Saturday, January 29, 2011

Fiat TwinAir the best engine in Germany

The little Fiat Twin is the motorepreferito by German readers. These days, the magazine Auto Motor und Sport has delivered to Aldo Marangoni, product engineering vice president of Fiat Powertrain Technologies, the company that develops technology solutions for the Lingotto, the prize reserved for the best expressions in the development of technology in the automotive field.

The award, named after Paul Pietsch, who was in the 30 pilot Bugatti, Alfa Romeo, Auto Union and, later, editor and publisher of Auto Motor und Sport, went to the engine Twin, which debuted last September on board the Fiat 500. The engine developed by FPT TwinAir, as is known, is twin turbocharged and air-cooled.

Thanks to the adoption of the turbocharger, is able to develop 85 hp, for a mid-cycle consumption of 4.1 liters of fuel per 100 km and CO2 emission values of 95 g / km. The reasons that led the German magazine readers to vote for the small TwinAir are contained in the cylinder in the high technology and was considered a perfect expression of the concept of downsizing, which allows one hand to hold the cylinder and, secondly, to reduce internal friction.

Then there is the innovative distribution system, which replaces the conventional camshaft device uses a fully variable valve timing and lift of the intake valves. Third, thanks to the turbocharger, the Twin is capable of delivering power and torque values on the levels of 4-cylinder engines of larger displacement.

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