| New Fiat Scudo
The model in brief
To meet the latest European requirements for about-town and intercity goods transport, the Fiat Light Commercial Vehicles brand now presents the New Scudo, which will be built in the SEVEL Nord plant in Valenciennes, and marketed from January 2007.
Born out of the industrial partnership between FIAT and PSA, the New Scudo is the heir to a successful model, 350,000 of which have been sold since 1995, and it confirms its ability to reconcile performance, handling and car-class comfort with generous, easy loading, and the reliability and profitability typical of a light commercial vehicle.
The New Scudo inherits and improves the strong points of the previous model (a van with the architecture of an MPV, excellent road behaviour, that is entertaining to drive, with handling and comfort that are comparable with those of a modern saloon) and becomes the new benchmark for its category in terms of the extension of the range (increased volume and payload), performance, quality, sturdiness and safety, as well as protection against theft.
The loading volume and payload of the New FIAT Scudo have been increased: the interior volume is now between 5 and 7 m3, and the payload extends from 1,000 to 1,200 kg. The new Scudo can also boast an overall height (less than 1.90 m with air suspension) that allows it to use multi-storey car parks, and a loading floor height of just 49 cm, which simplifies loading and unloading operations.
The New Scudo is therefore the right solution for a wide variety of missions and applications. It comes in a very broad range that comprises:
- goods and passenger transport versions and bases for conversions and special outfits;
- two wheelbases: short (3 metres) and long (3.12 metres);
- two external lengths: 4.80 and 5.13 metres;
- external height:
- standard: 1.89 m with air suspension (1.94 m with steel suspension)
- high: 2.20 m with air suspension (2.28 m with steel suspension);
- two load lengths: 2.25 and 2.58 m;
- interior width: 1.60 m;
- width between wheelarches: 1.25 m;
- two interior heights: 1.45 and 1.75 m;
- three volumes: 5 m3, 6 m3 and 7 m3;
- loading floor height: from 49 to 56 cm;
- payload from 1000 to 1200 kg (including driver).
In addition to the Van versions, the New FIAT Scudo range offers a comprehensive choice of passenger transport vehicles (Combi and Panorama) which are available in three different outfits for specific uses and customers. The first (Combi Standard) is the ideal vehicle to carry work crews with their tools; the second (Panorama Family) is for large families looking for the comfort and styling typical of a people-mover; the third outfit (Panorama Executive) is ideal to transfer business clientele (hotel/airport shuttles, rentals with driver).
The result is a wide range that ensures that every customer will find a vehicle that is 'tailor-made' to his own needs.
The New Scudo is synonymous with 'efficiency and productivity' which, for the customer, translates into very low operating costs (fuel consumption, maintenance intervals and repair costs), good acceleration and elasticity at low speeds even with a full load.
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