline-four engine or straight-four engine is an internal combustion engine with all four cylinders mounted in a straight line, or plane along the crankcase. The single bank of cylinders may be oriented in either a vertical or an inclined plane with all the pistons driving a common crankshaft....
||1368 cc||77 PS @6000 rpm ||115 newton metre @3000 rpm||13.2||165 km/h (103 mph)||
|- style="background:#fff;"
|1.4 16v MultiAir
Multiair
Multiair is an electro-hydraulic variable valve actuation technology controlling air intake in petrol or diesel engines . It is compatible with both naturally aspirated and forced-induction engines....
105 PS Euro5 Start&Stop||I4
Straight-4
The inline-four engine or straight-four engine is an internal combustion engine with all four cylinders mounted in a straight line, or plane along the crankcase. The single bank of cylinders may be oriented in either a vertical or an inclined plane with all the pistons driving a common crankshaft....
||1368 cc||105 PS @6500 rpm ||130 newton metre @4000 rpm||10.8||185 km/h (115 mph)||
|- style="background:#fff;"
|1.4 16v MultiAir Turbo 135 PS Euro5 Start&Stop||I4
Straight-4
The inline-four engine or straight-four engine is an internal combustion engine with all four cylinders mounted in a straight line, or plane along the crankcase. The single bank of cylinders may be oriented in either a vertical or an inclined plane with all the pistons driving a common crankshaft....
||1368 cc||135 PS @5000 rpm ||206 newton metre @1750 rpm||8.5||205 km/h (127 mph)||
|}
Diesel
{| class="wikitable" cellpadding="0" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%;"|- style="text-align:center; background:#dcdcdc; vertical-align:middle;"
!Model
!Engine
!Displacement
!Power
!Torque
!0–100 km/h,s
0-62 mph,s
!Top speed
!Note
|- style="background:#fff;"
|1.3 16v Multijet 75 CV||I4
Straight-4
The inline-four engine or straight-four engine is an internal combustion engine with all four cylinders mounted in a straight line, or plane along the crankcase. The single bank of cylinders may be oriented in either a vertical or an inclined plane with all the pistons driving a common crankshaft....
||1248 cc||75 PS @4000 rpm ||190 newton metre @1500 rpm||13.6||165 km/h (103 mph)||
|- style="background:#fff;"
|1.3 16v Multijet 75 CV Euro5 Start&Stop||I4
Straight-4
The inline-four engine or straight-four engine is an internal combustion engine with all four cylinders mounted in a straight line, or plane along the crankcase. The single bank of cylinders may be oriented in either a vertical or an inclined plane with all the pistons driving a common crankshaft....
||1248 cc||75 PS @4000 rpm ||190 newton metre @1750 rpm||13.6||165 km/h (103 mph)||
|- style="background:#fff;"
|1.3 16v Multijet 90 CV||I4
Straight-4
The inline-four engine or straight-four engine is an internal combustion engine with all four cylinders mounted in a straight line, or plane along the crankcase. The single bank of cylinders may be oriented in either a vertical or an inclined plane with all the pistons driving a common crankshaft....
||1248 cc||90 PS @ 4000 rpm||200 newton metre @ 1750 rpm||11.9||175 km/h (109 mph)||
|- style="background:#fff;"
|1.3 16v Multijet 95 CV Euro5 Start&Stop||I4
Straight-4
The inline-four engine or straight-four engine is an internal combustion engine with all four cylinders mounted in a straight line, or plane along the crankcase. The single bank of cylinders may be oriented in either a vertical or an inclined plane with all the pistons driving a common crankshaft....
||1248 cc||95 PS @4000 rpm ||200 newton metre @1500 rpm||11.7||178 km/h (111 mph)||
|- style="background:#fff;"
|1.6 16v Multijet 120 CV||I4
Straight-4
The inline-four engine or straight-four engine is an internal combustion engine with all four cylinders mounted in a straight line, or plane along the crankcase. The single bank of cylinders may be oriented in either a vertical or an inclined plane with all the pistons driving a common crankshaft....
||1598 cc||120 PS @3750 rpm ||320 newton metre @1750 rpm||9.6||193 km/h (120 mph)||
|}
Source
Abarth Punto Evo
New Abarth Punto Evo was showed at 2010 Geneva Motor Show, it has 165 PS 1.4L MultiairMultiair
Multiair is an electro-hydraulic variable valve actuation technology controlling air intake in petrol or diesel engines . It is compatible with both naturally aspirated and forced-induction engines....
Turbo engine. Top speed is 213 kilometre per hour and acceleration from zero to 100 kilometre per hour is 7.9 seconds.
A new Esseesse version was released in 2011 which was an optional upgrade that improved performance with a 0-62 time of 7.4 seconds.