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Nice car and such a cool event to be showing it off on
Nice car and such a cool event to be showing it off on
Superturismo's are probably the only wheels that will look good on just about any car. Superturismo WRC's like the ones fitted to this car just never quite look right on a road car IMO. Superturismo GT's though look excellentIm really liking the white rally wheels... very nice.
Superturismo GT's though look excellent
Hmmmm
I would very much like the engine. I wonder how different the Abarth 1.4 is internally from the N/A version? Different rods, pistons, maybe sodium-cooled valves, perhaps?
John
Are you sure about that? Most sources say the GTA will have a 1.8l Turbo. Also the Abarth SS 500 will probably be the multiair 1.4 with 165bhp and not 200.The compression of the turbo engine is 9.8:1, which is quite a bit lower than the N/as.
The pistons, crank and conrods are different in the turbos. But the engine spec is none other than what will be the GTA version of the Alfa Mito.
The engine is the same as the Abarth SS engine and wil set you back 3290 + VAT.
Where has Fiat confirmed the 1.8?
The part numbers for the GP T-Jet is the same as the Bravo T-120, Bravo T-150, for the Abarth and SS GP and 500.
Where did I claim that the 500 SS has got 200bhp?
Whether the power is 165 or 200bhp does not change that the engines are the same.
And a number of éngines have been confirmed.
Whether the 1368 will be replaced by a 900 engine isn't confirmed either. What is confirmed is that the 1368 will loose eventually the inlet cam.
but getting rid of the heat from such a small engine bay must be tricky.
John
500's will even get stop start technology to make them a bit more efficient in traffic too. The new modular arcitecture is win win for Fiat. cheaper to manufacture and with better CO2 emmisions and MPG figures it's going to help sell their cars.
cos as far as I know Honda are thinking an entire generation ahead with their Hydrogen FX car.
The problem being of course: how to we find the energy to manufacture the hydrogen?
At present it it most often converted from natural gas, the resultant hydrogen providing less energy than that used in its conversion - which is a hell of a waste of a clean energy source like gas. The other method is electrolysis, which requires the prior generation of electricity.
The hydrogen thing in America is driven by the desire for clean emissions, which hydrogen has, at the vehicle anyway, but not by the need to conserve energy per se.
Sadly.