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Old 08-06-2013, 07:26 PM   #18 (permalink)
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The folks might remember that, in Europe due to smaller engines which were more usual for a long time, a higher count of gears was usual there, and in Brazil due to fuel costs we tend to follow the European school more often. The case of the Fiat Palio Weekend was a specific one, since it had an engine even smaller than the base offering in the Euro-spec version (a 67hp 1.2L 8-valve gasser), while the Brazilian domestic versions had the 1.5L as the base engine before the introduction of the 1.0L engine.
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