During Fiat Automobile's investor presentation in early September, Fiat’s outgoing CEO Luca De Meo (he’s now Chief Marketing Officer of the Fiat Group), gave out details on two very important future products of the Italian firm. We’ve obtain the whole presentation that includes various information, but we’ll concentrate on the page where Fiat reveals the B-Compact and the CX-Over. -Details and pictures after the jump
The B-Compact, which will most probably be called Uno after the Punto’s predecessor, is a budget model that will slot in range between the Panda and Grande Punto. Set to enter the market in 2009, the B-Compact will be offered in two body variants combining style and practicality with low consumption and running costs. With the B-Compact, Fiat will have 4 different models in the small car category: the A-Segment Panda and 500 and the B-Segment Uno (B-Compact) and the Grande Punto. And in our opinion, there’s nothing wrong with that as Fiat is at last concentrating on what it always did best; budget compact cars.
The second model that Luca De Meo gave details on is the CX-Over, a compact crossover that will go on sale in 2010. According to Fiat, the 4.5 metre long (177.2-inches) CX-Over will be “emotional like an SUV and practical like an MPV”. Available in both FWD and 4WD versions, the CX-Over will be priced between €22,000 and 30,000 (about $30,700 to 41,900) and it will compete with crossovers like the Ford Kuga and Nissan Qasqhai.
