International Engine of the year - Fiat 875 cc TwinAir

Fiat's turbocharged 875-cc TwinAir two-cylinder engine got the most votes in three or four engine categories.

1. Best new Engine of 2011
2. Best Green Engine of the Year
3. Best engine of the year in the Sub 1.0-liter (which Toyota / Daihatsu design 1.0 VVT-i engine previously has won a couple of years in a row).
4. International Engine of the Year (first time for Fiat, congratulation!)

The engine is available in three different versions: 50kW, 60kW and 78kW. It lowest average fuel consumption rating is said to be 4.1L/100km.

Matt Davis, one of the panelists, commented about the engine:

“I was as skeptical as anyone before I tried this engine, but it’s an entirely ‘new-old’ experience that is the ultimate minimalist IC engine expression. I dig the simplicity here and the sound inside the car. Fuel is literally sipped.”

Fiats program manager, Gianni Mastrangelo said:

"We wanted an engine to fully demonstrate our downsizing capabilities and we needed a displacement that could fully exploit our MultiAir system. We concluded that a two-cylinder, 875-cc setup with a turbo was capable of realizing all our development targets. There were lots of problems to be solved during this project, keeping in mind that this architecture was new. The most important challenge to overcome was integrating the MultiAir system within the two-cylinder activation unit. Plus, we wanted the NVH of the TwinAir to be at least as good as that of a four-cylinder engine."

The TwinAir did won over the competition (372 points), beating the popular Volkswagen 1.4-liter TSI Twincharger (346 points). I would like to try the Fiat engine!

From http://in4ride.blogspot.com/2011/05/fiat-bmw-dominate-2011-engine-of-year.html

The engine can be found powering Fiat's fashionable 500 model.

Engine alternatives in ”The Triplets” (Toyota Aygo, Citroen C1 and Peugeot 107)

Two engines has been available to choose between, however I not sure the Toyota is available in diesel anymore..? Inputs is appreciated.

1. 4 cylinder 1.4 liter diesel engine: 2WZTV engine, (PSA developed)
2. 1 liter (996 cc), 3 cylinder petrol engine: 1KR-FE engine

My own interest is in the petrol version, so here goes:

The engine is assembled in Poland or Japan (according to wiki)

The engine comes from Toyota, but is designed by Daihatsu. The engine has been chosen “International Engine of the Year” 2007-2010 in the sub category below 1 liter engines.

The engine uses a Timing chain, so you won’t have to replace a belt. The chain will probably last many years before starting to get noise and will need to be replaced. The engine block is made of aluminum and uses Double Overhead Cam (DOHC). The fuel injection system is “multi-point”.

It has VVT-i technology and has 4 valves per cylinder (twelve in total). It produces 50 kW, which equals 50*1,36=68 Swedish Horse powers (hkr). It doesn’t produce mush carbon dioxide footprint either. Here in Sweden it is a “environment friendly car” and the road tax is therefore low on this type of car.

The engine is used in the following cars:

Daihatsu Sirion

Toyota Aygo

Citroën C1

Peugeot 107

Toyota Yaris (1 liter version, called Vitz in some parts of the world)

Toyota IQ

Subary Justy (2008-)

The engine is really small and weights only about 69 kg. Some Internet pages say 67 kg. Perhaps this number is without accessories.

Picture of Diesel engine, image from http://www.toyotaownersclub.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=95553

  

Picture of petrol 1KR-FE, a 1.0 L (996 cc)1 liter:

http://www.sacarfan.co.za/wp-content/gallery/engine-of-the-year-2009/sacarfan-aygo-cutaway.jpg

Lamborghini logos - masterpieces

I have always been weak for nice looking logos. Here are a few Lamborghini examples..

The fighting bull of Lamborghini for example:

Here the classic Miura, with horn and tail in its logo:

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Some pictures from:

http://www.italiazakka.co.jp/shop/shop.php?lang=en&bra=5

http://www.cartype.com/pages/4419/lamborghini_miura_roadster__1968

Adac statistic for the Triplets: Aygo, 107, C1

The Triplets: Toyota Aygo, Citroen C1, Peugeot 107 statistic Adac 2010 (kleinwagen), minicars

It is always interresting to follow statistics from the german car club ADAC with 17 millions members (june 2010) has to say (Allgemeiner Deutscher Automobil-Club e.V.)

The Toyota Aygo got first place, probably because of better support by the Toyota sellers.

Problems reported by Adac:

Bad battery

Broken start engine (especially year 2006)

Bad clutch

Water pump broken, leaking

Fuel hose leaking

Gearchangelink system broken

Generator problems

Screenshots taken from Adac:

http://www.adac.de/infotestrat/unfall-schaeden-und-panne/pannenstatistik/suchergebnis.aspx?pklid=1&pstatid=3&ReturnUrl=5uEyBA6KBgNKCARK55ZyBARCzNqr0u23BTXFzyqpzAcxCLRyzAa1CLRyzAZyC5X3xLErxLEz5uXFBARpzocy0gN8ym68C5X3xLE4HeN_

(just in case it gets removed)

Startup - new blog about cars - Cars 2 Run

This site is intended to gather information about cars that I found interesting to take a look at. English is not my mother tongue so bear with me in my sentences and bad spelling.

Instead of just having this blog in Swedish I thought other people might be interested to. I will give English a try, but some messages might be in just Swedish.