Fiat India Ltd, a subsidiary of Fiat, has said it will unveil a new vehicle for the Indian market on September 8, writes Auto.com (18/8/00).

The Siena Weekend station wagon, available in a 1,600cc petrol engine alongside a 1,700 diesel engine, will be built on the same platform as the Palio hatchback and the Siena compact car, says the report.

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Fiat, the world’s fifth largest automaker, plans to build around 400 Weekends per month, according to a company spokesman, with a number of those built exported to the UK, starting in December.

The Weekend, the first station wagon from a foreign car-maker in India, may be priced between 700,000 ($15,555) and 800,000 rupees, said the spokesman.

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