Fiat · 1988–2000

Fiat Tipo

The Fiat Tipo (Type 160) is a compact car, designed by the I.DE.A Institute design house, and produced by the Italian manufacturer Fiat between 1988 and 1995. The Tipo was initially available only as a five-door hatchback. The car was made entirely out of galvanized body panels to avoid rust, and was built on a completely new Fiat platform, which was later also used in Alfa Romeo and Lancia models. The dashboard design was by Rodolfo Bonetto. It also stood out because of its boxy styling that gave it innovative levels of packaging, rear passenger room being greater than that in a rear wheel drive Ford Sierra, but in a car that was of a similar size to the smaller Ford Escort. This type of design was comparable to the smaller Fiat Uno, which was launched five years before the Tipo. In 1989, the Tipo won the European Car of the Year award and the 1989 Semperit Irish Car of the Year in Ireland. The car was also built in Brazil and Turkey.

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Predecessor: Fiat Ritmo · Successor: Fiat Marea|Fiat Bravo/Brava

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Specifications

name: Fiat Tipo
Manufacturer: Fiat Auto
Assembly: Italy: Cassino Plant, Piedimonte San Germano, Italy: Pomigliano d'Arco plant, Campania (1989–1990), Brazil: Betim, Turkey: Bursa (Tofaş)
Production: 1988–1995 (Italy), 1995–1997 (Brazil), 1995–2000 (Turkey)
Predecessor: Fiat Ritmo
Successor: Fiat Bravo and Brava
Class: Small family car (C)
Layout: front-engine, front-wheel-drive
Platform: Type Two (Tipo Due)
Body style: 3/5-door hatchback
Engine: petrol:, 1.1 L I4, 1.4 L I4, 1.6 L I4, 1.7 L I4, 1.8 L 8V/16V I4, 2.0 L 8V/16V I4, diesel:, 1.7 L I4, 1.9 L I4, 1.9 L turbo I4
Transmission: 5-speed manual, CVT (Selecta), 4-speed automatic
Wheelbase: 2540 mm
Length: 3958 mm
Width: 1700 mm
Height: 1445 mm
Kerb weight: 1020 -
Related: Fiat Tempra, Fiat Coupé, Alfa Romeo 145 and 146, Lancia Delta
Designer: Ercole Spada at I.DE.A Institute