Interiors of the Palio are a straight lift from the Siena. The swoopy and rounded dashboard boasts good attention to detail but the profusion of grey plastic gives it a dreary look. Quality of the components is good and you don't get an impression of sitting in a small car. The controls for the wipers and headlights (set in Indian fashion) have a wonderful tactile feel and are great to operate. Oddment stowage bins are aplenty, two above the glove compartment, one where the stereo should have been, one below the central console and generous door map pockets to boot.
  
Instrumentation of the Palio 1.2 is basic with just the speedo and temperature and fuel gauges (with a low fuel warning lamp). Equipment levels are generous with even the ELX version sporting power windows, power steering, central locking, height adjustable seat belts and air-con. A music system is not part of the standard equipment list. Three seat fabrics are available: Venezia, Firenze and Monza, all of which are dull and dreary affairs. The jazzy fabric that the Siena sported would not have been out of place here.
  
The Palio 1.6 carries the sporting theme inside with a silver finish central console, aluminium alloy pedals, leather covered steering wheel and gear knob and white faced dials that includes a tachometer. However exclusion of a stereo is a sore spot on a high end offering like the GTX.
  
The Palio boasts of class leading interior space, with only the similarly sized Tata Indica matching up to it. Five grown adults can sit comfortably in the confines of the Palio while the generous boot (best in class) will accommodate the weekend holiday baggage. In fact interiors of the Palio can be compared to a mid-sized car, in terms of size and the quality of materials used. No small car comes anywhere close.