Fiat sets date for return to Oz
Fiat cars will return to local showrooms by mid-yearFiat has announced that it will return to Australian car showrooms by July this year with its Punto model. The small car Punto is the first of a range of new cars being offered from the Italian automaker.
The Fiat Punto will arrive in Australia with a choice of three or five doors, with four different engines including diesel engines. The Fiat range will be sold initially from the Alfa Romeo dealer group but as sales grow, Fiat-specific dealers will be appointed across Australia.
"Fiat's return to the Australian car market is a significant event," says David Stone, the General Manager for Fiat cars in Australia. "Fiat's reputation has been built on a host of classic small cars, such as the Topolino and the Fiat 500, so it is highly appropriate that it should return to this market with its latest small car, the Fiat Punto.
"In coming months, it will be joined by more Fiat models which we are certain will be as successful as Fiat's commercial vehicle range has been since its Australian launch," says Stone.
Fiat is being imported into Australia by Ateco Automotive Pty Ltd, which imports Alfa Romeo, Fiat Commercial Vehicles, Ferrari and Maserati into Australia and New Zealand, as well as Citroën in Australia. Ateco brought Alfa Romeo back to Australia in 1998 and launched the Fiat CV range locally in 2000.
Full details of the Fiat Punto range will be announced when it goes on sale in Australia on 1 July 2006.
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