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Fiat 500's start&stop technology will be greener than expected

When Fiat announced in December that it would start using Bosch's Start&Stop technology in the new 500, they said the micro hybrid system would reduce fuel consumption between five and eight percent. Now that it is actually here and used in the popular 1.2 Lounge version of the Fiat 500, Fiat finds out that Start&Stop will reduce urban fuel consumption by up to 12 percent, from 37 mpg (U.S.) to 41 mpg on the urban cycle. Those numbers make this this model the most efficient 500 currently available. The new version is called, ... Read more →

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