The influential US
magazine Popular Science nominated MultiAir
technology Best of What’s New 2010 for its
innovative features that raise the bar in terms of fuel
efficiency and eco-friendliness. The revolutionary
MultiAir electro-hydraulic intake valve management
system, invented and marketed by FPT - Fiat Powertrain
Technologies, is going round the world and adding
important recognitions from across the ocean to the many
awards already gathered in Europe.
In the United States,
MultiAir technology will soon be available for the
commercial launch of the Fiat 500, which will be
equipped with a four-cylinder 1.4 litre FPT engine. With
cylinder-by-cylinder, stroke-by-stoke direct air intake
control and without a throttle valve, MultiAir
technology cuts fuel consumption and CO2 emissions by up
to 10%, while obtaining 10% more power and 15% more
torque. Furthermore, careful combustion control also
reduces polluting emissions. MultiAir is versatile
technology that can easily be applied to all petrol
engines. Interesting potential developments are in store
for diesel engines too.
Earlier, in June this
year, the FPT 1.4 Turbo, the first engine to implement
MultiAir technology, won the prestigious European
Engine of the Year award in the new best engine of
the year category, assigned by an international panel of
65 specialist journalists from 32 countries.
Today, the MultiAir
system is available on Abarth Punto Evo 1.4 MultiAir
Turbo 165 HP, Alfa Romeo MiTo 1.4 MultiAir 105 HP and
1.4 MultiAir Turbo 135 HP and 170 HP, Alfa Romeo
Giulietta 1.4 Multiair Turbo 170 HP, Lancia Delta 1.4
MultiAir Turbo 140 HP, Fiat 500 0.9 TwinAir Turbo 85 HP,
Fiat Bravo 1.4 MultiAir Turbo 140 HP and Fiat Punto Evo
1.4 MultiAir 105 HP and 1.4 MultiAir Turbo 135 HP.
