Fiat Regata

The Fiat Regata was an automobile produced by the Italian automaker Fiat from 1983 until 1990. The name was used for the saloon and estate versions of the Fiat Ritmo hatchback, matching the post-facelift Ritmo, and it was unveiled at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September 1983. It reused almost all of the Ritmo's mechanicals with a slightly longer wheelbase, and it was aimed at a higher price with better trim and equipment, as other European makers were doing with the saloon versions of their small hatchbacks. It was offered with three petrol and two diesel engines, and after fourteen months diesels were about thirty per cent of production. In Sweden and South America it was sold as the Regatta, because the Swedish word was close to a derogatory term, and Fiat's Argentine plant kept building it until 1995. SEAT's similar Malaga was developed separately.