Fiat didn't just design the Idea's seats for comfort — it borrowed biometric seating principles from Italy's Olympic sports-medicine institute.
Lead trim: 1.4 8V (77 PS) · up to 118 hp
Fiat Idea Type 3502003–2012
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FactFiat didn't just design the Idea's seats for comfort — it borrowed biometric seating principles from Italy's Olympic sports-medicine institute.
The Fiat Idea is a five-passenger mini MPV manufactured and marketed by Fiat from 2003 to 2012 over a single generation with one intermediate facelift, internally designated the Type 350, and the company's first entry in the compact MPV market. It shares its platform with the third-generation Fiat Punto (188) and the Lancia Musa, was designed by Fabrizio Giugiaro at Italdesign and built at Mirafiori, Turin, and also in Brazil (2005 to 2016) and Argentina (2005 to 2018). The engines are all Euro 4 compliant, and can be matched with a clutchless 5-speed sequential manual shift with a selectable, fully automatic mode marketed as Dualogic. The Brazilian version, launched in late 2005, used a 1.4-litre 8-valve Fire engine and the GM-sourced 1.8-litre 8-valve engine, both flex-fuel.
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Trims & Figures
7 published trims in the catalogue. A blank is a figure not recorded, not zero.
| Trim | Years | Engine | Power | Torque | 0–60 | Drive | Gearbox | MSRP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.2 Fire 16V (80 PS) | 2003–2012 | 1.2 L Inline-4 | 79 hp | 84 lb-ft | — | FWD | — | — |
| 1.3 16V Multijet (70 PS) | 2003–2012 | 1.2 L Inline-4 | 69 hp | 133 lb-ft | — | FWD | — | — |
| 1.3 16V Multijet (90 PS) | 2003–2012 | 1.2 L Inline-4 | 89 hp | 148 lb-ft | — | FWD | — | — |
| 1.4 8V (77 PS) | 2003–2012 | 1.4 L Inline-4 | 76 hp | 85 lb-ft | — | FWD | — | — |
| 1.4 FIRE 16V (95 PS) | 2003–2012 | 1.4 L Inline-4 | 94 hp | 94 lb-ft | — | FWD | — | — |
| 1.6 16V Multijet (120 PS) | 2003–2012 | 1.6 L Inline-4 | 118 hp | 221 lb-ft | — | FWD | — | — |
| 1.9 8V Multijet (100 PS) | 2003–2012 | 1.9 L Inline-4 | 99 hp | 192 lb-ft | — | FWD | — | — |
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