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A bigger MINI to be based on Fiat platform?

We're not sure that a bigger MINI Cooper is exactly what the buying public at large has been waiting for, but it is exactly what they might get. We would certainly hope that the small-size MINI would remain in the line, though that would certainly negate whatever savings BMW is hoping for by collaborating with Fiat on the project in the first place. Fiat will be using the platform for the next Grande Punto, due in 2011. MINI would not use the platform until 2012 at the earliest, followed up by Alfa Romeo's planned MiTo successor a year later. ... Read more →

Small yet powerful: Fiat's T-Jet engine on the Grande Punto Xavier Navarro

The T-Jet engines from Fiat look like a good thing. The basic principle is easy: reduce engine capacity to reduce fuel consumption, but boost the compression ratio and add twin-turbos, one for low ...

A bigger MINI to be based on Fiat platform? 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

We're not sure that a bigger MINI Cooper is exactly what the buying public at large has been waiting for, but it is exactly what they might get. We would certainly hope that the small-size MINI would remain in the line, though that would certainly negate whatever savings BMW is hoping for by ...

Small yet powerful: Fiat's T-Jet engine on the Grande Punto 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

The T-Jet engines from Fiat look like a good thing. The basic principle is easy: reduce engine capacity to reduce fuel consumption, but boost the compression ratio and add twin-turbos, one for low rpm, other for higher. The engine was introduced in the Fiat Bravo (a Volkswagen Golf/Rabbit kind of ...


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