Fiat Grande Punto Sport to hit roads by June

Fiat Grande Punto Sport, that was displayed at the auto Expo 2010 is ready to be launched in June 2010, company sources said. The car is targeted at youth and would sport 1.3-litre 90bhp multijet diesel engine that presently powers Fiat Linea. The car would sport some really funky and trendy features including funky electric sunroof, sporty upholstery, a rear spoiler, sport red decals, blacked-out headlamps, bigger tyres and dual colour interior leather seats.




The car would co-exist with the present range of Punto models and would be shelved at Rs. 7 lakh. Fiat India, that has huge expectations from this financial year claims that the customers would be delighted with the well thought of add-ons. The company is keen on expanding its portfolio and target to all segments of Indian customers as it would be launching Linea T-Jet in the month of September this year. The car would sport naturally aspirated 1.4 petrol and develop a healthy 120ps@5000 rpm and more impressive 206NM of torque right from 1750rpm onwards.




The existing Linea is also in pipe to get some changes and perhaps a face-lift. The company officials on confirming the launch of Fiat Grande Punto sport said that Fiat India was keen for the launch as the customers gave a tremendous response to the car when displayed at the Auto expo early this year. Along with the buyers, the dealers from the company are also pressing hard to launch the car ASAP.

Niraj Hans, head Fiat purchasing office in India commented that there is a management commitment to increase the buying of parts from India in the year 2011-14. There are speculations that the company is looking forward to source €250 million (Rs. 1,415 crore) worth of components by the year 2011, that's part of a plan to buy components worth €8.5 billion from best-cost countries, which certainly includes India.

The current line-up of Fiat India includes Fiat 500, Fiat Grande Punto, Fiat Linea, Fiat Palio Stile, Fiat Palio Stile Multijet.

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