Fiat has unveiled its 2007 Bravo, which will be presented to the international media in Rome this January, going on the market all over Europe in the following weeks. Fiat says the five-door hatchback represents “another step forward in the development of the brand’s new stylistic identity.”
It won’t be sold here in North America, but the new Bravo has been highly anticipated by our friends in Europe. Fiat says it homes the new Bravo will “become a benchmark in the most important segment of the European market.”
The car will be offered with a wide choice of engines, including the popular turbodiesel 1.9 Multijets (120 and 150 bhp), the 90 bhp 1.4, and a new family of turbocharged T-JET petrol engines (120 and 150 bhp 1.4 Turbo), combining low consumption and strong performance. Gallery after the jump…
10/26, 8:55 AM
posted by:
slider5634
Is it just me or does that look like a slightly revised 5 door Punto?
10/26, 9:00 AM
posted by:
asiminator
no… it looks like a logical progression from the previous bravo.
10/26, 9:38 AM
posted by:
YourNameHere
almost looks like the alfa Brera (sp)that needs to find its way here
10/26, 9:50 AM
posted by:
mertzen
We need cars like that [ and their nice diesel engines ] here in the US. Chevy cobalt my ass.
10/26, 10:26 AM
posted by:
RustedEmpire
I agree with Mertzen…I really like what Fiat is selling these days…They need to import some to the united stated Pronto!!!
10/26, 10:43 AM
posted by:
meanpants555
Notice the tight panel gaps. I hope this is the resurrection of FIAT; it’s one of those marques that you want to do well. Even when they were making rust buckets, they were charming and fun ones.
10/26, 10:54 AM
posted by:
Joey D
The front looks a lot like an Eclipse, actually the whole thing looks rather Eclipse-ish, but in hatchback form.
10/26, 10:57 AM
posted by:
A4
damn i wish we could have that
10/26, 12:13 PM
posted by:
Ricardo Head
Are Fiats still plagued with quality issues, or is it just a residual reputation? I like a lot of their newer styles (Multipla excepted) and this Bravo looks great. Looks-wise I’d take it over a Golf any day.
10/26, 12:37 PM
posted by:
bepsf
That’s a handsome car – Would take this over an Elantra, Cobalt, G5 or Focus any day…
10/26, 12:59 PM
posted by:
Brendino
I see Murano and CX-7 in this thing, and I dunno what’s up with that front end.
But it’s unique and modern, even though it isn’t my taste, it’s nice because it’s progressive.
10/26, 1:07 PM
posted by:
roadrage
quite impressed. looks very upscale, and as asiminator said, nice progression of equally impressive punto. great job! fiat!
10/26, 2:00 PM
posted by:
Fatstrat
Some people dont realize that the US market almost exclusivly gets only the premium model cars from the EU.
As a result, many people think that GM/Ford etc have the market cornered on less than desireable cars. That is simply not the case.
I am not saying this is a bad car, just that Fiat has a reputation in the US that is going to be tough to overcome in the short run. In order to be successful IMHO they are going to have to look at the big picture and plan on hoeing a long row.
10/26, 3:19 PM
posted by:
Bertjan
Even in Europe FIAT is stuggling. Each new model is presented as the model that is going to save the company. And each new model is better than the previous one, but unfortunately for FIAT, the competition is improving too… Nevertheless, this car looks pretty good, but that says nothing about quality and handling.
What Fatstrat points out is very true; only the premium market in the US and Europe are comparable, with the difference that premium US models hardly sell in Europe.
To me it looks like potential US high volume car customers only want a European car since oil prices doubled. And because they are not sold in the US they buy the Japanese cars: and for GM and Ford it just takes time to adjust their AMERICAN cars to the new demandings. That is something different than just get all European volume cars to the US.
Firstly, that’s not possible because of costs and production capacity problems. And the time it takes to solve that is probably equal to develop your new american models.
Secondly I feel that Americans still prefer an American car if possible. And if possible means here, that is satisfies there needs.
10/26, 3:33 PM
posted by:
bacalao
wow that is one sexy car…. italians are truly the masters of style
10/26, 4:53 PM
posted by:
Don
nice unique tail lights…
10/26, 6:18 PM
posted by:
Phil
This looks like a hatchback/wagon version of the Buick LaCrosse.
10/26, 11:32 PM
posted by:
RustedEmpire
I see no buick in the design…not even slightly
10/27, 11:23 AM
posted by:
LamborghiniZ
I think this is gorgeous
10/28, 10:12 AM
posted by:
LamborghiniZ
Bertjan, that’s not true at all, not all Americans would like to, in theory, buy American cars, I’m an example of that