Fiat Palio

The Fiat Palio is a supermini that the Italian manufacturer Fiat released in April 1996 and produced until 2018 as a hatchback and until 2020 as a wagon. Developed by Fiat Automoveis for developing countries, it was Fiat's first attempt at a world car, one basic design built in many nations, launched in Brazil as Project 178. Its platform also underlies the Siena sedan, the Palio Weekend station wagon, the Palio Adventure crossover and the Strada pick-up. The first generation came as a hatchback, sedan, pickup and station wagon, with diesel and petrol engines varying by market, on a chassis developed from the European Fiat Uno but made much stronger for rough roads. Later Brazilian versions used flex-fuel engines that run on ethanol and petrol. The Palio badge began as a trim level on the 1977 Fiat 127.