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The Fiat Powertrain Techonogies (FPT) 1.4 Turbo engines, the first to incorporate revolutionary multi-air technology, have won the prestigious “Engine of the Year” award in the best new engine of the year category.
The award, decided on by an international jury of 65 specialist journalists from 32 countries, was collected by Aldo Marangoni, the FPT vice president.
Fiat says the four-cylinder engines combine Multiair, the electro-hydraulic management of the inlet valves, with turbocharger, setting new efficiency standards.
The engines, with power outputs that range from 100 kW to 125 kW, now power the Alfa Romeo MiTo and Giulietta, as well as the Fiat Punto Evo and Abarth Punto Evo ranges, and will soon be introduced on the Fiat Bravo and Lancia Delta.
In South Africa Multiair technology is available in the Alfa Romeo MiTo range - both the 100 kW Progression and the 125 kW Quadrifoglio Verde are equipped with this new technology.
Multiair technology is based on direct control of the intake air, cylinder by cylinder and stroke by stroke, without a throttle valve, and it reduces fuel consumption and CO2 emissions by as much as 10%, while increasing the power output by 10% and improving torque by 15%. Pollution is also reduced by careful monitoring of combustion.
“The award is further confirmation of the Fiat Group’s acknowledged capacity for technological innovation; the Group had already won the prize in 2005, in the 1.0 to 1.4 litre capacity class of the “International Engine of the Year”, with the small but sophisticated 1.3 Multijet, which opened a new chapter in the history of diesel engines, a field in which the Group has always been a leader, having been the first to launch innovations such as direct injection and common-rail technology on the market,” says Aldo Marangoni.
