The Bravo/Brava won European Car of the Year on launch despite only scoring two stars on Euro NCAP crash testing — a gap that would be unthinkable for an award winner today.
Lead trim: 1.4 S / SX · up to 153 hp
Fiat Bravo / Brava182 · 1995–2003
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FactThe Bravo/Brava won European Car of the Year on launch despite only scoring two stars on Euro NCAP crash testing — a gap that would be unthinkable for an award winner today.
The Fiat Bravo, a three-door hatchback, and the Brava, a five-door fastback, are effectively two versions of one Type 182 small family car that replaced the ageing Tipo. The Bravo was tuned for more precise handling and the Brava for comfort, and each had its own interior trim and many of its own colours; Centro Stile Fiat styled them in 1992, with Peter Fassbender responsible for the Bravo and Mauro Basso for the Brava. They ride on the Fiat C1 platform shared with the Marea, Multipla, Alfa Romeo 147, 156 and GT and Lancia Lybra, and came with all-new engines: a 1.4-litre 12-valve base petrol, 1.6 and 1.8-litre 16-valve fours and, in the HGT, a 2.0-litre 20-valve five-cylinder of 147 PS, raised to 155 PS in 1999, plus 75 and 100 PS turbodiesels. A 1.2 and a JTD common-rail diesel followed with the 1999 mild makeover. It was voted European Car of the Year on its launch and scored two stars in Euro NCAP. Production ran from 1995 to 2001 in Europe and the Brava continued in Brazil from September 1999 to 2003; it was also built in Turkey and Poland and sold in Japan as the Bravissimo. The Stilo replaced it.
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Trims & Figures
12 published trims in the catalogue. A blank is a figure not recorded, not zero.
| Trim | Years | Engine | Power | Torque | 0–60 | Drive | Gearbox | MSRP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.4 S / SX | 1995–1999 | 1.4 L Inline-4 | 79 hp | 83 lb-ft | — | FWD | — | — |
| 1.9 D SX | 1995–2003 | 1.9 L Inline-4 | 64 hp | 88 lb-ft | — | FWD | — | — |
| 100 SX / HSX / ELX (1.6) | 1995–2003 | 1.6 L Inline-4 | 102 hp | 106 lb-ft | — | FWD | — | — |
| 115 ELX / HLX / GT (1.8) | 1995–2003 | 1.7 L Inline-4 | 111 hp | 114 lb-ft | — | FWD | — | — |
| 155 HGT VIS (2.0 five-cylinder) | 1999–2003 | 2.0 L Inline-5 | 153 hp | 137 lb-ft | — | FWD | — | — |
| 80 SX / HSX (1.2) | 1999–2003 | 1.2 L Inline-4 | 81 hp | 83 lb-ft | — | FWD | — | — |
| Brava HGT (1.8) | 2001–2003 | 1.7 L Inline-4 | 130 hp | 137 lb-ft | — | FWD | — | — |
| Bravo HGT (2.0 five-cylinder) | 1995–1999 | 2.0 L Inline-5 | 145 hp | 137 lb-ft | — | FWD | — | — |
| JTD 100 SX / ELX / GT | 2001–2003 | 1.9 L Inline-4 | 99 hp | 148 lb-ft | — | FWD | — | — |
| JTD 105 SX / ELX / GT | 1999–2003 | 1.9 L Inline-4 | 104 hp | 148 lb-ft | — | FWD | — | — |
| TD 100 SX / ELX | 1995–2003 | 1.9 L Inline-4 | 99 hp | 148 lb-ft | — | FWD | — | — |
| TD 75 SX | 1995–2003 | 1.9 L Inline-4 | 74 hp | 108 lb-ft | — | FWD | — | — |
Owning one
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Owners’ builds
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Photographs
In Australia it had to be sold as the Ritmo because Mazda owned the Bravo name there, and only 463 found buyers before it was dropped.
The Bravo/Brava won European Car of the Year on launch despite only scoring two stars on Euro NCAP crash testing — a gap that would be unthinkable for an award winner today.
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