Newsgroup: it.discussioni.auto
Titolo: [Inquinamento-India] La fine dei taxi Fiat 1100d

A quanto pare a Bombay fanno sul serio contro l'inquinamento, i
numerosissimi Taxi che circolano dovranno essere solo alimentati a Gas,
cosi la leggenadaria auto su base Fiat 1100 con motore diesel che da 40
anni era l'auto piu usata andra in pensione..
15.07.2004 A recent order from the Bombay High
Court aiming to tackle emissions, spells the end on the road of India
for the
legendary Fiat 1100 D-based Premier Padmini taxi
A  recent order from the Bombay High Court that all diesel engined
Premier model  taxis in Mumbai should be either be phased out or
converted to run on either  natural gas (CNG) or liquefied petroleum
(LPG) by next May, spells the end of  the road for the legendary Fiat
1100 D-based Premier Padmini.
The Padmini,  based on the little 50bhp Fiat diesel, was introduced back
in 1962 and quickly  became a hugely popular choice of transport. As a
taxi it has reliably taken a  battering on India's treacherous roads for
more than forty years.
Rock-solid, the  waiting list in the early days was reputed to have got
as long as twelve years.  Today in Mumbai it remains a stalwart with
spares being plentiful and running  costs minimal. Converting the cars
to run on either CNG or LPG is expected to be  prohibitive and the end
of the Premier Padmini's role as a taxi is now seems  imminent.
Built by the now  defunct Premier Automobiles Ltd , the Padmini ruled
India's roads undisputed,  until the arrival of the Maruti in 1985.
While accepting the need to make  strides towards a cleaner environment,
the Mumbai taxi driver's union is up in  arms, describing the Judge's
timescale as "both impossible and impractical".
Alongside the  original 1100 D saloon, Fiat produced an estate version
called the 'Familia',  which for reasons unknown was never sold in
India. In the early 1980's Premier  decided to rectify this omission by
hacking the rear off the Padmini and  grafting on what can be best
described as a 'glasshouse'. The Safari, as it was  know, failed to
catch on, and once the trickle sold to various government  departments
dried up, it vanished, quickly forgotten, off India's roads.

 come al solito, millantň...:
| legendary Fiat 1100 D-based Premier Padmini taxi
A proposito di padmini andate su
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il miglior incenso al mondo e costa 3 euro a confezione, vi giuro che vi
cambia la vita!
Grande!!!
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Ciao   ;-)
Jason Bourne  -  Milano/150/33 - Nasona "Kart" driver
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 anni era l'auto piu usata andra in pensione..
dobbiamo andare in india ad accaparrarci auto d'epoca!!!
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 dobbiamo andare in india ad accaparrarci auto d'epoca!!!
ahem.... no grazie...
se là queste auto d'epoca sono a nafta e per di piu aspirate..... non mi
interessano...
immaginati se avessero messo motori del genere su delle 911.. o su delle
Fulvia HF....
brrrrrr..
:-))
ciao
HFil