Fiat Marea
Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Template:Infobox automobile The Fiat Marea (Type 185) is a small family car produced by the Italian automaker Fiat from 1996 to 2007. Available as a saloon and an estate, the Marea models were essentially different body styles of Fiat's hatchback offerings, the Bravo and Brava. The Marea replaced the earlier Tipo-based Fiat Tempra, as well as the larger Croma.
While the Fiat Stilo Multiwagon was the successor of the estate version, the Marea Weekend, the Fiat Linea replaced the saloon version in 2007. The car became officially available from 11 September 1996.
Production and markets
The Marea was originally manufactured in Fiat's Cassino and Mirafiori plants in Italy.<ref name="mirafiori">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Later the Marea also superseded the Tempra in Brazilian (Betim) and Turkish (in Bursa, with Tofaş) plants,<ref name="autoindex">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> which make vehicles mostly for local and other developing markets.Template:Citation needed
In the UK, the Marea saloon was offered in SX, ELX, and HLX trim levels. The SX could be ordered with the choice of 1.6-litre petrol engine, as well as the choice of 1.9-litre turbo diesel engine with 75 or 100 PS. There were 4 different engines for the ELX, they were the 1.6, 1.8, and 1.9-litre 20 valve petrol engine, or 100 PS 1.9-litre turbo diesel engine. Engine for the top-of-the-line HLX was either the higher performance 2.0-litre 20 valve petrol, or 125 PS 2.0-litre turbo diesel engine. <ref>Template:Citation</ref>
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In Europe, production and sales of the Marea ceased in August 2002, one year after the Bravo and Brava were replaced with the Fiat Stilo. The Marea Weekend was replaced by the Stilo Multiwagon unveiled in January 2003, while the saloon's successor, the Fiat Linea, was unveiled in 2007.
Nevertheless, the Marea (in both body styles) was still manufactured in Turkey and Brazil for local (and other Latin American) markets. The Brazilian version was facelifted in 2001, when it gained a redesigned rear end with taillights taken from the Lancia Lybra.<ref name="2001 facelift">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="2001 facelift2">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
For 2006, the Marea was mildly revised again, gaining a new rear end, and a new grille, similar in style to other current Fiat models.<ref name="2006 facelift">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In mid 2007, Brazilian production of the Marea and Marea Weekend ceased.
Engines
The Marea petrol and JTD engines 1.6 L, 1.8 L and 2.0 L petrol and 1.9 L were sourced from the Brava and Bravo, and a 2.0 20v turbo option from the Fiat Coupé was also available. For a short time there was also a 2.4 turbodiesel available, dropped in 2001, which has become sought after. A BiPower 1.6 L dual fuel engine was later added to the range. It can run on either petrol or compressed natural gas.
- 1.2 L I4 16v 1,242 cc Template:Convert - select markets, such as Greece and Portugal
- 1.4 L I4 12v 1,370 cc Template:Cvt - select markets, such as Greece and Portugal
- 1.6 L I4 16v 1,581 cc Template:Cvt
- 1.6 L I4 16v 1,581 cc Template:Convert
- 1.8 L I4 16v 1,747 cc Template:Convert
- 2.0 L I5 20v 1,998 cc Template:Convert
- 2.0 L I5 20v turbo 1,998 cc Template:Cvt
- 1.9 turbodiesel I4 8v Template:Convert
- 1.9 turbodiesel I4 8v Template:Convert
- 1.9 common rail (JTD) turbodiesel I4 8v Template:Convert
- 1.9 common rail (JTD) turbodiesel I4 8v Template:Convert
- 2.4 turbodiesel 2,387 cc I5 10v Template:Convert
- 2.4 common rail (JTD) turbodiesel 2,387 cc I5 10v Template:Convert
Brazil
The Brazilian-built Fiat Marea was available in saloon and estate body styles and arrived at dealerships in June 1998.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> It was originally launched with two trim levels: the mid-level ELX and the high-level HLX. The Marea Weekend estate was imported from Italy in small numbers until local production commenced in September 1998.<ref name=":0">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
A Template:Cvt 2.0L petrol engine was standard, although a lower output version producing Template:Cvt was launched later the same year for the base-trim SX model. This was done to reduce Brazilian excise taxes on industrial products (IPI) from 30% to 25% for that model.<ref name=":0" /> A sporty Turbo trim with a 2.0L petrol engine producing Template:Cvt was also made available. Retail prices went from 27.582 BRL for a base SX model up to 41.748 BRL for a Turbo model.<ref name=":0" /> No diesel engines were available for the Brazilian markets, as local legislation prohibits diesel-powered cars.<ref name="diesel prohibition 1">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="diesel prohibition 2">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
In 2000, the 2.0L engine was replaced with a 2.4L, Template:Cvt engine for the ELX and HLX trims, and with a 1.8L Template:Cvt engine for the SX trim.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
The following year, the Brazilian-market Marea received a facelift, with a new front grille and new tail lights borrowed from the Lancia Lybra.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> A four-speed automatic transmission also became available.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
For the 2005 model year, in an attempt to address declining sales, the Marea received a minor facelift and a new entry-level engine option was offered, an Argentine-built 1.6L engine producing Template:Cvt – the only engine used in the Marea that was not brought in from Italy.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
A total of 54,781 units were built in Brazil until the end of its production in November 2007.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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