Fiat · 1998–2013
Fiat Multipla
The Fiat Multipla (Type 186) is a six-seater car produced by Italian automaker Fiat from 1998 to 2010. Based on the Bravo/Brava, the Multipla was shorter and wider than its rivals. It had two rows of three seats, where its compact MPV competitors had two across front seating. The Multipla is shorter than the three-door Bravo/Brava on which it was based, yet it offered increased seating and cargo volume. Sales commenced in Italy in November 1998. In common with a number of other modern Fiats, the Multipla reused the name of an earlier vehicle, in this case the "Multipla" variant of the Fiat 600 produced during the 1950s and 1960s. The Blupower variant was the first production CNG-only car, using four gas cylinders with a nominal total capacity of 35 kilograms (77 lb) of natural gas to provide approximately 670 kilometres (420 mi) of driving range. Unlike most newer CNG-only vehicles (e.g. the Opel Zafira ecoM or the Volkswagen Polo TGI) that take advantage of an EU-wide exemption for vehicles with a petrol tank smaller than 15 litres (3.3 imp gal; 4.0 US gal), the Multipla Blupower does not have a petrol system at all. More conventional bifuel models were also available, either as petrol/CNG (Bipower) or petrol/LPG with liquid gas injection (Gpower). The Multipla was assembled and marketed in China from 2008 to 2013 under license by Zotye Auto as the Zotye M300 Langyue, using knock-down kits from Italy. Zotye also sold a total of 220 all-electric versions of the M300.
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UK vehicles on the road
486 licensed and 1,284 SORN (1,770 total) at 2025 Q4.
| Year (latest quarter) | Vehicles |
|---|---|
| 2014 | 9,950 |
| 2015 | 8,376 |
| 2016 | 7,038 |
| 2017 | 5,692 |
| 2018 | 4,567 |
| 2019 | 3,777 |
| 2020 | 3,281 |
| 2021 | 2,795 |
| 2022 | 2,456 |
| 2023 | 2,196 |
| 2024 | 1,944 |
| 2025 | 1,770 |
DfT/DVLA VEH0120 vehicle licensing statistics, source ↗, Open Government Licence v3.0. Small counts are rounded or suppressed at source.
Sources
- Wikidata / Wikipedia profiles — https://models.autoculturesociety.com/cars/Q223621CC0 / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiat_MultiplaCC BY-SA 4.0 · Intro text © Wikipedia contributors; revision 1363810109 · retrieved 2026-10-03
- DfT/DVLA VEH0120 licensing statistics — https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/vehicle-licensing-statistics-data-tablesOpen Government Licence v3.0
- Car Model Index — https://models.autoculturesociety.com/Compiled record. Sources that do not permit reuse are not copied; this index is credited instead.