Fiat Avventura Urban Cross

Another crossover from Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, Italy’s largest automaker, is the Urban Cross, a crossover based on the Punto Evo. The USP of the Urban Cross over the Avventura is that the automaker has removed the tail gate mounted spare wheel.

EXTERIOR
The front fascia of the Urban Cross features anew oval-shaped grille, reindeer wraparound headlamps and muscular creases on the bonnet, along with brushed aluminum bash plates on the bumper and a strong fog lamp housing. The side profile of the Urban Cross gets the quintessential side plastic cladding with Avventura embossed on it. At the rear, the Urban Cross features a newly designed rear bumper & bash plates, along with LED tail lights, rear spoiler, a remotely accessible tailgate and a clean looking rear profile.

INTERIOR
The interiors of the Urban Cross are of strong build quality and feel premium with soft-touch buttons and well cut interior trims. The Urban Cross features a two-tone dashboard along with soft-touch suede finish on the lower section.
The Urban Cross features Fiat’s Blue&Me infotainment system with USB/Aux-in/Bluetooth connectivity. There is adequate leg/head/shoulder room for all occupants, butt the roominess in the second row is slightly compromised.

ENGINE & TRANSMISSION, RIDE & HANDLING, BRAKING & SAFETY
The Fiat Urban Cross is powered by a 1.3L Multi-Jet 16-valve DOHC diesel engine which churns out 93Ps of power and a peak torque of 209Nm. It comes mated to a 5-speed manual transmission. The ARAI certified mileage is 20kmpl.
The Urban Cross is also offered with a 1.4L T-Jet (powered by Abarth) engine which churns out 142Ps of power and a peak torque of 210Nm. It comes mated to a 5-speed manual transmission. The ARAI certified mileage is 17.1kmpl.
The ride and handling is also quite sorted with dual path independent McPherson Strut suspension with helical coil springs, double acting telescopic dampers and stabilizer bar in the front and torsion beam suspension with helical coil springs and double acting telescopic dampers at the rear.
For the braking, Fiat has equipped with ventilated disc brakes in the front and drums brakes at the rear, while the one ‘powered by Abarth’ is equipped with disc brakes, both front and rear.
The Urban Cross runs on 205/55 R16 tyres.
In terms of comfort and convenience, the Urban Cross is equipped with desmodronic foldable key with boot release, electric boot release on dashboard, electrically adjustable ORVMs, leather wrapped steering wheel and gear shift knob, hydraulic power steering, front power windows with delay and auto-down function, rear power windows, rear defogger/washer/wiper, remote keyless entry, rear foldable and/or 60:40 split seats, height adjustable driver seat and front headrests, and tilt-shift steering.
For the safety of the passengers, the Urban Cross is well-equipped with safety features like dual front airbags with early crash sensors, ABS with EBD, 3-point ELR seat belts with pretentioners and load limiters, automatic door lock, central door locking, door open indicator, fire prevention system and an engine immobilizer with rolling code.

CONCLUSION
The Fiat Urban Cross is an affordable and practical crossover with decent space, exceptionally powerful performance and unique designing, though it not for your everyday city commute, but still it makes a good proposition for weekend getaways.