Fiat Albea

The Fiat Albea is a subcompact car produced by the Italian manufacturer Fiat between 2002 and 2012 at the Tofas facilities in Turkey. It is the European version of the global Fiat Siena, the sedan derived from the Palio hatchback, and it is a low-cost sedan aimed at developing markets that was not sold in Western Europe. In China it kept the Siena name and had two derived versions, the Fiat Perla and the Zotye Z200. The Italian designer Giorgetto Giugiaro designed it, with a design like that of its South American equivalent but with a longer wheelbase, visible in an extended segment between the rear doors and the rear wheelhouse. A facelifted version has been available since February 2005, two months before the Palio was restyled. From 2006 to 2011 it was assembled from kits in Naberezhnye Chelny in Russia, with a 1.4 litre petrol engine only. Production in Turkey ended in 2012. Testing by ARCAP under Euro NCAP regulations gave it the equivalent of three stars.