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{{Short description|B-segment car produced by Fiat (1985-2001)}}
{{Infobox automobile
| image = Fiat Duna601.png
| name = Fiat Duna
| aka = Fiat Citivan (panel van, RHD)<br />Fiat Elba (estate)<br />Fiat Penny (panel van)<br />Fiat Prêmio (sedan)<br />Innocenti Elba (estate)
| manufacturer = [[Fiat]]
| assembly = [[Córdoba, Argentina]] (1988–2001)<br />[[Betim]], [[Brazil]] (1985–1996)<br />[[Manta, Ecuador|Manta]], [[Ecuador]] (Noboa / Coenansa)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.eluniverso.com/2003/01/26/0001/9/65A95A0F5FDE4B40BB29B98DEFBEA117.html/ | title=Grupo Fiat se reestructura | date=26 January 2003 }}</ref>
| production = 1985–2001
| predecessor = [[Fiat Oggi]]
| successor = [[Fiat Siena]]<br />[[Fiat Palio]]<br />[[Fiat Fiorino]] (for Fiat Penny, South America)
| class = [[Supermini]] ([[B-segment|B]])
| platform = Type 155
| body_style = 2-door, 4-door [[sedan (car)|sedan]]<br />3-door, 5-door [[station wagon]]<br />3-door van
| engine = {{ubl
  | '''[[Petrol engine|petrol]]:'''
  | 1116&nbsp;cc ''[[Fiat 124 series engine|146.A6]]'' [[Straight-four engine|I4]]
  | 1301&nbsp;cc ''[[Fiat 124 series engine|146.A5]]'' I4
  | 1497&nbsp;cc ''[[Fiat Fiasa engine|Fiasa]]'' I4
  | 1581&nbsp;cc ''[[Fiat 128 SOHC engine|128 series]]'' I4
  | '''[[Diesel engine|diesel]]:'''
  | 1697&nbsp;cc ''[[Fiat 124 series engine|146.B2/149.B3]]'' I4
  }}
| transmission = 4 and 5-speed [[manual transmission|manual]]
| wheelbase = 
| length = {{convert|4035|mm|in|1|abbr=on}} (sedan)<br />{{convert|4045|mm|in|1|abbr=on}} (estate)
| width = 
| height = 
| weight = 
| related = [[Fiat Uno]]<br />[[Fiat Fiorino]]
| designer = 
}}
The '''Fiat Duna''' (Type 155) is a small [[family car]] produced by [[Fiat]] in [[Argentina]] and [[Brazil]], where it was sold as '''Fiat Prêmio'''. Launched in 1985 in Brazil, the Duna/Prêmio is based on the Brazilian [[Fiat Uno]], but unlike the Uno, it was a two-door [[sedan (car)|sedan]]. The range was expanded with a three-door estate in 1987 called the '''Fiat Elba''' (or Duna Weekend), a four-door sedan added in 1987 and a five-door estate in 1989. The car was sold mainly in South America. Production ended in 2000 and the Duna and Elba models were replaced by the [[Fiat Siena]] and the [[Fiat Palio Weekend]]. The Duna was the best-selling car in Argentina between 1990 and 1995.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2000-01-10 |title=El Duna y el Gol, los más vendidos de la década |url=https://www.clarin.com/economia/duna-gol-vendidos-decada_0_ryubYJhgCFe.html |access-date=2022-05-11 |website= |publisher=Clarín.com |language=Spanish |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220511035046/https://www.clarin.com/economia/duna-gol-vendidos-decada_0_ryubYJhgCFe.html |archive-date=11 May 2022 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Brazil==
[[File:Fiat Duna.JPG|thumb|left|Fiat Duna rear]]
[[File:Premio-s-85.jpg|left|thumb|Fiat Prêmio, the initial two-door model]]
In Brazil, the Prêmio was presented in late 1985. In 1987, the Elba three-door estate model was released with a 1.5L engine to replace the old '''Fiat Panorama''', based in the [[Fiat 147]]. In 1988 a four-door sedan was added and in 1989, the Elba estate with five doors. Fiat produced the Duna and Prêmio in the Brazilian factory of [[Betim]] from 1985 to 1995. The sedan and estate were sold in Italy as the Duna and Duna Weekend from 1987 to 1991.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/1987/01/17/ecco-la-duna-riassunto-fiat.html|editor=La Repubblica|editor-link=La Repubblica|date= 1987-01-17 | first = Alberto | last = Bellucci | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190714092106/https://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/1987/01/17/ecco-la-duna-riassunto-fiat.html | archive-date = 2019-07-14 |title=Ecco la Duna, riassunto Fiat | trans-title = Here is the Duna, Fiat summary | language = it }}</ref> They continued to be sold in Italy until 1997, but with Innocenti badging.

