Fiat India to phase out Palio with BS-IV emission roll out

Less than a month after Maruti Suzuki’s decision to not upgrade the M800 to make it BS-IV compliant, Fiat has decided not to follow suit with its Palio hatchback. According to a report on DNA, the Indian arm of the Italian automaker is not looking to make Palio BS IV compliant, which means the car’s sales will be stopped by March, in cities where BS IV norms are coming into effect this year. And with the countrywide adoption of these norms in 2015-16, the Palio will ultimately be phased out completely before that. The aforesaid newspaper has also stated Fiat India will now zero in on Grande Punto instead of the Palio. Currently, the Grande Punto is available in 1.3-litre diesel and 1.2-litre petrol engines, and new Sports variant is likely to be added to the line-up in the near future.

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