Fiat Idea

The Fiat Idea is a five-door, five-passenger mini MPV that Fiat manufactured and marketed from 2003 to 2012 over a single generation, with one intermediate facelift. Internally Type 350, it was Fiat's first entry in the compact MPV market and shared its platform with the third-generation Fiat Punto, with exterior design by Fabrizio Giugiaro at Italdesign. It combined the size of a B-segment car under four metres with the extra height, flexible seating and cargo versatility of an MPV, with a centrally placed instrument cluster and rear seats that slide, recline and fold. It debuted at the 2003 Geneva Motor Show, and the upscale Lancia Musa followed a year later; both were built at Mirafiori and were superseded by the Fiat 500L. Brazil kept production going through the 2016 model year, including the Adventure with raised ground clearance. The name stands for Intelligent Design Emotive Architecture.