Appeared at the end of 2020 during the restyling, the Cross version of the Fiat Tipo does not do like everyone else by taking a 5-door sedan base. But the Station Wagon station wagon will soon benefit from the same adventurous treatment that L’argus presents to you in preview.
Give a backpacker look to a classic model? The recipe is nothing new. Appearing in the 1990s, the pioneers of the genre are called Audi A6 Allroad, Volvo V70 Cross Country or Subaru Outback. If the Japanese also existed in the form of a four-door, it is with a silhouette of station wagon that these three have imposed themselves. However, Fiat preferred to retain the basis of the five-door sedan for the Cross variant of its compact Tipo, launched during the restyling at the end of 2020. At least initially … In recent days, prototypes of a slightly raised station wagon were indeed photographed on the road. Everything therefore suggests that the Station Wagon version will soon be able to play the adventurous side in its turn, with commercialization expected in the first half of 2022.
A rival for the Ford Focus Active
The Italian will not however be the only one to offer this double offer in the category. At Ford, the recently restyled Focus Active also deploys these two types of bodywork. But the Tipo Cross SW will have the merit of being more affordable than its rival, failing to have such a wide range of engines. The look will be very close to our illustration. Compared to the conventional station wagon, black plastic protections should appear at the bottom of the doors and around the wheel arches. The shields will also be redesigned, like those of the Tipo Cross Sedan, and the ground clearance will increase by a handful of centimeters.
A question of look above all
It would be better, however, to avoid going too far from the asphalt because, unlike what the pioneers mentioned above proposed, here only the front wheels will be driving. The mechanics will also be familiar, with a modest 100hp 1.0 GSE three-cylinder turbo as the sole petrol engine and a single 130hp 1.6 MJT diesel. The Tipo Cross Station Wagon will therefore rely above all on its adventurous look trendy enough to seduce … and to forget an additional cost of a few hundred euros compared to the conventional station wagon. But, in the lower category, the Dacia Sandero Stepway has proven that many buyers are ready to make that financial effort if the style appeals to them.
Source: Motor.es
