twinair

Small engine, big pitch. Italian automaker Fiat is using a new video to wax poetic about its TwinAir family of engines designed to boost performance in its smaller cars while cutting fuel use and emissions. The three-plus-minute video, put together by Frame Communication, outlines the TwinAir ...

The votes have been tallied and Fiat's turbocharged 875-cc TwinAir two-cylinder engine has captured the title of Best New Engine of 2011, Green Engine of the Year, Sub 1.0-liter Engine of the Year and even the big one: International Engine of the Year, a first for Fiat. It's only the second ...

Italian automaker Fiat will soon launch a trim range that gets its name from the company's two-cylinder engine: the TwinAir. The TwinAir range – to be offered on three-door and convertible 500s – will hit the UK this summer with pricing expected to start at approximately £11,500 ...

The TwinAir-powered Fiat 500, with its 0.9-liter engine, is claimed to be the most fuel-efficient gasser in the Cinquecento's lineup. With a healthy 84 horsepower and 107 pound-feet of torque at a low 1,900 rpm, this pint-sized ...

Back in the 1960s, Italy was teeming with twin-cylinder Fiats, but their meager power outputs made them suitable for urban duty and little else. Outside of Italy, the two bangers never gained traction, maybe because Fiat's early ...

TwinAir mania has taken over hold here at AutoblogGreen. From the introduction of the 0.9-liter, two-cylinder engine in the Fiat 500, to the recent report claiming that a hybrid version of the TwinAir is coming, we've been almost overwhelmed by all the ...

Less than a week ago, Fiat introduced its hot little 0.9-liter, two-cylinder TwinAir engine in its spunky yet sensationally popular 500. Over in Europe, test drives of the 500 fitted with the TwinAir mill are underway and Autocar says the two-cylinder powerplant may very well be the most ...

Drop a couple of cylinders, add start-stop technology, slap a turbo on, drop it in the Fiat 500 and call it a day. That's exactly what Fiat Powertrain Technologies has done with its newly-introduced two-cylinder TwinAir 85-horsepower engine. The engine ...