Fiat Duna

Fiat Duna
Fiat Duna
Overview
Manufacturer	Fiat
Also called	Fiat Citivan (panel van, RHD); Fiat Elba (estate); Fiat Penny (panel van); Fiat Prêmio (sedan); Innocenti Elba (estate)
Production	1985–2000
Assembly	Córdoba, Argentina (1987-2000); Betim, Brazil (1985-1995)
Body and chassis
Class	Supermini (B)
Body style	2-door, 4-door sedan; 3-door, 5-door station wagon; 3-door van
Platform	Type One
Related	Fiat Uno; Fiat Fiorino
Powertrain
Engine	petrol:; 1116 cc 146.A6 I4; 1301 cc 146.A5 I4; 1497 cc Fiasa I4; 1581 cc 128 series I4; diesel:; 1697 cc 146.B2/149.B3 I4;
Transmission	4 and 5-speed manual
Dimensions
Length	4,035 mm (158.9 in) (sedan); 4,045 mm (159.3 in) (estate)
Chronology
Predecessor	Fiat Oggi
Successor	Fiat Siena; Fiat Palio; Fiat Fiorino (for Fiat Penny, South America)

The Fiat Duna (Type 155) is a small 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. 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 the years 1990 and 1995.^[1]

Brazil[edit]

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.^[2] They continued to be sold in Italy until 1997, but with Innocenti badging.

Argentina[edit]

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.^[1] It was commonly used as a taxi, predominantly with compressed natural gas (CNG) conversions.

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

On July 1989, the Duna established 17 South American records of 25,000 km on the Rafaela speedway, after driving for a total time of 170 hours, 44 minutes at an average speed of 148,4 km/h (91 mph). The vehicles chosen for the test were three Duna SCV with a 1.5-litre engine with 60 kW (82PS; 81 hp).^[3]

Innocenti Elba[edit]

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.

Innocenti Elba
Innocenti Elba rear

Commercial variants[edit]

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".^[4] This version usually had a 41 kW (56 PS; 55 hp) 1116 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.

Fiat Penny
Fiat Penny
Fiat Citivan

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b "El Duna y el Gol, los más vendidos de la década" (in Spanish). Clarín.com. 2000-01-10. Archived from the original on 11 May 2022. Retrieved 2022-05-11.
^ Bellucci, Alberto (1987-01-17). La Repubblica (ed.). "Ecco la Duna, riassunto Fiat" [Here is the Duna, Fiat summary] (in Italian). Archived from the original on 2019-07-14.
^ Somos, Quienes; Contacto; Condiciones, Términos y; privacidad, Politica de (2021-01-26). "Fiat Duna, hace 20 años decía adiós un símbolo familiar". Revista Auto Test Digital (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-05-11.
^ commercialmotor.com, ed. (1 September 1988). "Fiat's Uno Citivan comes to market". Retrieved 21 May 2020.

[:0-1] "El Duna y el Gol, los más vendidos de la década" (in Spanish). Clarín.com. 2000-01-10. Archived from the original on 11 May 2022. Retrieved 2022-05-11.

[2] Bellucci, Alberto (1987-01-17). La Repubblica (ed.). "Ecco la Duna, riassunto Fiat" [Here is the Duna, Fiat summary] (in Italian). Archived from the original on 2019-07-14.

[3] Somos, Quienes; Contacto; Condiciones, Términos y; privacidad, Politica de (2021-01-26). "Fiat Duna, hace 20 años decía adiós un símbolo familiar". Revista Auto Test Digital (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-05-11.

[4] rcialmotor.com, ed. (1 September 1988). "Fiat's Uno Citivan comes to market". Retrieved 21 May 2020.

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