 "Fiat launches compact SUV Avventura priced up to Rs 8.17 lakh")
It would be available in both petrol and diesel versions. The petrol variants are priced between Rs 6.06 lakh and Rs 7.15 lakh while the diesel variants are priced between Rs 6.99 lakh and Rs 8.30 lakh.
Speaking to mediapersons on the launch today, Fiat Chrysler India operations president and managing director Nagesh Basavanhalli, said, “The Avventura showcases Fiat’s commitment to India to produce cars designed for India and manufactured for India.”
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The vehicle is being manufactured at the company’s Ranjangaon plant in Pune. Fiat is sourcing 90 per cent of the production requirement locally.
Basavanhalli said the company in the last one week had received more than 15,000 enquiries for the test drive and got over 500 advanced bookings pan-India till now.
On the new launches in the pipeline, he said the auto major would launch its luxury hatchback Abarth 500 by December. In the next five years, it would roll out 12 models in the country and will begin producing models from the Jeep brand in India by 2015.
By 2018, it expects to have a production capacity of 245,000 units annually, compared with the current 135,000 vehicles.