The Fiat Sedici is a mini sport utility vehicle

Mini SUV

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 co-developed by Fiat

Fiat

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 and Suzuki

Suzuki

is a Japanese multinational corporation headquartered in Hamamatsu, Japan that specializes in manufacturing compact automobiles and 4x4 vehicles, a full range of motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles , outboard marine engines, wheelchairs and a variety of other small internal combustion engines...

 mainly for the Europe

Europe

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an market.

History

It was introduced at the 2006 Geneva Motor Show

Salon International de l'Auto

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, and is built at the Magyar Suzuki

Magyar Suzuki

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 plant in Hungary

Hungary

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. The expected production volume is 60,000 units per year, 1/3 of these to be sold by Fiat and 2/3 of these to be sold by Suzuki, where it is badged as the SX4

Suzuki SX4

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. The design was created by Giorgetto Giugiaro

Giorgetto Giugiaro

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's Italdesign Giugiaro

Italdesign Giugiaro

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 studio, and it is an alternative to mini multi-purpose vehicles (MPV), which have a more "boxy" appearance.

Introduced by Fiat in December 2005, it was the official car of the 2006 Winter Olympics

2006 Winter Olympics

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. As the car is four wheel drive, it is considered a 4x4. As 4x4 is 16, the car is named Sedici , which means "sixteen" in Italian. By pressing a button the driver can change between 4x2 and 4x4 transmission modes. The car also has electronic stability control (ESC)

Electronic Stability Control

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 on the options list and a diesel particulate filter (DPF)

Diesel Particulate Filter

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 is a standard feature. In November 2006 it was the second best selling SUV in the Italian market, and by June 2007 it was the best selling vehicle.

Sedici 4x2

The front wheel drive version of the Sedici was unveiled in spring 2008. It was available with the same engine choices as the 4X4 version and was available in two trim levels: Dynamic and Emotion. The price, in Italy, was around 2000€ cheaper than the 4x4 version.

Engines

There are two engines available: a 1.6 L Suzuki petrol and a 1.9 L Fiat turbodiesel.

Model	Engine	Displacement	Power	Torque	Top speed
1.6 Petrol	I4 Straight-4 The inline-four engine or straight-four engine is an internal combustion engine with all four cylinders mounted in a straight line, or plane along the crankcase. The single bank of cylinders may be oriented in either a vertical or an inclined plane with all the pistons driving a common crankshaft....	1586 cc	107 PS @5600 rpm	145 newton metre @4000 rpm	4WD:170 km/h (105.6 mph)
1.9 Multijet Diesel	I4 Straight-4 The inline-four engine or straight-four engine is an internal combustion engine with all four cylinders mounted in a straight line, or plane along the crankcase. The single bank of cylinders may be oriented in either a vertical or an inclined plane with all the pistons driving a common crankshaft....	1910 cc	120 PS @4000 rpm	280 newton metre @2050 rpm	4WD:180 km/h (111.8 mph)

2009 facelift

In spring 2009, the Sedici was given a more substantial upgrade: A changed front grille, similar to that of the Bravo, and a new bumper. Inside it has more sophisticated instrumentation, new fabrics, the air conditioning vents were changed, and it has new Euro 5-compliant engines. The 1.9 litre Multijet engine was replaced by the more modern 2.0 litre Multijet engine 135 PS, also the petrol 1.6 litre engine was upgraded to have 120 PS, with lower fuel consumption.

Model	Engine	Displacement	Power	Torque	Top speed
1.6 Petrol	I4 Straight-4 The inline-four engine or straight-four engine is an internal combustion engine with all four cylinders mounted in a straight line, or plane along the crankcase. The single bank of cylinders may be oriented in either a vertical or an inclined plane with all the pistons driving a common crankshaft....	1586 cc	120 PS @6000 rpm	156 newton metre @4400 rpm	FWD:185 km/h (115 mph) 4WD:175 km/h (108.7 mph)
2.0 16V Diesel Multijet DPF	I4 Straight-4 The inline-four engine or straight-four engine is an internal combustion engine with all four cylinders mounted in a straight line, or plane along the crankcase. The single bank of cylinders may be oriented in either a vertical or an inclined plane with all the pistons driving a common crankshaft....	1956 cc	135 PS @3500 rpm	320 newton metre @1500 rpm	FWD:190 km/h (118.1 mph) 4WD:180 km/h (111.8 mph)

Source

Total production

Calendar Year	Production
2010	16.505
2009	19.315
2008	30.952
2007	34.522
2006	24.943
2005	350