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Starting last weekend, customers in Italy can place orders for a new Fiat 500 model with a 1.3-liter turbodiesel engine equipped with the second generation of Fiat's MultiJet technology. It's available on both the Pop and the Lounge trim levels from €16,100.
Fiat insists this is the only car in the segment to offer a diesel engine. While that's only partially true, the vast majority of A-segment diesel hatchbacks are Fiats.
The engine is the same 1.3 Multijet II 95 HP that's offered on the bigger 500X crossover. Pre-facelift models also had a 1.3-liter, but it belonged to the previous generation. Now, features like stop-start and high injection (1600 bar) common rail injection are supposed to help you save fuel.
Besides making 95 ponies, this tiny four-cylinder mill also produces 170 Nm (125 lb-ft) of torque from as low as 1,250rpm and the full 200 Nm (147 lb-ft) at 2,000rpm. With the help of a 5-speed manual gearbox, this will get you from 0 to 100 km/h in 10.7 seconds. All these specs are the same as before, but CO2 emissions have gone from 97 grams per kilometer down to just 89 grams.
The injection system can alter the amount of fuel that's being distributed to each cylinder up to eight times per cycle. The fuel supply to the engine is modulated according to the battery charge power requirements. That's not rocket science, but an optimized cooling circuit and variable displacement oil pump are noteworthy.
The entire range of Cinquecento models comes with Euro 6-compliant engines. The range starts with a 69 horsepower 1.2-liter and continues with 85/105 horsepower version of the 0.9-liter TwinAir two-cylinder turbo. In addition to those, the 1.2-liter will be offered in gasoline-LPG EasyPower format.
The cosmetic changes are only obvious to hardcore fans of the baby Fiat model. However, things look much-improved on the hardware front, where we'll highlight the availability of two-zone auto climate control, parking sensors, auto-dimming rearview mirror, as well as a Uconnect 5-inch Radio Nav LIVE touchscreen infotainment system with TomTom 2.5D maps.
The engine is the same 1.3 Multijet II 95 HP that's offered on the bigger 500X crossover. Pre-facelift models also had a 1.3-liter, but it belonged to the previous generation. Now, features like stop-start and high injection (1600 bar) common rail injection are supposed to help you save fuel.
Besides making 95 ponies, this tiny four-cylinder mill also produces 170 Nm (125 lb-ft) of torque from as low as 1,250rpm and the full 200 Nm (147 lb-ft) at 2,000rpm. With the help of a 5-speed manual gearbox, this will get you from 0 to 100 km/h in 10.7 seconds. All these specs are the same as before, but CO2 emissions have gone from 97 grams per kilometer down to just 89 grams.
The injection system can alter the amount of fuel that's being distributed to each cylinder up to eight times per cycle. The fuel supply to the engine is modulated according to the battery charge power requirements. That's not rocket science, but an optimized cooling circuit and variable displacement oil pump are noteworthy.
The entire range of Cinquecento models comes with Euro 6-compliant engines. The range starts with a 69 horsepower 1.2-liter and continues with 85/105 horsepower version of the 0.9-liter TwinAir two-cylinder turbo. In addition to those, the 1.2-liter will be offered in gasoline-LPG EasyPower format.
The cosmetic changes are only obvious to hardcore fans of the baby Fiat model. However, things look much-improved on the hardware front, where we'll highlight the availability of two-zone auto climate control, parking sensors, auto-dimming rearview mirror, as well as a Uconnect 5-inch Radio Nav LIVE touchscreen infotainment system with TomTom 2.5D maps.
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