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Fiat launches new Euro 5 1.6 diesel engine
8th Febuary 2008
Fiat’s new 1.6 MultiJet 16v unit, announced just last week, makes the Bravo which will feature it the first car in its category to be fitted with a Euro 5-compliant engine, well ahead of the 2009 deadline.
The new Bravo 1.6 MultiJet is available with a special eco-package in 105 bhp form. In addition to revised engine ECU settings, this ‘Eco’ pack employs special measures to optimise aerodynamics, and incorporates low rolling resistance tyres and ‘taller’ gear ratios to return some outstanding fuel consumption and CO2 figures: 62.7 mpg in the combined cycle (an increase of some 5 mpg on the standard 105 bhp 1.6 MultiJet) and CO2 emissions of 119 g/km.
This latter figure will assist in Fiat Group’s pledge to be the leading manufacturer in terms of weighted average CO2 levels.
Last year, Fiat Group CEO Sergio Marchionne told the international media that: “regardless of what other car makers will do, our Group is committed, by 2012, to reaching the lowest weighted average CO2 emission level for the cars it produces, with respect to competitors.”
Fiat is currently among the top performers in Europe for having the lowest average CO2 emissions, posting 144 g/km, according to figures published by the European Federation for Transport and Environment (T&E).
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