Front view of the Fiat 500 Twin Air on display at ecovelocity 2011
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4034 x 2666 px | 34.2 x 22.6 cm | 13.4 x 8.9 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
8 September 2011Location:
Battersea Power Station, Battersea, LondonMore information:
Front view of the Fiat 500 TwinAir on display at ecovelocity 2011 The Fiat 500 twin air has a 85bhp engine with a top speed of 105mph. It does 0 - 60 in 11.0 seconds. petrol consumption is 68.9mpg combined cycle and it hasd 95g/Kg Co2 emissions making it congestion charge exempt. Its tiny engine features the MultiAir electro-hydraulic valve propulsion system the company has been rolling out with other engines, which cuts pumping losses and improves efficiency by around 10 percent. Maintenance is low: TwinAir has both hydraulic tappets and long-life spark plugs, so ordinary servicing should be cheap. The 500 TwinAir also features a standard stop-start system. What is more, its tiny internals cut friction to new lows, and its tiny turbo allows quick throttle response and practically eliminates turbo lag. It also promotes low-end torque, which amounts to an impressive 107lb ft at 1900rpm. Even more amazing is the fact that it produces fully 25 per cent more torque at that speed than the 1.4-litre. This tiny 900cc, eight-valve, turbocharged parallel twin (which features a balance shaft to damp the first order vibration) is 7kg lighter than Fiat's current 1.2-litre non-turbo FIRE four, and 13kg lighter than the 1.4-litre. It is, in effect, a briefcase-sized powerhouse, which drives through the owner’s choice of either a five-speed manual gearbox or Fiat's two-pedal semi-automatic gearbox, called Dualogic. Ours was a manual.