==Argentina==
In [[Argentina]] the four-door Duna was released in 1987, and from 1990 was the best-selling car in the market for almost six years.<ref name=":0" /> It was commonly used as a taxi, predominantly with [[Compressed natural gas|compressed natural gas (CNG)]] conversions.

Fiat produced the Duna and Duna Weekend in the [[Sevel Argentina|Sevel]] factory in [[El Palomar, Buenos Aires|El Palomar]] until 2000, with a total of 257,559 units built there. The Duna was not sold in the [[United Kingdom]].

In July 1989, the Duna established 17 South American records of 25,000&nbsp;km on the Rafaela speedway, after driving for a total time of 170 hours, 44 minutes at an average speed of 148,4&nbsp;km/h (91&nbsp;mph). The vehicles chosen for the test were three Duna SCV with a 1.5-litre engine with 60&nbsp;kW (82PS; 81&nbsp;hp).<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Somos |first1=Quienes |last2=Contacto |last3=Condiciones |first3=Términos y |last4=privacidad |first4=Politica de |date=2021-01-26 |title=Fiat Duna, hace 20 años decía adiós un símbolo familiar |url=https://autotest.com.ar/noticias/recuerdo-records-fiat-duna-rafaela/ |access-date=2022-05-11 |website=Revista Auto Test Digital |language=es}}</ref>

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==Innocenti Elba==
The '''Innocenti Elba''' was a rebadged version of the Fiat Elba estate. It replaced the Fiat Duna Weekend in 1991 for the Italian market, and continued to be offered until 1997.

It was the last car to be sold under the [[Innocenti]] marque. In 1990 Fiat had acquired the remains of the Innocenti concern and for a few years they pursued a strategy of importing basic Fiat models from low cost non-Italian Fiat subsidiaries, and badging them as Innocentis in order to differentiate them from the company's Italian-built Fiat badged cars.

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|File:Innocenti Elba station wagon.jpg|Innocenti Elba
|File:Innocenti Elba Station Wagon rear.jpg|Innocenti Elba rear
}}

==Commercial variants==
A panel version of the three-door estate was sold as the Fiat Penny. In the United Kingdom, Ireland, and New Zealand, a right-hand drive model was marketed as the "Fiat Citivan".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archive.commercialmotor.com/article/1st-september-1988/9/fiats-ono-citivan-comes-to-market|date=1 September 1988|title=Fiat's Uno Citivan comes to market|access-date=21 May 2020|editor=commercialmotor.com}}</ref>
This version usually had a {{convert|41|kW|PS hp|0|abbr=on}} 1116&nbsp;cc inline-four engine. Made only in Brazil, the panel van was never available in the home market in order to avoid internal competition from the Fiorino. Thanks to the Fiorino's available pick-up body, it was better suited to local market preferences.

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|File:Fiat Penny.jpg|Fiat Penny
|File:Fiat penny2.jpg|Fiat Penny
|File:Fiat Citivan in 1993.jpg|Fiat Citivan
}}
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==References==
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