Fiat Tempra

The Fiat Tempra, Type 159, was a small family car that Fiat built in Italy from 1990 to 1996, replacing the Fiat Regata. The project began as Tipo 3, a mid-size car between the Fiat Tipo and the larger Croma, and the Tempra shared its Type Three platform with the Lancia Dedra and Alfa Romeo 155. The saloon appeared in newspapers in November 1989 and was introduced at the Geneva Motor Show in March 1990, with a station wagon called the Tempra SW arriving two months later in Turin. The first engines were 1.4, 1.6 and 1.8 litre petrol units and a 1.9 litre diesel, naturally aspirated or turbocharged, and from 1993 all models had catalytic converters and fuel injection. A continuously variable transmission was offered, a first on a midsize saloon. It was Irish Car of the Year in 1991, was built in Brazil until 1998 and was assembled in Turkey and Vietnam.