Geneva 2010: Abarth Punto Evo takes a subsequent step
R emoving the lot from the little. Which might as well be Abarth’s official slogan, translated into Italian, of course, for which combined dose of Mediterranean aptitude. Fiat’s opening multiplication manages, initial of all, to construct an entir e line-up of hot hatches formed on two models. As well as what they turn them into are genuine hulk slayers.
As you reported only last week in the run-up to this year’s Geneva Engine Show, the Abarth Punto Evo takes a notlongago revised Fiat hatchback as its basis, and upgrades it, first and foremost, with 1.6-liter turbocharged MultiAir four-bangers in either 165- or 178-horsepower guise. Add to that upgraded wheels, brakes, suspension, interior as well as body kit, as well as suddenly this scorpion-emblazoned hatchback – the decidedly some-more modern alternative to a 500 – packs the real sting.
For better or worse, though, whilst its much-loved retro stablemate may eventually make it Stateside in a nearby future, no such skeleton have be en known for a Punto in any form, so enjoy a live photos from a show building in a high-res art studio next as well as the details in the press release after a burst.
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ABARTH PUN TO EVO: A expansion of power
The expansion of race-inspired technology
The brandnew 165 HP Multiair 1.4 turbo motor-fuel engine is a result of a winning partnership between Fiat Powertrain Technology and Abarth race-derived know-how.
Given a Fiat Powertrain engine was first presented during last year’s Geneva engine uncover, Abarth engineers have been operative tough to fist each last drop of power out of it and to improve the sporting opening in typical Abarth style.
Multiair engine record has revolutionised the universe of petrol engines. Compared to a required petrol engine of homogeneous size, the MultiAir engine develops more power (up to 10%) as well as more torque (up to 15%), while consuming significantly less (up to 10%) as well as emitting reduction CO2 (up to 10%), fewer particulates (up to 40%) and less NOx (up to 60%).
The genius of a Multiair engine is embodied in its electro-hydraulic valve control system. Both fuel consumption and pollutant emissions have been slashed by using a engine’s intake valves to control a air flow without delay, but a moth valve in the intake. Using this already modernized record as the starting indicate, Abarth’s development department has made a series of modifications to arrive at the innovative new 165 HP Multiair 1.4 16 V. Energy outlay, for example, has been optimised by the intelligent application of the new, larger turbocharger from Garrett. The result is superb opening with peak torque of 250 Nm (25.5 kgm) at 2250 rpm, and acceleration from 0 to 100 km/h in usually 7.9 seconds.
The sporty new Abarth Punto Evo additionally facilities the new performance mode selection complement which modulates engine, braking and steering act ion to offer the choice of dual dissimilar driving styles – Sport as well as Normal – to s uit road conditions as well as driver welfare.
The mode selector is conveniently located on the executive tunnel in front of a gear lever and lets you switch between the dual modes quickly and simply, simply by moving a lever. The now comparison mode is displayed on the dashboard. If you have been seeking for a protected, relaxing expostulate, all you have to do is name Normal mode, while if you feel a need to suffer the full opening of your Abarth Punto Evo, flip the switch to Sport position as well as thrill to the energy! Competition mode makes the automobile more manageable, regulating electrical servo systems to modify handling as well as broach the ultimate sporting feel. Due courtesy has also been paid to safety of course, so Competition mode additionally engages the TTC complement automatically.
As in rally cars, the motorist is assisted by GSI Rigging Shift Indicator). Upon a Abarth Punto Evo, GSI acts like an intelligent “co-driver” and provides the signal on a instrument row to tell you when the right moment has arrived to shift up reducing fuel expenditure.
The Abarth Punto Evo’s 1.4 Multiair petrol engine also features Fiat’s innovative Start&Stop system. This switches the engine off automatically when the car comes to a halt and a engine is left to idle, and restarts it again as soon as you are ready to move off. The complement finds its preferred application in situations like city traffic as well as sequences of trade lights. Atyourconvenience a control proof permits, Start&Stop automatically switches off a engine, saving up to 10% of fuel expenditure as well as emissions in the urban cycle and up to 3.5% in a NEDC exam cycle.
As soon as you take your foot off the stop or rivet initial rigging, the complement immediately restarts the engine to give you instant power and responsiveness. Upon tip of this, if you accidentally stall a engine whilst moving off, all you have to do is press down on a clutch to re-start it automatically.
Start&Stop offers additional benefits in terms of joy since it eliminates sound and vibrations from a passenger cell whilst a automobile is stationary.
The complement is full interactive, and tells you either the duty is intent or not via transparent indications upon a instrument panel. Start&Stop can be disengaged fast as well as simply by a switch on a dashboard nearby a steering mainstay.
The innovative Multiair engine guarantees sports performance plus low emissions and markeddown fuel expenditure. Tests carried out by Abarth engineers have demonstrated which fuel expenditure has been reduced notwithstanding a actuality that power outlay has been increasing. In particular, expenditure is only 8.1 l/100 km in the urban cycle; usually 6.0 l/100 km in a total cycle, as well as 4.8 l/100 km in a extra-urban cycle. The Multiair engine is additionally impressively purify as well as already conforms to Euro 5 standards interjection to emissions of only 142g/km.
