Now also as a tough Cross
Fiat has given the Tipo family a facelift. The models have been tackled both inside and out. In addition to a new muzzle, the Tipo also gets new engines and a new Cross version.
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- New lighting with full LED technology
- Front and rear new bumpers
- New 100 hp 1.0 turbo engine
- Now also as a cool looking Tipo Cross
The Fiat Tipo debuted as a sedan and was joined a year later by a five-door hatchback and a station version. The four-door sedan has been discontinued since 2018, but the Tipo Hatchback and Tipo Station wagon are allowed to come along for a while. They do this immediately in a renewed form. The renewed Tipo can be recognized by its new grille, a grille that is now made up of coarser segments. No longer the ‘old’ Fiat logo in the center, but the new one consisting purely of the word ‘Fiat’. The chrome strip at the bottom of the grille should clear the field. Fiat also gives the Tipo a new front bumper and newly classified headlights, copies with full-LED technology. The back of the Fiat Tipo is introduced to a renewed bumper and here too the Italians install light units with LED technology.
Interior
Of course, Fiat also makes changes to the interior. For example, the Tipo benefits from the arrival of a 7-inch large digital instrumentation that replaces the analog clocks behind the wheel. Also new: the 10.25-inch wide and strikingly ‘flat’ display, located centrally on the dashboard, which is part of the infotainment system. The Fiat Tipo is also introduced to the new Uconnect software that runs on the system. This means, among other things, that Apple CarPlay and Android Auto can be used wirelessly. More novelties: the Tipo has a new steering wheel and is available with parking sensors at the front for the first time. Also new: Keyless entry and an optional inductive charger. There is also news regarding security systems. For example, the Tipo is available with traffic sign recognition, Intelligent Speed Assist, lane keeping assistant, Attention Assist, blind spot detection and automatic high beam.
engines
You could of course wait for it, but now it is final. The Fiat Tipo is also introduced to the new 1.0 three-cylinder from the FireFly family. A 100 hp and 190 Nm strong 1.0 three-cylinder is available, which replaces the 95 hp and 126 hp 1.4 four-cylinder. Diesel is also possible with 95 hp and 130 hp MultiJet self-igniters.
Fiat Tipo Cross
Fiat Tipo Cross
Equally interesting is the new Cross version, a version of the Tipo Hatchback that is four centimeters higher on its legs. The Tipo Cross has, among other things, tougher-looking bumpers and is equipped with apparently mandatory items such as black plastic wheel arch edges and silver-colored skid plates and side skirts. The new bumper work makes the Tipo Cross a total of seven centimeters longer than the non-Cross versions. The regular Tipos are classified under the Life denominator. Both the Hatchback, the Tipo Estate and the Tipo Sedan, not available here, will be available as Tipo, Tipo Life and Tipo City Life. Fiat does not yet know exactly which versions will come to the Netherlands. We can probably write the Tipo Sedan on our stomach. Information for the Dutch market will follow along with the prices at a later stage.
Since the launch of the ‘new Tipo’ in 2016, only 1,660 copies have been sold in the Netherlands up to and including September. By way of comparison: the Tipo was sold 2,290 times in our country in one of its lesser sales years (1994) and found a new owner in its best sales year (1989) in 6,304 customers. The new small turbo engine will hopefully bring better sales times. That small blown machine undoubtedly emits less CO2 than the basically old-fashioned atmospheric 1.4 that was currently the entry-level engine. That 1.4 gave the Tipo a fairly high BPM and therefore a relatively high starting price.
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