Fiat India will launch its new mid-size sedan Linea in December. The Linea was going to be launched in October but due to the poor sentiment prevailing in the market, Fiat has postponed the launch. Its second launch Grande Punto has also been pushed back and will now hit the market sometime next year instead of December.

Linea will be available in 1.3 multi-jet diesel engine and 1.4 FIRE petrol engine. It will roll out from Fiat’s newly established Ranjangaon plant in Maharashtra and will be in the price band of Rs 6-8 lakh. Grante Punto, another locally assembled model from the Fiat stable, was supposed to be launched in December and will now come in the first quarter of 2009. Next in line is its luxury hatchback Bravo, whose launch timing is yet to be finalised.