The upcoming Fiat Mobi pickup truck has been snapped
during a recent round of testing in the bitterly cold Arctic Circle. The Mobi pickup is being
developed for the South American market, particularly Brazil, and is promising
to be slightly smaller than the Toro pickup currently produced in Brazil.
It is impossible to know how
similar the Mobi and Toro will look, because the prototype featured is bathed
in thick body cladding that hides all of its design details. From what we can
tell, the Mobi may adopt a similar twin-headlight design to the Toro, but it is
impossible to know for sure.
Fiat has been selling the Mobi in five-door
hatchback guise in South America for a number of years and it seems as though
the pickup version is significantly longer. Details about Fiat’s new pickup
remain scarce, but it’s possible it will use the same platform as the Fiorino.
If that’s the case, the same family of engines can be expected, including a
1.4-liter four-cylinder delivering 88 hp and a 1.3-liter three-cylinder with
109 hp. A five-speed manual transmission will be standard but a six-speed
automatic might be offered with the 1.3-liter.
Fiat Mobi will probably
launch in South America in the first quarter of 2020. However, it is extremely
unlikely it will be offered elsewhere around the world.
