Fiat Marea

The Fiat Marea, Type 185, was a small family car produced by the Italian automaker Fiat from 1996 to 2007. It was sold as a saloon and an estate, the Marea Weekend, which were essentially body-style variants of the Bravo and Brava hatchbacks, and it replaced both the Tipo-based Tempra and the larger Croma. It became officially available on 11 September 1996 and was first built at Fiat's Cassino and Mirafiori plants in Italy, with Brazilian production at Betim and Turkish production at Bursa with Tofas later taking over from the Tempra. Engines came from the Bravo and Brava, with 1.6, 1.8 and 2.0 litre petrols and 1.9 litre turbodiesels, and a 2.4 litre turbodiesel was offered for a short time until 2001. European production stopped in August 2002, though Turkey and Brazil continued, and the Fiat Linea replaced the saloon in 2007.