The Fiat Linea (Type 323) is a compact sedan produced by Fiat between 2006 and 2018. The sedan was released on 26 March 2007 at the Tofaş plant in Bursa, Turkey as a "world car" in developing countries. It is based on the Fiat Grande Punto. The Linea was designed by Fiat Style Centre and co-developed by Tofaş (joint venture between the Fiat Group and Koç Holding) and Fiat do Brasil. Production in Turkey ended in 2016.[5]
History
The Fiat Linea is built on the FCA Small LWB platform. The Linea sits on a 2603 mm wheelbase and its total length is 4560 mm, undefined mm and undefined mm, respectively, longer than the Fiat Grande Punto it is based on. It is only 111 mm shorter than the Fiat Viaggio compact sedan from the C-segment.
At launch, in Turkey in 2007, the car was initially available with a 1.4 Fire gasoline engine and 1.3 Multijet diesel engine. The 1.4 TurboJet engine with 120 PS, and the 1.6 diesel with 105 PS were the next models to be made available.