The EVOlution of active and pacifist reserve
The Abarth truth combines both opening and safety. The Abarth Punto Evo is therefore versed with a series of rarely effective systems to guarantee protected doing on all surfaces.
TTC (Torque Transfer Control) is the key to the car’s active safety. TTC improves the transfer of torque from the engine to the wheels and guarantees glorious doing on bends, making fast driving safer as well as more fun than ever. TTC is a differential locking system which uses the mechanical differential as a reactive element in a transmission to control torque via a braking system and ESP sensors (wheel speed, steering point of view, bend, etc.).
TTC is activated automatically in Sport mode. When engaged, a system automatically adjusts the degree of diff locking practical in suitability with dynamic factors like speed.
In the area of safety, a Abarth Punto Evo sets new standards thanks to 7 airbags, including a motorist knee airbag. The Punto Evo is one of very few cars in its segment with a motorist knee airbag fitted as customary on all versions.
The Abarth Punto Evo additionally boasts a absolute and effective braking complement. Front brakes are fitted to all wheels, with ventilated discs as well as Brembo double piston, fixed calipers at the front. The suspension system is subsequent from a attempted and tested Abarth pattern. Front cessat ion is supposing by eccentric McPherson struts, while rear suspension is semi-independent with a torsion bar. Abarth has additionally fitted the larger anti-roll club together with front springs which are 20% harder than those of the standard cessation complement. A outcome is impeccable highway land and a hig h turn of newcomer joy.
A expansion of race-inspired aerodynamics
Also on the style level, the changes which Abarth have made to a Punto Evo concentrate on mending the car’s opening as well as aerodynamics.
Compared to the Fiat version of the car, the front fender has been lengthened in width to incorporate a side flaps. A black intake cowl on a front has also been done deeper to compare a parallel air outlets. This corrects and controls air flow as well as significantly improves aerodynamic potency around the sides of a automobile, only as upon a full rally version.
The rear of a Abarth features a utterly redesigned bumper incorporating side air outlets. The diffuser, designed to optimise air flow, is a major underline of the bumper. The diffuser is the same as upon a prior chronicle, but has been since a brandnew surround to enhance its looks as well as bring into line its styling with a front splitter.
The exhaust features larger diameter identicaltiwn tail pipes, an obvious tribute to Abarth’s glorious history. A new pipes, however have been since a different finecloth finish.
A reversing lights as well as rear haze lights have been moved to a centre of a diffuser, forming the f ocal point as on regulation racing cars, whilst brandnew side reflectors outline and accentuate a profile of the aerodynamic deflector, simulating a outcome created by the LED light cowl on a back window.
A spoiler has been completely redesigned, not only in terms of colour (it is now a same colour as a rest of the physique, giving the automobile a longer, more energetic demeanour, though in conditions of size too. The lon ger, slim figure has softened a car’s CX as well as CZ values and made the new Abarth Punto EVO more fast than the prototype.
The trademark trim has additionally been redesigned as well as total with the brandnew grille with a more sporty appearance. In a same approach a pinnedtoken is no longer round as on a prior versio n but has returned to a original figure, as used on a 500.
The side flaps and skirts have been finished in the same colour as a physique, emphasising the car’s assertive inlet and its “stuck to a road” doing. The side graphics have also been restyled to compare the front fender as well as giv en brandnew measure. The result is more in suit with the side of the car and gives the physique colour areas a sleeker coming. Another new underline is a completely redesigned 17” spoked wheels, with a Abarth scorpion logo in a centre.
A car’s interior has been completely updated aswell. A new materials have an appearance and finish inspired by the aspect of motor racing circuits, bringing all the fad of a track into the automobile.
A new central control console is divided into dual sections. A audio territory is characterised by a black surface as well as a central LCD arrangement. Underneath, a separate territory houses the air conditioning controls. The tip of the console houses the air vents and a storage compartment.
The purpose-designed Jaeger instrumentation facilities larger dials for the speedometer and rev opposite, new race-inspired graphics, as well as a new anti-glare cowling covered in leather with open red and yellow stitching.
A visible link with a new textured seats is viewable. A seats and chair backs have been upholstered in soothing black leather whilst the seat sides are finished in high-tech fabric to give the ideal balance between joy, breathability and wear resistance.
Customers can still select a optional “Abarth Corse” seats by Sabelt. These seats offer a perfect mix of racing characteristics including light weight and a capability hold a physique steady opposite lateral and longitudinal forces.
The expansion of power – the “SS” pack
As was to be approaching from Abarth, a tall opening pack will be made accessible to happen at the same time with the launch of the Abarth Punto Evo to boost engine energy even serve. In keeping with Abarth tradition, the tuning kit will give the brandnew car more energy than a basic indication, enabling the Multiair 1.4 16v Turbo engine to develop a maximum power of 180 HP.
Following Abarth’s opening tuning philosophy, a “SS” pack also includes modifications to chassis components, including perforated, ventilated discs, high performance brake pads, lower springs, and 18″ Abarth “SS” amalgamate wheels painted in white or titanium, and fitted with performance tyres.
A performance delivered by the Abarth Punto Evo “SS” kit is further extended by a special “powered by BMC” air filter.
As for a Grande Punto and the 500, a Abarth Punto Evo’s “SS” pack comes in the classical wooden opening case. To guarantee the top standards of quality and reserve, a kit can only be installed by Abarth’s central performance tuning network.
