Fiat Stilo

The Fiat Stilo, Type 192, was a small family car from the Italian automaker Fiat, sold as a three-door and a five-door hatchback and as an estate called the Stilo Multi Wagon. The hatchbacks were presented at the Bologna Motor Show in March 2001 and launched in Europe in October 2001, replacing the Bravo and Brava, and the Multi Wagon followed in January 2003. The Bravo took over from it in most markets, though the five-door Stilo kept being built in Brazil until October 2010. It finished third in the 2002 European Car of the Year awards behind the Peugeot 307 and Renault Laguna. Reviewers found the styling bland and criticised its weight and its twist-beam rear suspension and the underpowered 1.2 litre petrol engine. It was the second car after the Punto to use TRW column-drive electric power steering, and Brazil got a flex-fuel version in 2006.