Abarth, Fiat’s in-house tuning arm which is famous for its crazy works has now come up with a brilliant idea, a small efficient two-seater in the Smart Roadster category. Abarth company has been down for some years, but they revived and came up with some of the finest Fiats ever! Specially the 500 Abarth which becomes the king of small hot hatches. And now based on that car, the Abarth Coupe promises performance and efficiency like nothing else.

The Coupe will be a front will drive car and shares many things with 500 to keep the costs low. Also powerplants come straight form that car. Accorfing to AutoExpress first candidate would be the engine that powers 500 Abarth with 135bhp and 180Nm of torque, and a hotter version would receive the esseesse’s engine. Esseesse is another variant of Fiat 500 with a 158bhp engine which delivers great MPG of 45. The coupe weighs a bit more than 1000 kilo and features an aluminium chasis and Fiat’s Torque Transfer Control which acts like a limited slip dif for the front wheels to ensure proper handling. Prices starts from £12,000 and it would arrive in 2010.

source : AutoExpress

As a part of range extending program, Jaguar added n all new turbo diesel V6 engine to the gorgeous XF range. This is actually a very fine diesel engine, AJ-V6D Gen III S 3.0L as they call it, checks out 271hp (202kW) and 443lb-ft (600Nm) of torque which is good for a 0-60 sprint of 5.9 seconds and limited top of 155mph (250kph). But the best thing about it is the efficiency, as Jaguar claims 34.5mpg (6.8L/100km) and an emissions rating of 179g of CO2/km. Astonishing for a big sport saloon.

The Diesel S engine features an enhanced common rail system with new parallel sequential turbochargers,  and is linked to XF’s automatic 6 speed box, which results in producing a big chunk of torque at very low rpm, as you see in the diagrams in the gallery below. XF Diesel S also comes with special trims inside, distinctive boot spoiler and new 20″ alloy wheels. A Portfolio special edition will follow next year.

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