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Fiat will be exhibiting an Aria version of the Fiat 500 alongside the Abarth version – two different ends of the product range, kinda like how Honda launched the Civic Hybrid and the Civic Type R at the same time.
Following the theme of the previous Fiat Panda Aria, the 500 Aria will be an eco-friendly car with an Euro 5 compliant 1.3 litre 16 valve Multijet turbodiesel with DPF filter, mated to a Dualogic automated manual transmission.
The Multijet turbodiesel also gets stop-start technology, which switches off the engine automatically during stops and automatically restarts it when you’re ready to go again. Fiat says this can improve fuel consumption by up to 10% in urban driving conditions. Other eco-options include low power consumption auxiliary units, reduced weight components and low-drag Pirelli tires.
The Fiat 500 Aria’s interior is made of recycled materials including a new floor material made from old tires, recycled seat upholstery and organic woven leather and fabrics.
Fiat says all of these eco-friendly technologies will make its way into production cars. Two more photos of the 500 Aria after the jump.
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After dabbling for years in the IT industry, Paul Tan initially began this site as a general blog covering various topics of personal interest. With an increasing number of readers paying rapt attention to the motoring stories, one thing led to another and the rest, as they say, is history. An avid electronic gadget aficionado as well as big-time coffee lover, he's also the executive producer of the Driven motoring TV programme.
i bet when this go into production the look exterior or interior wise will be totally different since lot of recycle part in this car….hope not much different then above pic….nice move for making and eco car…since the climate is getting hotter day by day….im wonder how the auto on/off engine will function on this car….just remember a quote that say u damage your car everytime u start the engine…if on off on off in a trafic jam how worse it gonna b hehehe….just curious
But then it consumes a lot of energy to produce the car, for example, to recycle the raw materials. I think we have a long way to go to produce a true eco-friendly car.
There’s no eco-friendly car actually. It is only trying to reduce the impact on environmnet. Honda Fit Aria is Honda City a.k. Honda Fit or Honda jazz with butt. I wonder what the Aria mean actually.
1st picture shows the rear look like the Ford KA.
Yeah, cute KA…
chap_de_x said,
February 21, 2008 @ 3:09 am
ijust remember a quote that say u damage your car everytime u start the engine…if on off on off in a trafic jam how worse it gonna b hehehe….just curious
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ahem… only on cold starts. ie…first time in the morning..
Naza Sutra Edisi Grafik.
i wan abarth not aria
i dont know man, just too china looking…
Will it really work, shutting down the engine. I thought you will wear out your engine with turning it off and on again. And what about quick stops? This car will it get off the line quick after stopping then?