Fiat will put its new Tipo hatch and Station Wagon range on UK sale in September.
The completely new generation of the five-door hatch and estate models are being marketed primarily on their interior space, Fiat claiming best-in-class legroom and plentiful headroom, and that three six-foot plus adults can be accommodated in the rear seats.
The new hatch is 4.37m long, 1.79m wide and 1.5m tall, with a 440-litre boot also claimed as class-leading.
The Station Wagon is 200mm longer than its hatch sister boosting bootspace by 110 litres with all seats up. Flip-&-fold rear seats produce a flat load floor and items up to 1.8m long can be carried in the load bay, the width of which can be increased courtesy of removable side panels. Longitudinal roof bars are also standard equipment on the Station Wagon. Powertrain options comprise three petrol and two diesel engines. The petrol units are a 1.4-litre of 94bhp, a 1.4-litre T-Jet turbo with 119bhp and a 109bhp 1.6-litre e-TroQ unit, only available with a six-speed torque convertor auto transmission.
Diesel buyers will have a choice of the 1.3-litre Multijet II of 94bhp and the 1.6 Multijet II turbodiesel of 119bhp. This is offered with either a six-speed manual or Fiat?s new DDCT six-speed dual clutch automatic transmission. In manual form it also outshines its smaller sister for efficiency ? matching the 76.3mpg combined cycle fuel economy and producing CO2 emissions of 98g/km, one gram less than the 1.3.
Both Tipo models will ...