2012 Fiat 500C TwinAir confirmed for Australia
Fiat Australia has confirmed the open-top Fiat 500C TwinAir will enter the market in early 2012, alongside the hard-top TwinAir announced a couple of weeks ago.
"Given that the open top Fiat 500C is all about enjoying fresh air motoring it would have been wrong not to have the new TwinAir engine available in the Fiat 500C from day one. We will launch both the Fiat 500 and the 500C with TwinAir at the same time."
From early next year, the entry level Fiat 500 no longer use the current 1.4-litre four-cylinder engine. It will be replaced by the TwinAir 875cc turbocharged two-cylinder unit. It produces 63kW of power and 145Nm of torque, and is able to run from 0-100km/h in 11 seconds - 0.5 seconds slower than the current 1.4-litre.
Fiat will announce pricing and more details closer to its early-2012 launch.