Fiat Uno
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The Fiat Uno is a small, supermini-sized car introduced in 1983 by the Fiat car company.
1984
The Uno was a well-received replacement for the earlier Fiat 127. Designed by Giorgetto Giugiaro's ItalDesign company, it was famed for its distinctive tall, box-like styling which gave it class-leading interior space. It was voted Car of the Year in 1984, with a narrow margin over the Peugeot 205 - its key competitor - and the Volkswagen Golf. The Uno range used the outdated 127 engines until 1986, when these relatively unrefined units were replaced by the more impressive FIRE (Fully Integrated Robotised Engine) drivetrains which gave good performance and economy.
1990
In 1990 the Uno was given a mild facelift, which saw a restyled front and rear end, and a new dashboard with less quirky switches than the original.
The car was a pheonomenal success throughout its 10-year production run, before its replacement in 1993 by the Fiat Punto.
It is still manufactured in Brazil, where a sedan version called the Duna or Prêmio and a station wagon called the Duna Weekend or Elba were also produced, and in South Africa, where it is assembled by the local Nissan factory, without Fiat badges. Currently, the car is sold as the Fiat Mille, an entry-level model, and received its most recent facelift for the 2004 model year. The 2005 brazilian version has recieved a Flex Fuel system, enabling the car to use ethanol or gasoline as fuel, both pure or in any proportion mixture.
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