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The Croma, being top of the Fiat tree, was given a very strong group of engines, and was in fact the first passenger car in the world to have a direct injection diesel engine. | The Croma, being top of the Fiat tree, was given a very strong group of engines, and was in fact the first passenger car in the world to have a direct injection diesel engine. | ||
After Fiat ended Croma production in 1996, it announced that the badge would not be used on an immediate successor - and it was believed that there would never be a place for such a large vehicle in the Fiat range. However, in 2005, the new Croma was unveiled, and would yet again top off the Fiat range. | |||
==The Croma II - 2005-present== | |||
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| Fiat Croma | |
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| Fiat | |
| aka | Fiat Croma |
| Production | First Generation - 1985-1996 Second Generation - 2005- |
| Class | Croma I - family saloon Croma II - crossover |
| Body Style | Croma I - five-door liftback Croma II - five-door wagon |
| Length | Croma I - 4495 mm Croma II - 4755 mm |
| Width | Croma I - 1755 mm Croma II - 1775 mm |
| Height | Croma I - 1425 mm Croma II - 1600 mm |
| Wheelbase | Croma I - 2660 mm Croma II - 2700 mm |
| Weight | Croma I - Croma II - |
| Transmission | Croma I - front-drive, five-speed manual Croma II - front-drive, six-speed manual, five-speed automatic |
| Engine | Croma I - 1.6/2.0/2.0 turbocharged/2.5 petrol, 1.9/2.5 litre turbocharged diesel Croma II - 1.8/2.2 MPI, 1.9/2.4 MultiJet |
| Power | 1.6 petrol - 82hp 2.0 petrol - 89-120hp 2.0 turbocharged petrol - 151hp 2.5 petrol - 157hp 1.9 diesel - 91hp 2.5 diesel - 74hp 2.5 turbodiesel - 100hp 1.8 MPI - 138hp 2.2 MPI - 145hp 1.9 MultiJet - 118-148hp 2.4 MultiJet - 197hp |
| Similar | Vauxhall Sigma Ford S-MAX |
| Designer | Croma I and II - Giorgietto Giugiaro |
The Croma I - 1985-1996
The first-generation Fiat Croma was unveiled in 1985, and was sold until 1996, when Fiat abandoned the large family car sector. Fiat chief Giovanni Agnelli pressed the other board members hard to commit to producing the Croma, insisting that the car would sell well.
The Croma was based upon the Fiat Type Four chassis, which had been developed in conjunction with Saab, Lancia and Alfa Romeo, and was the basis of their similarly aged saloons. The Croma was styled by Giorgietto Giugiaro, and was a very typical Eighties saloon. It had five doors, the rear-most a full-size lifting hatch. The car sold strongly throughout its eleven-year production run, especially in native Italy.
The Croma, being top of the Fiat tree, was given a very strong group of engines, and was in fact the first passenger car in the world to have a direct injection diesel engine.
After Fiat ended Croma production in 1996, it announced that the badge would not be used on an immediate successor - and it was believed that there would never be a place for such a large vehicle in the Fiat range. However, in 2005, the new Croma was unveiled, and would yet again top off the Fiat range.
The Croma II - 2005-present
